659 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 129 311 service requests, 108 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 102 DOB permits.
Full record, year by year Support this site
| Open HPD violations | 6 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2021-04-01. |
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.
40 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Lost Property (10) · Noise (6) · Illegal Dumping (5) · Illegal Parking (4) · Street Condition (3) · Consumer Complaint (2).
$556,850 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (13 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.
| Registered owner(s) | CRI 11 Howard Street LLC - c/o Commerz Real US LLC |
| Head officer | KaiFrederik Sarnes |
| Managing agent | Commerz Real Americas LLC |
| Last registered | 2026-04-27 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $53,924,000 | $24,265,800 |
| 2026 | $56,063,000 | $25,228,350 |
| 2027 | $56,973,000 | $25,637,850 |
The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 7/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NONE |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 10) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Howard Kitchen | American | A | — |
| La Rubia / the Blond / the Library | American | A | — |
| Le Coucou | French | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
3 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick), shared by 3 restaurants
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Protection), shared by 3 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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.
4 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2019 (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 | Canal St — 6 J N Q R W Z · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial Canal St — A C E · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / Grand St — M55 · 550 ft |
| Citi Bike | Howard St & Lafayette St · 150 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.
138 Lafayette Street
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
40 311 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: $2,994,536 on 2016-04-20 (lender: Ab Commercial Real Estate Debt-B S.a. R.l. and Axa Equitable Life Insurance Company). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-20 | Agreement $6,000,000 — from SOHO HOTEL OWNER LLC to AB COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEBT-B S.A. R.; AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | $6,000,000 | |
| 2016-04-20 | AL&R $85,000,000 — from SOHO HOTEL OWNER LLC to AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; AB COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEBT-B S.A. R. | $85,000,000 | |
| 2016-04-20 | Mortgage $3,005,464 — from SOHO HOTEL OWNER LLC to AB COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEBT-B S.A. R.; AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | $3,005,464 | |
| 2016-04-20 | Mortgage $2,994,536 — from SOHO HOTEL OWNER LLC to AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; AB COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEBT-B S.A. R. | $2,994,536 | |
| 2016-04-19 | Deed $170,000,000 — from SOHO HOTEL OWNER LLC to CRI 11 HOWARD STREET LLC | $170,000,000 | |
| 2016-04-19 | MLEA $138,050,237 — from CRI 11 HOWARD STREET LLC to SOHO HOTEL OWNER LLC | $138,050,237 | |
| 2016-04-14 | Sold for $170,000,000 | $170,000,000 | $85,000,000 |
| 2014-08-05 | Mortgage $9,000,000 — from SOHO HOTEL OWNER LLC to AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; AB COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEBT-B S.A. R. | $9,000,000 | |
| 2014-08-05 | Mortgage $6,000,000 — from SOHO HOTEL OWNER LLC to AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; AB COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEBT-B S.A. R. | $6,000,000 | |
| 2014-08-05 | Mortgage $70,000,000 — from SOHO HOTEL OWNER LLC to AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; AB COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEBT-B S.A. R. | $70,000,000 | |
| 2014-08-05 | Deed $89,675,000 — from PNY IV, LLC to SOHO HOTEL OWNER LLC | $89,675,000 | |
| 2014-08-05 | AL&R $85,000,000 — from SOHO HOTEL OWNER LLC to AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; AB COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEBT-B S.A. R. | $85,000,000 | |
| 2009-12-29 | Agreement $1,000,000 — from PNY IV, LLC to ANGLO IRISH BANK CORPORATION LIMITED; ANGLO IRISH BANK CORPORATION PLC | $1,000,000 | |
| 2009-12-29 | Agreement $100,125,000 — from PNY IV, LLC to ANGLO IRISH BANK CORPORATION PLC; ANGLO IRISH BANK CORPORATION LIMITED | $100,125,000 | |
| 2007-09-26 | AL&R $1,000,000 — from PNY IV, LLC to ANGLO IRISH BANK CORPORATION PLC | $1,000,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 32 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 34 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 41 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 30 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
Every one of the 659 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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