272 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 103 311 service requests, 37 rodent inspections, 19 DOB permits.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 56% 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 21.3. In ZIP 10038, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and 7% 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 | 9 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 6 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1989-01-24. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
46 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (15) · Derelict Vehicles (4) · Food Establishment (3) · Rodent (2) · Graffiti (2) · Street Sweeping Complaint (2).
$139,972 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1915) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (8) |
| 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) | YANS SISTER'S CORP |
| Head officer | YAN BING XU |
| Managing agent | YANS SISTER'S CORP |
| Last registered | 2025-08-30 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,546,000 | $1,145,700 |
| 2026 | $3,055,000 | $1,374,750 |
| 2027 | $3,666,000 | $1,649,700 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domino's | Pizza | A | — |
| New Shun Wei | Chinese | B | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 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: Food Contains Foreign Object, Food Worker Illness, Rodents/Insects/Garbage), shared by 2 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 3 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 | East Broadway — F · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall — 4 5 6 J Z · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Madison St / Catherine St — M15-SBS · 150 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | Catherine St & Monroe St · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Painted bike lane mapped within 75 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 126 Jacob August Riis 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.
45 Catherine 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 |
46 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 of them about heat or hot water.
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: $495,000 on 2001-03-23 (lender: 45 Catherine St. Corp. and 45 Catherine Streetcorp.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-03-23 | Mortgage $495,000 — from YAN'S SISTER'S CORP. to 45 CATHERINE STREETCORP.; SA, ZHAO JIA; CHE, CARL KA; 45 CATHERINE ST. CORP. | $495,000 | |
| 1986-11-26 | Mortgage $320,000 — from 45 CATHERINE STREETCP to TANG, WING FU; TANG, LAWRENCE | $320,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2019 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2020 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2021 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| 2022 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 2023 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
| 2024 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| 2025 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 38 |
| 2026 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
Every one of the 272 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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