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121 Rivington Street

431Records
15City systems
0Open violations
0.7Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10002 · Neighborhood: Lower East Side
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431 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 260 311 service requests, 48 DOB permits, 26 rodent inspections.

BoroughManhattan 10002
Built1920
Floors6
Res. units27
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)121 RIVINGTON CORP.
BBL1003530020
BIN1004286

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 91% 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 0.7. In ZIP 10002, 64% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

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C

Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

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.

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

88 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (30) · Noise (27) · Graffiti (12) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (8) · Lead (2) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$780,956 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (21 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1920)
YesSix or more residential units (27)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)121 RIVINGTON CORPORATION
Head officerKIN WONG
Managing agent121 RIVINGTON CORPORATION
Last registered2025-08-31

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$5,800,000 $2,610,000
2026$6,821,000 $3,069,450
2027$7,029,000 $3,163,050

The city's market estimate has risen 21% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Welcome To the JohnsonsAmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

SubwayDelancey St-Essex St — F J M Z · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Essex St / Rivington St — M9 · 100 ft
Citi BikeSuffolk St & Delancey St · 500 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.

Report a problem to 311

121 Rivington Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

88 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $210,000 on 1983-06-08 (lender: Riv-Essex Corp.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1983-06-08Mortgage $210,000 — from 121 RIVINGTON CORP. to RIV-ESSEX CORP. $210,000

Ten-year activity

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2018
71
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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201740130421
201880230435
2019196420471
202000140317
202100200323
202203300437
202300240529
202401280534
202530281537
202670230232
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The full timeline

Construction 74Enforcement 20Housing & tenants 282Ownership & money 6Health & systems 49

Every one of the 431 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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