280 recorded events, 1988–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 87 DOB permits, 41 DOB job filings, 40 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
7 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Consumer Complaint (1) · General Construction/Plumbing (1) · Rodent (1) · Noise (1) · Taxi Complaint (1) · Found Property (1).
$148,800 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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.
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $11,488,000 | $5,169,600 |
| 2026 | $10,716,000 | $4,822,200 |
| 2027 | $10,918,000 | $4,913,100 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zef Cafe | American | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2022 (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 | Grand St — B D · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Canal St — 6 J N Q R W Z · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Bowery / Canal St — M103 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Forsyth St & Canal St · 650 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 130 Hernando De Soto Middle: M.S. 131. 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.
70 Bowery
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
7 311 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: $2,116,764 on 2017-12-14 (lender: Lincoln Life & Annuity Company Of New York), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-12-14 | SPRD $1,805,388 — from NEW YORK JEWELERS EXCHANGE to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK | $1,805,388 | |
| 2017-12-14 | AL&R $7,000,000 — from NYJE, LLC to LINCOLN LIFE & ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YO | $7,000,000 | |
| 2017-12-14 | Agreement $7,000,000 — from NYJE, LLC to LINCOLN LIFE & ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YO | $7,000,000 | |
| 2017-12-14 | Mortgage $2,116,765 — from NYJE, LLC to LINCOLN LIFE & ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YO | $2,116,765 | |
| 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 | |
| 2005-05-11 | Mortgage $1,960,871 — from NEW YORK JEWELERS EXCHANGE to GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL ASSURANCE COMPA | $1,960,871 | |
| 2005-05-11 | Agreement $6,000,000 — from NEW YORK JEWELERS EXCHANGE to GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL ASSURANCE COMPA | $6,000,000 | |
| 1998-11-04 | Mortgage $927,218 — from NEW YORK JEWELERS EXCHANGE to REPUBLIC NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK | $927,218 | |
| 1990-02-20 | Mortgage $1,000,000 — from NEW YORK JEWELERS EXCHGE to WILLIAMSBURGH SVGS BK | $1,000,000 | |
| 1989-03-20 | Mortgage $1,500,000 — from NEW YORK JEWLERS EXCHG to WILLIAMSBURGH SAVGSBANK | $1,500,000 | |
| 1988-07-06 | Mortgage $4,500,000 — from NY JEWELERS EXCHANGE to WILLIAMSBURGH SVGS BK | $4,500,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2026 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
Every one of the 280 recorded events, 1988–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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