L1 – Loft; Over 8 Stories (Mid Manh. Type)
Loft; Over 8 Stories (Mid Manh. Type)
Buildings in the L1 class are loft buildings that are over 8 stories high, primarily found in Manhattan (99%).
They can be both with or without stores. The great majority of them can be found in Midtown / Midtown South and Hudson Yards / Chelsea / Flatiron / Union Square.

L2 – Loft; Fireproof And Storage Type Without Stores
Loft; Fireproof And Storage Type Without Stores
The L2 class consists of fireproof loft and storage-type buildings that don’t have retail stores.
Most of them can be found in Manhattan (72%) and Brooklyn (17%). Moreover, about 63% of them are in Hudson Yards / Chelsea / Flatiron / Union Square.

L3 – Loft; Semi-Fireproof
Loft; Semi-Fireproof
The L3 building class consists of semi-fireproof loft buildings. The L3 class is not very numerous. From the 33 buildings in the class, 23 are in Manhattan and 10 in Brooklyn.
The neighborhoods where they can be found most often are SoHo / Tribeca / Civic Central / Little Italy, Hudson Yards / Chelsea / Flatiron / Union Square and West Village.

L8 – Loft; With Retail Stores Other Than Type One
Loft; With Retail Stores Other Than Type One
The L8 building class contains loft buildings with retail stores. They are the most numerous among all L-class buildings and most of them are located in Manhattan (92%).
Most of these buildings can be found in the following Manhattan neighborhoods: Midtown / Midtown South, Hudson Yards / Chelsea / Flatiron / Union Square, SoHo / Tribeca / Civic Central / Little Italy, Chinatown and East Harlem North.

L9 – Miscellaneous Loft
Miscellaneous Loft
The L9 building class comprises miscellaneous loft buildings.
The great majority of them can be found in Manhattan (62%) and Brooklyn (36%), in the following neighborhoods: SoHo / Tribeca / Civic Central / Little Italy (Manhattan), Hudson Yards / Chelsea / Flatiron / Union Square (Manhattan), North Side / South Side (Brooklyn), West Village (Manhattan) and Greenpoint (Brooklyn).
