522 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 347 311 service requests, 34 HPD complaints, 31 rodent inspections.
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 68% 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 6.8. 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 | 10 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 1986-02-25. |
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.
$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
36 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (21) · Graffiti (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · ELECTRIC (1) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Homeless Person Assistance (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 (16) |
| 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) | HALI FAX MANAGEMENT CORP |
| Head officer | ROBERT SAZAN |
| Managing agent | HALIFAX MANAGEMENT CORP. |
| Last registered | 2025-09-26 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,672,000 | $1,202,400 |
| 2026 | $2,745,000 | $1,235,250 |
| 2027 | $2,668,000 | $1,200,600 |
The city's market estimate has risen 0% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clockwork | American | 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 · 350 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 · 400 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.
21 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 |
36 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $290,516 on 2021-02-03 (lender: New York Commercial Bank and New York Community 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-03 | Mortgage $290,516 — from HALIFAX MANAGEMENT CORP. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK; NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK | $290,516 | |
| 2021-02-03 | AL&R $2,500,000 — from HALIFAX MANAGEMENT CORP. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK; NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK | $2,500,000 | |
| 2021-02-03 | Agreement $2,500,000 — from HALIFAX MANAGEMENT CORP. to NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK; NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $2,500,000 | |
| 2013-09-26 | AL&R $2,625,000 — from HALIFAX MANAGEMENT CORP. to NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK | $2,625,000 | |
| 2013-09-26 | Agreement $2,625,000 — from HALIFAX MANAGEMENT CORP. to NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK | $2,625,000 | |
| 2013-09-26 | Mortgage $550,107 — from HALIFAX MANAGEMENT CORP. to NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK | $550,107 | |
| 2009-01-02 | Mortgage $2,240,000 — from HALIFAX MANAGEMENT CORP. to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $2,240,000 | |
| 2009-01-02 | AL&R $2,240,000 — from HALIFAX MANAGEMENT CORP. to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $2,240,000 | |
| 2005-01-06 | AL&R $1,200,000 — from ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA to HALIFAX MANAGEMENT CORP. | $1,200,000 | |
| 2005-01-06 | M&CON $1,200,000 — from HALIFAX MANAGEMENT CORP. to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $1,200,000 | |
| 2001-02-08 | Mortgage $73,081 — from HALIFAX MANAGEMENT CORP. A NEW YORK CORP to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI | $73,081 | |
| 1999-12-06 | Mortgage $565,000 — from HALIFAX MANAGEMENT CORP. to INTERVEST MORTGAGE COMPANY LLC | $565,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| 2018 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 48 |
| 2019 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| 2020 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 51 |
| 2021 | 0 | 72 | 3 | 1 | 76 |
| 2022 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| 2023 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 2024 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 2026 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
Every one of the 522 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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