320 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 79 311 service requests, 54 DOB permits, 52 DOB job filings.
Full record, year by year Support this site
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
23 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Encampment (5) · Food Establishment (3) · Illegal Parking (3) · Consumer Complaint (2) · Sidewalk Condition (2) · General Construction/Plumbing (2).
$1,211,921 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (21 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) | SOLITA SOHO HOTEL, LLC |
| Head officer | KINCHUNG LAM |
| Managing agent | KINCHUNG LAM |
| Last registered | 2025-07-16 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7,013,000 | $3,155,850 |
| 2026 | $7,177,000 | $3,229,650 |
| 2027 | $7,317,000 | $3,292,650 |
The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NONE |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular NYC | American | Not yet graded | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
3 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Toilet Facility, Pet/Animal) · 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 4 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (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 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Centre St / Grand St — M1 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lafayette St & Grand St · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Protected 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.
159 Grand Street
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $261,005 on 2024-12-10 (lender: Industrial And Commercial Bank Of China (USA)). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-10 | Agreement $11,300,000 — from SOLITA SOHO HOTEL, LLC to INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA | $11,300,000 | |
| 2024-12-10 | AL&R $11,300,000 — from SOLITA SOHO HOTEL, LLC to INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA | $11,300,000 | |
| 2024-12-10 | Mortgage $261,005 — from SOLITA SOHO HOTEL, LLC to INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA | $261,005 | |
| 2017-08-22 | AL&R $12,927,333 — from SOLITA SOHO HOTEL, LLC to THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED, NEW YORK | $12,927,333 | |
| 2017-08-22 | Agreement $12,927,333 — from SOLITA SOHO HOTEL, LLC to THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED, NEW YORK | $12,927,333 | |
| 2007-09-14 | M&CON $15,000,000 — from SOLITA SOHO HOTEL, LLC to MERS | $15,000,000 | |
| 2006-06-02 | AL&R $11,000,000 — from THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED, NEW YORK to SOLITA SOHO HOTEL, LLC | $11,000,000 | |
| 2006-06-02 | Mortgage $6,293,224 — from SOLITA SOHO HOTEL, LLC to THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED, NEW YORK | $6,293,224 | |
| 2006-06-02 | Agreement $11,000,000 — from SOLITA SOHO HOTEL, LLC to THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED, NEW YORK | $11,000,000 | |
| 2005-01-14 | Mortgage $5,000,000 — from SOLITA SOHO HOTEL, LLC to THE BANK OF EAST ASIA (U.S.A.) N.A. | $5,000,000 | |
| 2005-01-14 | AL&R $5,000,000 — from THE BANK OF EAST ASIA (U.S.A.) N.A. to SOLITA SOHO HOTEL, LLC | $5,000,000 | |
| 1997-04-07 | Mortgage $773,708 — from BIC-TUNG REALTY CORP. to CHEN, BEN JOHN | $773,708 | |
| 1996-12-12 | Mortgage $773,708 — from MELDON IMPORTS & EXPORTS, LTD. to CHEN, BEN JOHN | $773,708 | |
| 1993-07-28 | Mortgage $300,000 — from MELDON IMPORTS & ETC; BIC TUNG REALTY CORP to CHINESE AMERICAN BANK | $300,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 25 |
| 2018 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2026 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
Every one of the 320 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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