448 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 114 HPD housing violations, 108 HPD complaints, 82 311 service requests.
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A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More 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 65.3. 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 | 98 total — 21 class C (immediately hazardous), 44 class B, 33 class A. Oldest open since 1976-04-27. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
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.
16 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (4) · Graffiti (4) · Noise (3) · GENERAL (1) · DOOR/WINDOW (1) · Real Time Enforcement (1).
$69,495 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 (1910) |
| 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) | LINS TEMPLE CORP |
| Head officer | Betty KING |
| Managing agent | Lily KING |
| Last registered | 2025-11-21 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,212,800 | $995,760 |
| 2026 | $2,655,000 | $1,194,750 |
| 2027 | $3,186,000 | $1,433,700 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Garden Palace | 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).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
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 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: East Broadway / Market St — M9 M22 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Division St & Bowery · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 002 Meyer London 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.
54 East Broadway
| 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 |
16 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-23 | Deed $7,466,782 — from LEUNG & YUEN LLC; WING LUCK LLC to LIN'S TEMPLE CORPORATION | $7,466,783 | |
| 2022-09-07 | Sold for $7,466,783 | $7,466,783 | $933,348 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 56 |
| 2021 | 0 | 17 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 80 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 33 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 41 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 2026 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Every one of the 448 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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