1,489 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 589 311 service requests, 299 HPD complaints, 145 DOB permits.
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A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 66% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 55.8. In ZIP 10038, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and 7% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 5 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2026-03-01. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 1 case(s) pending in housing court |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
75 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 16 · winter 2024–25: 18 · winter 2025–26: 41). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
310 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (37) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (36) · Vendor Enforcement (32) · Noise (31) · Rodent (30) · Illegal Parking (24).
$1,782,593 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (25 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 (1930) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (63) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | 160 FRONT STREET ASSOCIATES LLC |
| Head officer | BRIAN MCCARTHY |
| Managing agent | SAMSON MANAGEMENT LLC |
| Last registered | 2026-07-22 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $11,312,000 | $5,090,400 |
| 2026 | $11,750,000 | $5,287,500 |
| 2027 | $11,900,000 | $5,355,000 |
The city's market estimate has risen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 17/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starbucks Coffee Company | Coffee/Tea | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
In the city's stormwater flood map only under the extreme-storm scenario (3.66 in/hr cloudburst with 2080 sea levels) — an Ida-scale event.
3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (1 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.
| Subway | Wall St — 2 3 · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Fulton St — 2 3 4 5 A C J Z · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Water St / John St — M15 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | Water St & Fletcher St · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| 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.
156 Front 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 |
310 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 37 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.
Managed by SAMSON MANAGEMENT LLC — 20 buildings, 1,422 units. Grades across the portfolio: A11 · B7 · C2. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 700 Victory Boulevard | SI | 228 | C |
| 144-67 41 Avenue | QN | 208 | B |
| 15 Park Avenue | MN | 100 | A |
| 51-15 Van Kleeck Street | QN | 88 | B |
| 610 Victory Boulevard | SI | 72 | A |
| 299 St Marks Place | SI | 70 | C |
| 94-01 64 Road | QN | 66 | A |
| 156 Front Street | MN | 63 | B |
| 101-01 Booth Street | QN | 62 | A |
| 650 Victory Boulevard | SI | 61 | B |
| 630 Victory Boulevard | SI | 60 | B |
| 47-50 41 Street | QN | 60 | A |
| 220 West 93 Street | MN | 58 | A |
| 3555 Oxford Avenue | BX | 57 | A |
| 45-54 41 Street | QN | 49 | A |
| 499 Ft Washington Avenue | MN | 47 | B |
| 203 West 94 Street | MN | 24 | A |
| 317 West 89 Street | MN | 24 | B |
| 120 Liberty Street | MN | 21 | A |
| 54 Pine Street | MN | 4 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $6,271,154 on 2018-10-22 (lender: Signature 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-31 | AL&R $16,000,000 — from 160 FRONT STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to SAMSON FUNDING CORPORATION | $16,000,000 | |
| 2023-10-31 | Agreement $16,000,000 — from 160 FRONT STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to SAMSON FUNDING CORPORATION | $16,000,000 | |
| 2018-10-22 | Mortgage $6,271,154 — from 160 FRONT STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $6,271,154 | |
| 2018-10-22 | Agreement $16,000,000 — from 160 FRONT STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $16,000,000 | |
| 2018-10-22 | AL&R $16,000,000 — from 160 FRONT STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $16,000,000 | |
| 2013-07-09 | RPTT $1,810,281 — from METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC to T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH; T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH | $1,810,281 | |
| 2013-07-09 | RPTT $1,810,281 — from METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC to T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH; T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH | $1,810,281 | |
| 2011-12-14 | Agreement $10,715,000 — from 160 FRONT STREET AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $10,715,000 | |
| 2010-03-30 | Agreement $10,715,000 — from 160 FRONT STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $10,715,000 | |
| 2008-12-12 | Agreement $10,715,000 — from 160 FRONT STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $10,715,000 | |
| 2008-12-12 | Mortgage $2,915,000 — from 160 FRONT STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $2,915,000 | |
| 2008-12-12 | AL&R $10,715,000 — from 160 FRONT STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $10,715,000 | |
| 2003-11-28 | Agreement $7,800,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to 160 FRONT STREET ASSOCIATES, LLC | $7,800,000 | |
| 2001-12-14 | Mortgage $3,851,220 — from 160 FRONT STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $3,851,220 | |
| 1996-12-17 | Mortgage $4,200,000 — from 2 MINERVA PLACE ASSOCIATES; 50 EAST 191ST STREETASSOCIATES to INDEPENDENCE SAVINGSBANK | $4,200,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 66 |
| 2018 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 40 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 33 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 39 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 32 |
| 2022 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 51 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 53 | 4 | 14 | 109 |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 135 | 0 | 5 | 149 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11 | 175 | 0 | 10 | 202 |
| 2026 | 3 | 8 | 158 | 0 | 4 | 173 |
Every one of the 1,489 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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