74 recorded events, 1978–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 25 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 11 311 service requests, 9 DOB permits.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. 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
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Taxi Report (1) · General Construction/Plumbing (1).
$262,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (6 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 (1802) |
| No | Six or more residential units (2) |
| 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).
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,581,000 | $711,450 |
| 2026 | $1,838,000 | $827,100 |
| 2027 | $1,821,000 | $819,450 |
The city's market estimate has risen 15% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Little Shop | American | 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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2021 (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.
| Subway | Fulton St — 2 3 4 5 A C J Z · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall — 4 5 6 J Z · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Pearl St / Peck Slip — M15 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | Peck Slip & South St · 300 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.
252 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 |
2 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $582,666 on 2011-04-01 (lender: East West 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-05 | Deed $1,900,000 — from 252 FRONT ST., LLC to THE LITTLE BUILDING LLC | $1,900,000 | |
| 2020-01-29 | Sold for $1,900,000 | $1,900,000 | $950,000 |
| 2011-04-01 | AL&R $2,000,000 — from 252 FRONT ST., LLC to EAST WEST BANK | $2,000,000 | |
| 2011-04-01 | Mortgage $582,667 — from 252 FRONT ST., LLC to EAST WEST BANK | $582,667 | |
| 2010-03-05 | Mortgage $170,000 — from 252 FRONT ST., LLC to THE BANK OF EAST ASIA (U.S.A.) N.A. | $170,000 | |
| 2004-04-08 | Agreement $1,900,000 — from 252 FRONT ST., LLC to THE BANK OF EAST ASIA (U.S.A.) N.A. | $1,900,000 | |
| 2004-04-08 | Mortgage $988,165 — from 252 FRONT ST., LLC to THE BANK OF EAST ASIA (U.S.A.) N.A. | $988,165 | |
| 2004-04-08 | AL&R $1,900,000 — from THE BANK OF EAST ASIA (U.S.A.) N.A. to 252 FRONT ST., LLC | $1,900,000 | |
| 2000-07-19 | Mortgage $680,503 — from 252 FRONT ST., LLC to UNITED ORIENT BANK | $680,503 | |
| 1997-02-20 | Mortgage $360,000 — from 252 FRONT ST., LLC to UNITED ORIENT BANK | $360,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Every one of the 74 recorded events, 1978–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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