307 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 155 311 service requests, 32 DOB permits, 30 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
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 100% 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 0. 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
| Open HPD violations | 10 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 10 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1981-09-28. |
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.
79 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Obstruction (41) · Residential Disposal Complaint (21) · Noise (10) · Consumer Complaint (2) · Street Condition (2) · Lost Property (1).
$32,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (1900) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (15) |
| 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) | BES2LLC,LITALY2LLC,GELSO PROPLLC&BUTTERFIELDLLCTIC |
| Head officer | ANDREW PALERMO |
| Managing agent | BUILDING EQUITY MANAGEMENT LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-08-26 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,641,000 | $1,188,450 |
| 2026 | $2,951,000 | $1,327,950 |
| 2027 | $2,942,000 | $1,323,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caffe Napoli | Italian | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2013 (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 · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial Grand St — B D · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Bowery / Grand St — M103 · 750 ft |
| Citi Bike | Grand St & Elizabeth St · 550 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.
191 Hester 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
79 311 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 BUILDING EQUITY MANAGEMENT LLC — 103 buildings, 1,953 units. Grades across the portfolio: A71 · B18 · C7 · D5 · F1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 103 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $522,094 on 2022-07-15 (lender: New York Community Bank), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-15 | AL&R $13,500,000 — from LITALY 2 LLC; BUTTERFIELD, L.L.C.; GELSO PROPERTIES LLC; BES 2 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $13,500,000 | |
| 2022-07-15 | Agreement $13,500,000 — from BUTTERFIELD, L.L.C.; LITALY 2 LLC; GELSO PROPERTIES LLC; BES 2 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $13,500,000 | |
| 2022-07-15 | Mortgage $522,094 — from BUTTERFIELD, L.L.C.; BES 2 LLC; GELSO PROPERTIES LLC; LITALY 2 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $522,094 | |
| 2016-11-17 | Agreement $13,100,000 — from LITALY 2, LLC; GELSO PROPERTIES LLC; BUTTERFIELD, L.L.C.; BES 2 LLC to PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATI | $13,100,000 | |
| 2015-07-22 | Agreement $13,100,000 — from 191 GRAND LLC; 130 MULBERRY LLC to PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATI | $13,100,000 | |
| 2015-07-22 | Mortgage $2,694,590 — from 130 MULBERRY LLC; 191 GRAND LLC to PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATI | $2,694,590 | |
| 2011-03-22 | Mortgage $436,829 — from 191 GRAND LLC; 183 GRAND LLC; 181 GRAND LLC; 130 MULBERRY LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $436,829 | |
| 2011-03-22 | Agreement $11,200,000 — from 183 GRAND LLC; 130 MULBERRY LLC; 181 GRAND LLC; 191 GRAND LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $11,200,000 | |
| 2006-03-06 | Mortgage $1,730,000 — from 183 GRAND LLC; 130 MULBERRY LLC; 181 GRAND LLC; 191 GRAND LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $1,730,000 | |
| 2006-03-06 | AL&R $1,730,000 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to 181 GRAND LLC; 191 GRAND LLC; 130 MULBERRY LLC; 183 GRAND LLC | $1,730,000 | |
| 2004-12-20 | AL&R $9,500,000 — from 181 GRAND LLC; 183 GRAND LLC; 149 MULBERRY LLC; 191 GRAND LLC; 130 MULBERRY LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $9,500,000 | |
| 2004-12-20 | Agreement $9,500,000 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to 191 GRAND LLC; 149 MULBERRY LLC; 181 GRAND LLC; 130 MULBERRY LLC; 183 GRAND LLC | $9,500,000 | |
| 2004-12-20 | Mortgage $4,750,000 — from 149 MULBERRY LLC; 181 GRAND LLC; 183 GRAND LLC; 191 GRAND LLC; 130 MULBERRY LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $4,750,000 | |
| 2003-04-25 | Mortgage $4,750,000 — from 130 MULBERRY LLC; 183 GRAND LLC; 181 GRAND LLC; 191 GRAND LLC; 149 MULBERRY LLC to STABILE BROTHERS, L.L.C. | $4,750,000 | |
| 2003-04-25 | DEEDO $650,000 — from STABILE BROTHERS, L.L.C. to 130 MULBERRY LLC | $650,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 32 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 3 | 55 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Every one of the 307 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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