293 recorded events, 1984–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 88 311 service requests, 47 DOB permits, 33 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 162. In ZIP 10038, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and 7% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 12 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2022-02-24. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
30 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Air Quality (7) · Illegal Parking (7) · General Construction/Plumbing (3) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · APPLIANCE (2) · GENERAL (2).
$9,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1920) |
| No | Six or more residential units (3) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | John Street Commons LLC |
| Head officer | Manouchehr Malekan |
| Managing agent | Melody Malekan |
| Last registered | 2025-10-07 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,475,600 | $1,114,020 |
| 2026 | $2,971,000 | $1,336,950 |
| 2027 | $3,565,000 | $1,604,250 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aroy Dee Thai Kitchen | Thai | A | — |
| Kuu | Japanese | Grade Pending | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contains Foreign Object), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | Fulton St — 2 3 4 5 A C J Z · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Chambers St — 2 3 A C E R W · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / Cortlandt St — M55 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Liberty St & Nassau St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: Spruce Street School Middle: J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch. Confirm with the DOE's school search. |
Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.
20 John Street
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
30 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 of them about heat or hot water.
311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,515,438 on 2019-11-18 (lender: New York Community Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-18 | Mortgage $1,515,439 — from JOHN STREET COMMONS LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,515,439 | |
| 2019-11-18 | Agreement $3,784,000 — from JOHN STREET COMMONS LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $3,784,000 | |
| 2019-11-18 | AL&R $3,784,000 — from JOHN STREET COMMONS LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $3,784,000 | |
| 2013-01-18 | Deed $4,000,000 — from 20 JOHN STREET LLC to JOHN STREET COMMONS LLC | $4,000,000 | |
| 2013-01-18 | AL&R $2,655,000 — from JOHN STREET COMMONS LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $2,655,000 | |
| 2013-01-18 | Mortgage $2,655,000 — from JOHN STREET COMMONS LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $2,655,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 36 |
Every one of the 293 recorded events, 1984–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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