309 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 86 311 service requests, 36 HPD complaints, 36 rodent inspections.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 89% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 1.1. In ZIP 10002, 64% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Graffiti (7) · Panhandling (1) · Sidewalk Condition (1).
$229,300 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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 (38) |
| 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) | CHINATOWN PRESERVATION HDFC INC |
| Head officer | THOMAS YU |
| Managing agent | STANTON NORFOLK INC |
| Last registered | 2025-10-02 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,783,000 | $1,252,350 |
| 2026 | $2,539,000 | $1,142,550 |
| 2027 | $2,703,000 | $1,216,350 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Grand St — B D · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Essex St / Canal St — M9 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | Allen St & Hester St · 300 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.
58 Hester 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 |
9 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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 STANTON NORFOLK INC — 46 buildings, 960 units. Grades across the portfolio: A31 · B10 · C3 · D1. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $14,900,000 on 2013-02-11 (lender: Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC), covering 6 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-02-11 | Mortgage $14,900,000 — from CHINATOWN PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVLOPMEN to BELLWETHER ENTERPRISE REAL ESTATE CAPITA | $14,900,000 | |
| 2010-02-22 | Mortgage $667,748 — from SHINATOWN PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPME to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $667,748 | |
| 2007-11-30 | Mortgage $3,800,000 — from CHINATOWN PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPME to DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D; CITY OF NEW YORK | $3,800,000 | |
| 2007-05-21 | Deed $8,600,000 — from ELM ASSOCIATES to CHINATOWN PRESERVATION HDFC | $8,600,000 | |
| 2007-05-21 | Mortgage $4,700,000 — from CHINATOWN PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPME to CATHAY BANK | $4,700,000 | |
| 2007-05-21 | Mortgage $3,000,000 — from CHINATOWN PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPME to ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND, INC. | $3,000,000 | |
| 2002-04-02 | Mortgage $564,946 — from ELM ASSOCIATES to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH | $564,946 | |
| 1988-01-12 | Mortgage $374,121 — from ELM ASSOCIATES to EASTBANK N.A. | $374,121 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| 2023 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Every one of the 309 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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