740 recorded events, 1989–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 480 311 service requests, 54 HPD complaints, 48 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 81% 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 2.9. 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 | 8 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1991-07-31. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
131 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (109) · Illegal Parking (7) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (3) · Graffiti (2) · Lost Property (2) · Drinking (2).
$857,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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 (1900) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (14) |
| 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) | 244 HOUSTON CORP |
| Head officer | JONATHAN SOUDRY |
| Managing agent | 19 Stanton realty LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-11-14 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,480,000 | $1,116,000 |
| 2026 | $2,524,000 | $1,135,800 |
| 2027 | $3,022,000 | $1,359,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 22% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewel Box | American | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · 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 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 | 2 Av — F · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 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: Avenue A / East Houston St — M14A-SBS · 100 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | E 2 St & Ave A · 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.
244 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
131 311 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: $8,000,000 on 2025-08-06 (lender: Citi Real Estate Funding INC.), covering 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-06 | AL&R $78,000,000 — from 203 CHRYSTIE STREET REAL TY CORP.; BRIGHTON TERRACE, LLC; ORCHARD STREET REALTY LLC; 210 R to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC. | $78,000,000 | |
| 2025-08-06 | Mortgage $8,000,000 — from 210 RIVINGTON REAL TY HOLDINGS LLC; BRIGHTON TERRACE, LLC; SAJ REAL TY, LLC; 203 CHRYSTIE to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC. | $8,000,000 | |
| 2025-08-06 | Agreement $78,000,000 — from FIRST AND FIRST REALTY CORP.; 210 RIVINGTON A.S. REALTY LLC; BRIGHTON TERRACE, LLC; ORCHAR to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC. | $78,000,000 | |
| 2022-06-27 | Mortgage $4,359,388 — from 9-11 STANTON STREET REALTY CORP; BRIGHTON TERRACE LLC; ORCHARD STREET REALTY LLC; SAJ REAL to DIME COMMUNITY BANK; THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $4,359,388 | |
| 2022-06-27 | AL&R $70,000,000 — from 210 RIVINGTON A.S. REALTY LLC; 1111 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 244 HOUSTON CORP; AIR POWER AIR-C to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH; DIME COMMUNITY BANK | $70,000,000 | |
| 2022-06-27 | Agreement $70,000,000 — from 19 STANTON REALTY LLC; 1111 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; ORCHARD STREET REALTY LLC; 210 RIVINGTON to DIME COMMUNITY BANK; THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $70,000,000 | |
| 2016-01-13 | AL&R $5,200,000 — from 244 HOUSTON CORP. to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $5,200,000 | |
| 2016-01-13 | Mortgage $3,173,029 — from 244 HOUSTON CORP. to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $3,173,029 | |
| 2016-01-13 | Agreement $5,200,000 — from 244 HOUSTON CORP. to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $5,200,000 | |
| 2013-12-30 | RPTT&RET $22,903 — from SOUDRY, ABRAHAM to THE JONATHAN SOUDRY 2010 IRREVOCABLE TRU | $22,903 | |
| 2013-12-30 | RPTT&RET $5,346,000 — from SOUDRY, ABRAHAM to THE JONATHAN SOUDRY 2010 IRREVOCABLE TRU | $5,346,000 | |
| 2013-08-27 | Mortgage $820,902 — from 244 HOUSTON CORP. to DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $820,902 | |
| 2013-08-27 | Agreement $2,300,000 — from DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH to 244 HOUSTON CORP. | $2,300,000 | |
| 2013-08-27 | AL&R $2,300,000 — from 244 HOUSTON CORP. to DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $2,300,000 | |
| 2011-03-11 | Mortgage $1,567,171 — from 244 HOUSTON COPR. to INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK | $1,567,171 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 39 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 7 | 47 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 1 | 93 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 43 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 50 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 32 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 5 | 3 | 78 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 4 | 55 |
Every one of the 740 recorded events, 1989–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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