475 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 153 311 service requests, 112 HPD complaints, 69 HPD housing violations.
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 76% 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 4.4. In ZIP 10002, 64% 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 | 8 total — 6 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 1991-10-28. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
8 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 8).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
16 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (6) · HEAT/HOT WATER (4) · Street Condition (2) · Graffiti (1) · Lead (1) · WATER LEAK (1).
$120,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (11 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 (17) |
| 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) | GROOVES & PEBBLES INC |
| Head officer | ELMA S MOY |
| Managing agent | OCTET REALTY LLC |
| Last registered | 2026-07-29 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,476,000 | $1,114,200 |
| 2026 | $2,534,000 | $1,140,300 |
| 2027 | $2,526,000 | $1,136,700 |
The city's market estimate has risen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 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 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Grand St — B D · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Madison St / Market St — M15 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | Market St & Henry St · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith 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.
56 Henry 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
16 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 4 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.
Managed by OCTET REALTY LLC — 3 buildings, 55 units. Grades across the portfolio: A2 · B1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 Henry Street | MN | 22 | B |
| 56 Henry Street | MN | 17 | A |
| 54 Henry Street | MN | 16 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $105,000 on 1996-04-05 (lender: Kwong, Lan Ying and Kwong, Yui Woon). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-04-05 | Mortgage $105,000 — from GROOVES & PEBBLES INC. to KWONG, YUI WOON; KWONG, LAN YING | $105,000 | |
| 1984-10-29 | Mortgage $178,148 — from KWONG, LAN YING; KWONG, YUI WOON to MOTT & PRINCE, INC. | $178,148 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 22 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 35 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 8 | 62 |
| 2020 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 2021 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 18 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 22 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Every one of the 475 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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