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215 Pearl Street

1,036Records
19City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate

1,036 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 248 311 service requests, 148 DOB permits, 95 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10038
Built2015
Floors39
Res. units0
ClassH2
Owner (PLUTO)LAM PEARL STREET HOTEL LLC
BBL1000690001
BIN1088815

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Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

65 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (42) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (7) · Illegal Parking (4) · Street Condition (3) · Consumer Complaint (2) · Street Sign (2).

Filed construction activity

$3,720,420 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (34 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.

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)LAM PEARL STREET HOTEL LLC
Head officerKINCHUNG LAM
Managing agentKINCHING LAM
Last registered2025-07-16

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$48,769,000 $21,946,050
2026$54,465,000 $24,509,250
2027$55,226,000 $24,851,700

The city's market estimate has risen 13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 10)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Wolf ForestCoffee/TeaA—
Yao Modern Cantonese CuisineChineseA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

In the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary flood maps) — lenders typically require flood insurance here.

Hurricane evacuation zone 1 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2015 (0 in the last three years).

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

SubwayFulton St — 2 3 4 5 A C J Z · 500 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Water St / John St — M15 · 300 ft
Citi BikeMaiden Ln & Pearl St · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityShared bike route mapped within 75 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: The Peck Slip 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.

Report a problem to 311

215 Pearl Street

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

65 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $480,000 on 2023-11-16 (lender: Shanghai Commercial Bank Ltd., New York Branch). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2023-11-16Agreement $93,205,496 — from LAM PEARL STREET HOTEL LLC to SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LTD., NEW YORK $93,205,496
2023-11-16Mortgage $480,000 — from LAM PEARL STREET HOTEL LLC to SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LTD., NEW YORK $480,000
2023-11-16AL&R $93,205,496 — from LAM PEARL STREET HOTEL LLC to SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LTD., NEW YORK $93,205,496
2021-04-20AL&R $2,392,342 — from LAM PEARL STREET HOTEL LLC to SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK, LTD., NEW YORK $2,392,342
2021-04-20Agreement $5,567,105 — from LAM PEARL STREET HOTEL LLC to SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK, LTD., NEW YORK $5,567,105
2021-04-20Mortgage $2,392,342 — from LAM PEARL STREET HOTEL LLC to SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK, LTD., NEW YORK $2,392,342
2020-08-11AL&R $15,000,000 — from LAM PEARL STREET HOTEL LLC to SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LTD., NEW YORK $15,000,000
2020-08-11Mortgage $15,000,000 — from LAM PEARL STREET HOTEL LLC to SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LTD., NEW YORK $15,000,000
2017-03-08AL&R $10,040,553 — from LAM PEARL STREET HOTEL LLC to SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LTD, NEW YORK B $10,040,553
2017-03-08Agreement $10,040,553 — from LAM PEARL STREET HOTEL LLC to SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LTD, NEW YORK B $10,040,553
2017-03-08AL&R $10,000,000 — from LAM PEARL STREET HOTEL LLC to SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LTD, NEW YORK B $10,000,000
2017-03-08Agreement $10,000,000 — from LAM PEARL STREET HOTEL LLC to SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LTD, NEW YORK B $10,000,000
2017-03-08Agreement $28,000,000 — from LAM PEARL STREET HOTEL LLC to SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LTD, NEW YORK B $28,000,000
2013-11-07Mortgage $10,300,000 — from LAM'S GOLDEN PEARL HOTEL PLAZA LLC to SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LTD., NEW YORK $10,300,000
2013-11-07Mortgage $25,235,000 — from LAM PEARL STREET HOTEL LLC to SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LTD., NEW YORK $25,235,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201726443171109
20182743210192
20192013100043
20201110122035
2021142394353
202246150732
20232915148773
202412240826
202590460863
202640270536
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The full timeline

Construction 262Enforcement 276Housing & tenants 340Ownership & money 83Health & systems 75

Every one of the 1,036 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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