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251 Canal Street

316Records
12City systems
18Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10013 · Neighborhood: SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
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316 recorded events, 1979–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 128 311 service requests, 35 DOB permits, 28 DOB complaints.

BoroughManhattan 10013
Built1915
Floors5
Res. units0
ClassH3
Owner (PLUTO)TAI FOOK CORP
BBL1002090024
BIN1002689

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations18 total — 12 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2015-02-02.

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Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$30,030 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

67 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Vendor Enforcement (17) · Panhandling (16) · Graffiti (5) · Non (4) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (3) · Illegal Parking (3).

Filed construction activity

$134,796 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$4,060,000 $1,827,000
2026$4,367,000 $1,965,150
2027$4,440,000 $1,998,000

The city's market estimate has risen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Deploy CoffeeCoffee/TeaA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

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.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2026 (2 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.

Getting around

SubwayCanal St — 6 J N Q R W Z · under 50 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: partial
Canal St — A C E · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Broadway / Walker St — M55 · 550 ft
Citi BikeHoward St & Lafayette St · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityProtected bike path mapped within 75 ft
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.

Report a problem to 311

251 Canal Street

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

67 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $500,000 on 1987-03-25 (lender: Wing Fat Realty Corp). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1987-03-25Mortgage $500,000 — from TAI FOOK CORP to WING FAT REALTY CORP $500,000
1983-02-09Mortgage $583,000 — from WING FAT REALTY CORP. to CANAL FUNDING ASSOCIATES $583,000

Ten-year activity

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2023
2024
53
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
2017145111
2018218112
201900819
202000404
202100404
20220110112
20230213217
20242318124
20254938253
20264511121
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The full timeline

Construction 56Enforcement 78Housing & tenants 146Ownership & money 20Health & systems 16

Every one of the 316 recorded events, 1979–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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