165 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 44 311 service requests, 42 HPD complaints, 25 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. More recorded distress than 81% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 5. In ZIP 10002, 64% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-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.
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (4) · Illegal Parking (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2).
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) |
| No | Six or more residential units (4) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | EL CARIBE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY INC |
| Head officer | THOMAS YU |
| Managing agent | STANTON NORFOLK INC |
| Last registered | 2025-09-29 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,827,000 | $1,272,150 |
| 2026 | $3,392,000 | $1,526,400 |
| 2027 | $4,070,000 | $1,831,500 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
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.
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 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: East Houston St / Clinton St — M9 M21 · 50 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 2 St & Ave B · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Protected bike path 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.
305 East Houston 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 |
8 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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 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: $2,257,428 on 1996-06-18 (lender: NYC Hpd), covering 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-29 | RPTT&RET $2,985,424 — from NEW YORK EQUITY FUND 1995 LIMITED PARTNE to EL CARIBE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPA | $2,985,424 | |
| 2016-03-28 | Agreement $2,257,428 — from EL CARIBE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPA to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $2,257,428 | |
| 1996-06-18 | Mortgage $2,257,428 — from EL CARIBE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to NYC HPD | $2,257,428 |
| Year | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Every one of the 165 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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