335 recorded events, 1978–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 179 311 service requests, 35 rodent inspections, 29 HPD complaints.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 58% 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 23. 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 | 9 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1989-08-28. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$2,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
72 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Panhandling (13) · Noise (11) · Homeless Person Assistance (9) · Water System (6) · Illegal Parking (5) · New Tree Request (4).
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 (1920) |
| 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) | WELL MING CORP |
| Head officer | SHU MING CHAU |
| Managing agent | SHU MING CHAU |
| Last registered | 2025-07-08 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,758,000 | $791,100 |
| 2026 | $2,310,000 | $1,039,500 |
| 2027 | $2,416,000 | $1,087,200 |
The city's market estimate has risen 37% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Isla Cafe | Other | 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).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2014 (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 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Grand St / Pitt St — M14A-SBS · 800 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | Rivington St & Ridge St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Shared bike route mapped within 75 ft |
| 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.
212 Delancey 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 |
72 311 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: $70,000 on 1988-06-29 (lender: Hop Chung Cap Investors). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-06-29 | Mortgage $70,000 — from WELL MING CORP to HOP CHUNG CAP INVESTORS | $70,000 | |
| 1985-06-24 | Mortgage $40,000 — from YUK CHIU REALTY, INC. to SILVER COMPANY | $40,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 15 |
| 2020 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 2021 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 38 |
| 2022 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 56 |
| 2023 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 35 |
| 2024 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 29 |
| 2025 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 30 |
| 2026 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 21 |
Every one of the 335 recorded events, 1978–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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