225 recorded events, 1994–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 55 DOB permits, 45 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 35 DOB job filings.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 85% 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 1.7. In ZIP 10013, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-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.
7 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (5) · Dirty Condition (1) · Obstruction (1).
$2,131,748 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (19 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 (1889) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (6) |
| 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) | 27 HOWARD OWNERS CORP |
| Head officer | SEAN SWEENEY |
| Managing agent | IRVINE REALTY GROUP |
| Last registered | 2025-11-01 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9,498,000 | $4,274,100 |
| 2026 | $10,131,000 | $4,558,950 |
| 2027 | $10,682,000 | $4,806,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
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 | Canal St — 6 J N Q R W Z · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial Canal St — A C E · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / Grand St — M55 · 450 ft |
| Citi Bike | Howard St & Lafayette St · 300 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.
27 Howard 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 |
| 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.
Managed by IRVINE REALTY GROUP — 62 buildings, 459 units. Grades across the portfolio: A44 · B6 · C10 · D2. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 62 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,500,000 on 2021-04-15 (lender: National Consumer Cooperative 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-03 | RPTT&RET $3,800,000 — from JELLEME, BARBARA to MAHER, EDWARD | $3,800,000 | |
| 2022-02-16 | Sold for $3,800,000 | $3,800,000 | $633,333 |
| 2021-04-15 | Mortgage $1,500,000 — from CJS BUILDING & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; 27 HOWARD OWNERS CORP. to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK | $1,500,000 | |
| 2021-04-15 | AL&R $1,500,000 — from CJS BUILDING & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; 27 HOWARD OWNERS CORP. to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK | $1,500,000 | |
| 2020-08-14 | Sold for $2,596,538 | $2,596,538 | $432,756 |
| 2016-08-02 | RPTT&RET $3,600,000 — from FAMSA PROPERTIES, LTD, A BVI CORPORATION to JELLEME, BARBARA | $3,600,000 | |
| 2015-11-25 | RPTT&RET $3,050,000 — from NOEL BLAIR, CO-TRUSTEE; THE LAUREL LOFT TRUST to BARNETT, BARRY; BARNETT, NANCY | $3,050,000 | |
| 2014-05-09 | AL&R $1,500,000 — from CJS BUILDING & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK; NCB | $1,500,000 | |
| 2014-05-09 | Mortgage $1,500,000 — from CJS BUILDING & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK; NCB | $1,500,000 | |
| 2013-07-09 | RPTT&RET $4,400,000 — from CJS PARTNERS LLC to 27 HOWARD LLC | $4,400,000 | |
| 2012-09-18 | RPTT&RET $2,647,450 — from BERTON PARTNERS, LLC to RICHARD FELDSTEIN TRUSTEE OF THE LAUREL | $2,647,450 | |
| 2011-08-08 | RPTT&RET $2,325,000 — from BERTON, JOHN to FAMSA PROPERTIES LTD. | $2,325,000 | |
| 2008-08-08 | RPTT&RET $4,700,000 — from DUNNE, CHARLES to 27 HOWARD HOLDING, LLC | $4,700,000 | |
| 2004-02-04 | AL&R $700,000 — from COMMUNITY CAPITAL BANK to CJS BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT CORP. | $700,000 | |
| 2004-02-04 | Mortgage $136,203 — from CJS BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT CORP. to COMMUNITY CAPITAL BANK | $136,203 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2018 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Every one of the 225 recorded events, 1994–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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