1,347 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 456 311 service requests, 397 HPD complaints, 332 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 861.8. 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 | 14 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 6 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 2015-06-13. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
23 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 12 · winter 2025–26: 11). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$7,125 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
201 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (46) · DOOR/WINDOW (29) · WATER LEAK (16) · ELECTRIC (16) · FLOORING/STAIRS (13) · PAINT/PLASTER (12).
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 (1910) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (9) |
| 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) | Yick Fat Realty |
| Head officer | Kathy Cheung |
| Managing agent | Yick Fat Realty |
| Last registered | 2026-05-05 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,572,800 | $1,607,760 |
| 2026 | $4,287,000 | $1,929,150 |
| 2027 | $5,144,000 | $2,314,800 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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 | Delancey St-Essex St — F J M Z · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Essex St / Delancey St — M9 M14A-SBS · 650 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | Suffolk St & Delancey St · 250 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.
97 Clinton 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 |
201 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 11 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: $778,004 on 2016-08-03 (lender: JPMorgan Chase 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-03 | Mortgage $778,005 — from YICK FAT REALTY CORP to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $778,005 | |
| 2016-08-03 | Agreement $1,000,000 — from YICK FAT REALTY CORP to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $1,000,000 | |
| 2012-06-27 | AL&R $498,000 — from YICK FAT REALTY CORP. to SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LTD., NEW YORK | $498,000 | |
| 2012-06-27 | Mortgage $498,000 — from YICK FAT REALTY CORP. to SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LTD., NEW YORK | $498,000 | |
| 2001-11-07 | Mortgage $427,995 — from YICK FAT REALTY CORP. to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $427,995 | |
| 1996-04-24 | Mortgage $404,575 — from YICK FAT REALTY CORP. to CHINESE AMERICAN BANK | $404,575 | |
| 1985-09-17 | Mortgage $750,000 — from ELI CONSTRUCTION CO to MANUFACTURERS &TRDRSETC | $750,000 | |
| 1983-02-17 | Mortgage $310,000 — from HABANOT CONSTRUCTIONCP.; WHIRL REALTY INC.; DISENHOUST CONSTRUCT/CP.; DISENHOUSE, DAVID to LLOYD CAP'L CORPORATION | $310,000 | |
| 1983-02-17 | Agreement $310,000 — from HABANOT CONSTRUCTIONCP.; DISENHOUSE, DAVID; DISENHOUSE CONSTRUCT/CP.; WHIRL REALTY INC. to LLOYD CAP'L CORPORATION | $310,000 | |
| 1982-12-10 | Mortgage $60,000 — from DISENHOUSE CONSTRUCT/CP. to MICHELMAN, WILLIAM | $60,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 46 |
| 2018 | 1 | 105 | 0 | 2 | 108 |
| 2019 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 36 |
| 2020 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| 2021 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2022 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 3 | 80 |
| 2023 | 8 | 121 | 0 | 2 | 131 |
| 2024 | 9 | 379 | 0 | 4 | 392 |
| 2025 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 3 | 66 |
| 2026 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 6 | 69 |
Every one of the 1,347 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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