1,749 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 542 311 service requests, 255 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 216 DOB permits.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 57% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 5.2. In ZIP 10002, 64% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 36 total — 8 class C (immediately hazardous), 25 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 1994-07-25. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
21 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 13). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$6,150 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
127 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (30) · Dirty Condition (13) · HEAT/HOT WATER (10) · Homeless Person Assistance (8) · Food Establishment (8) · Illegal Parking (6).
$4,624,559 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (100 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 (1949) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (258) |
| 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) | Hillman Housing Corporation |
| Head officer | JohnPaul Figueroa |
| Managing agent | AKAM ASSOCIATES, INC. |
| Last registered | 2025-08-28 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $41,663,000 | $18,748,350 |
| 2026 | $51,679,000 | $23,255,550 |
| 2027 | $43,688,000 | $19,659,600 |
The city's market estimate has risen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · DISABLED HOMEOWNER · SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2021 estimate: gross income $8,904,432 a year ($29.73 per sq ft), operating expenses $2,884,281 ($9.63 per sq ft), net operating income $6,020,151. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 57/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | No Report Filed (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zafi's Luncheonette | American | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick)
8 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Food Spoiled, Food Temperature) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 4 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
5 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (0 in the last three years).
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | Delancey St-Essex St — F J M Z · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Grand St / East Broadway — M14A-SBS · 300 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | Bialystoker Pl & Delancey St · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: Elementary schools in this district are not zoned. 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.
500 Grand 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 |
127 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 10 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 AKAM ASSOCIATES, INC. — 372 buildings, 55,744 units. Grades across the portfolio: A328 · B33 · C5. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 372 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $18,500,000 on 2023-01-17 (lender: Apple Bank For Savings), covering 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-07 | RPTT&RET $565,000 — from LEVASSEUR, BARBARA to SIGL, JACOB; LIPTAK, NICHOLAS | $565,000 | |
| 2026-07-01 | Sold for $565,000 | $565,000 | $2,190 |
| 2026-05-19 | RPTT&RET $1,250,000 — from FOX, TIMOTHY RICHARD to HAMBRICK, AMANDA; HAMBRICK, WILLOW | $1,250,000 | |
| 2026-05-07 | Sold for $1,250,000 | $1,250,000 | $4,845 |
| 2025-11-03 | RPTT&RET $380,000 — from PUBLIC ADMIN OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, ; THE ESTATE OF PAULINE KLEINMAN to GOODMAN, DAVID E; SUAREZ, LARA R | $380,000 | |
| 2025-10-30 | Sold for $380,000 | $380,000 | $1,473 |
| 2025-10-23 | RPTT&RET $589,000 — from KEITH FEUER, EXECUTOR; ESTATE OF BARBARA SCHAFER to WIRTZ, LEA; FELDMAN, ZACHARY | $589,000 | |
| 2025-10-21 | RPTT&RET $500,000 — from SMALL, ELEANOR to AHMAD, NOOR M | $500,000 | |
| 2025-10-16 | Sold for $589,000 | $589,000 | $2,283 |
| 2025-10-06 | Sold for $500,000 | $500,000 | $1,938 |
| 2025-09-30 | RPTT&RET $525,000 — from O'NEILL, JAMES J to DEELY, MICHAEL; ROGERS, KELLY | $525,000 | |
| 2025-09-29 | Sold for $525,000 | $525,000 | $2,035 |
| 2025-09-26 | RPTT&RET $305,000 — from ESTATE OF DANIEL STEIN BY ARTHUR HAGLES to HILLMAN HOUSING CORPORATION | $305,000 | |
| 2025-09-18 | Sold for $305,000 | $305,000 | $1,182 |
| 2025-09-11 | RPTT&RET $699,000 — from JANE OFFEN, WARD; JOSEPH BENSMIHEN, PLENARY GUARDIAN to CHAMBERLIN, PETER; TANG, HSIAO-JOU | $699,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 26 | 10 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 95 |
| 2018 | 29 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 82 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 55 |
| 2020 | 21 | 4 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 89 |
| 2021 | 0 | 33 | 81 | 28 | 12 | 154 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2 | 31 | 33 | 7 | 84 |
| 2023 | 25 | 16 | 46 | 18 | 14 | 119 |
| 2024 | 15 | 4 | 74 | 21 | 6 | 120 |
| 2025 | 15 | 2 | 27 | 26 | 7 | 77 |
| 2026 | 18 | 0 | 71 | 4 | 5 | 98 |
Every one of the 1,749 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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