168 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 36 311 service requests, 30 rodent inspections, 26 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 83% 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 2.3. 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 | 1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2014-04-17. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
10 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (4) · Graffiti (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · Illegal Parking (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1).
$44,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (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) | 23 ESSEX REALTY CORPORATION |
| Head officer | Mike M WONG |
| Managing agent | ARISTOCRAT MANAGEMENT INC. |
| Last registered | 2026-06-25 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,417,000 | $1,537,650 |
| 2026 | $3,773,000 | $1,697,850 |
| 2027 | $3,855,000 | $1,734,750 |
The city's market estimate has risen 13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Cabron Taqueria | Mexican | A | Mice evidence |
| North Dumpling | Chilean | Not yet graded | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 2 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 · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Delancey St-Essex St — F J M Z · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Essex St / Canal St — M9 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Canal St & Rutgers St · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman. 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.
23 Essex 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 |
10 311 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.
Managed by ARISTOCRAT MANAGEMENT INC. — 6 buildings, 86 units. Grades across the portfolio: A5 · B1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 276 Broome Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 21 Monroe Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 34 Mott Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 219 East Broadway | MN | 10 | A |
| 23 Essex Street | MN | 8 | A |
| 166 Avenue B | MN | 8 | B |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $345,856 on 2006-04-25 (lender: Asia Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-25 | Agreement $1,002,057 — from ASIA BANK, N.A. to 23 ESSEX REALTY CORP. | $1,002,057 | |
| 2011-05-20 | Deed $2,000,000 — from DONG'S REALTY INC. to 23 ESSEX REALTY CORP. | $2,000,000 | |
| 2011-05-20 | AL&R $1,100,000 — from 23 ESSEX REALTY CORP. to ASIA BANK, N.A. | $1,100,000 | |
| 2011-05-20 | Agreement $1,100,000 — from 23 ESSEX REALTY CORP. to ASIA BANK, N.A. | $1,100,000 | |
| 2007-08-06 | Agreement $1,269,216 — from ASIA BANK, N.A. to DONG'S REALTY INC. | $1,269,216 | |
| 2006-04-25 | Agreement $1,295,000 — from DONG'S REALTY INC. to ASIA BANK, N.A. | $1,295,000 | |
| 2006-04-25 | Mortgage $345,856 — from DONG'S REALTY INC. to ASIA BANK, N.A. | $345,856 | |
| 2006-04-25 | AL&R $1,295,000 — from ASIA BANK, N.A. to DONG'S REALTY INC. | $1,295,000 | |
| 2003-08-28 | Mortgage $567,328 — from DONG'S REALTY INC. to ASIA BANK, N.A. | $567,328 | |
| 2000-02-11 | Mortgage $499,000 — from DONG'S REALTY, INC. to FLEISCHER, JOSEPH; FLEISCHER, MICHAEL | $499,000 | |
| 1990-05-21 | Mortgage $200,000 — from 23 ESSEX ST RLTY INC to FISHMAN, M. BEN-MAYER; FISHMAN, MENACHEM N.; FISHMAN, ZEV; FISHMAN, MOSHE; FISHMAN, H. BEN | $200,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Every one of the 168 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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