604 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 141 DOB permits, 91 311 service requests, 87 DOB job filings.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 90% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 0.3. In ZIP 10007, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 7 total — 6 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 1988-01-20. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
23 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (11) · Illegal Parking (4) · Water System (2) · Homeless Person Assistance (2) · Street Condition (1) · Sewer (1).
$2,465,871 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (37 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) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (13) |
| 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) | GERKEN BUILDING CORP |
| Head officer | ERIC COCHRAN |
| Managing agent | MAXWELL-KATES, INC. |
| Last registered | 2025-09-25 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $11,295,000 | $5,082,750 |
| 2026 | $11,947,000 | $5,376,150 |
| 2027 | $12,571,000 | $5,656,950 |
The city's market estimate has risen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $1,937,584 a year ($40.30 per sq ft), operating expenses $558,197 ($11.61 per sq ft), net operating income $1,379,387. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 2 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 | Chambers St — 1 2 3 · under 50 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: full Chambers St — 2 3 A C E R W · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Chambers St / Hudson St — M20 M22 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Hudson St & Reade St · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 234 Independence School Middle: M.S. 297. 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.
90 West Broadway
| 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
23 311 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.
Managed by MAXWELL-KATES INC. — 196 buildings, 14,349 units. Grades across the portfolio: A182 · B9 · C2 · F1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 196 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,080,703 on 2022-05-20 (lender: Astoria Bank and Astoria Federal Savings And Loan Association). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-03 | RPTT&RET $6,300,000 — from POPE, LEAH G; POPE, CLAYTON A to LORENZ, BETHANY E; SOKOTA, ROBERT J | $6,300,000 | |
| 2023-09-06 | Sold for $6,300,000 | $6,300,000 | $484,615 |
| 2022-05-20 | Mortgage $2,080,704 — from THE GERKEN BUILDING CORPORATION to WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL BANK; ASTORIA BANK; STERLING NATIONAL BANK; ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS | $2,080,704 | |
| 2022-05-20 | Agreement $4,500,000 — from THE GERKEN BUILDING CORPORATION to ASTORIA BANK; ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA; STERLING NATIONAL BANK; WEBSTER BA | $4,500,000 | |
| 2022-05-20 | AL&R $4,500,000 — from THE GERKEN BUILDING CORPORATION to WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL BANK; ASTORIA BANK; STERLING NATIONAL BANK; ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS | $4,500,000 | |
| 2022-03-11 | RPTT&RET $4,300,000 — from WILLIAM W. SAHLMAN, CO-EXECUTOR; ESTATE OF BARBARA SAHLMAN A/K/A BARBARA ; SUELLEN STOFFEL to KRISHNAN, APRIL BOVET; KRISHNAN, ASHWIN | $4,300,000 | |
| 2022-03-07 | Sold for $4,300,000 | $4,300,000 | $330,769 |
| 2013-08-21 | RPTT&RET $5,000,000 — from RIFKIN, SAUL M; RIFKIN, IVA M to POPE, LEAH G; POPE, CLAYTON A | $5,000,000 | |
| 2013-08-05 | Mortgage $1,519,138 — from THE GERKEN BUILDING CORPORATION to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $1,519,138 | |
| 2013-08-05 | Agreement $3,000,000 — from THE GERKEN BUILDING CORPORATION to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $3,000,000 | |
| 2011-03-03 | RPTT&RET $2,600,000 — from GREGORY MESSER, ESQ., AS TRUSTEE to ZRIHEN, MELANIE; ZRIHEN, PHILIPPE | $2,600,000 | |
| 2010-08-23 | RPTT&RET $3,600,000 — from SCHLEIN, MICHAEL E; TAMAGNI, LISA J to FELDKAMP, LISA; FELDKAMP, GEOFFREY | $3,600,000 | |
| 2010-08-18 | RPTT&RET $6,500,000 — from ROBBINS, STEVEN; DYLAN, ELLIE to LAWIN, SCOTT M | $6,500,000 | |
| 2006-10-11 | RPTT&RET $4,400,000 — from FYKE, PAUL D to WEIL, VICTORIA; BELL, THATCHER C | $4,400,000 | |
| 2004-10-26 | RPTT $2,995,000 — from NEWBERN, MURRY E; ASPESI, CLAUDIO V to TAMAGNI, LISA J; SCHLEIN, MICHAEL E | $2,995,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 2019 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 39 |
| 2020 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 32 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
| 2024 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 32 |
| 2025 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 48 |
| 2026 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
Every one of the 604 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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