269 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 61 311 service requests, 46 rodent inspections, 37 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 77% 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. 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 | 12 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 2010-05-23. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
10 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 4 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (5) · Consumer Complaint (1) · Noise (1) · Building/Use (1) · Graffiti (1).
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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 (20) |
| 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) | 27 CATHERINE MGT CO INC |
| Head officer | DANNY GUO |
| Managing agent | 27 CATHERINE MGT CO INC |
| Last registered | 2025-09-09 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,142,000 | $513,900 |
| 2026 | $1,251,000 | $562,950 |
| 2027 | $1,221,000 | $549,450 |
The city's market estimate has risen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manna One | Chinese | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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 | Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall — 4 5 6 J Z · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full East Broadway — F · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Madison St / Catherine St — M15-SBS · 250 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | St James Pl & Oliver St · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Shared bike route mapped within 75 ft |
| 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.
251/2 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 |
9 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 5 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: $13,667 on 2006-10-18 (lender: Washington Mutual Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-10-18 | Agreement $750,000 — from WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK to 27 CATHERINE MANAGEMENT CO., INC. | $750,000 | |
| 2006-10-18 | Mortgage $13,667 — from 27 CATHERINE MANAGEMENT CO., INC. to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK | $13,667 | |
| 2003-03-12 | Mortgage $370,803 — from 27 CATHERINE MANAGEMENT CO., INC. to ASIA BANK, N.A. | $370,803 | |
| 2000-01-18 | Mortgage $289,450 — from 27 CATHERINE MANAGEMENT CO., INC. to CHINATOWN FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | $289,450 | |
| 1992-11-30 | Mortgage $455,000 — from 27 CATHERINE MNGMNTETC to GREAT EASTERN BANK | $455,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2018 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 27 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 2020 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
Every one of the 269 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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