637 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 204 311 service requests, 143 HPD complaints, 111 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% 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 439.4. In ZIP 10009, 59% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% 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 | 30 total — 8 class C (immediately hazardous), 15 class B, 7 class A. Oldest open since 2000-02-28. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
86 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6 · winter 2024–25: 40 · winter 2025–26: 30 · winter 2026–27: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$11,875 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
84 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (43) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (11) · Building/Use (5) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · Construction Lead Dust (2).
$541,700 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (9 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 (1930) |
| 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) | 543 EAST 6TH STREET OWNER LLC |
| Head officer | ANH DO |
| Managing agent | 543 EAST 6TH STREET OWNER LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-08-24 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,986,800 | $1,344,060 |
| 2026 | $3,186,000 | $1,433,700 |
| 2027 | $3,359,000 | $1,511,550 |
The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 3 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 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 1 Av — L · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Avenue A / E 5 St — M14A-SBS · 650 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | E 6 St & Ave B · 100 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.
543 East 6 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 |
84 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 43 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: $8,392,496 on 2024-08-12 (lender: Citi Real Estate Funding INC.), covering 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-12 | Agreement $30,000,000 — from 289 EAST 149TH STREET OWNER LLC; 543 EAST 6TH STREET OWNER LLC; 73 SECOND AVENUE OWNER LLC to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC. | $30,000,000 | |
| 2024-08-12 | AL&R $8,392,496 — from 73 SECOND AVENUE OWNER LLC; 151-165 BURNSIDE AVE OWNER LLC; 228 EAST 51 STREET OWNER LLC; to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC. | $8,392,496 | |
| 2024-08-12 | Mortgage $8,392,496 — from 670 9TH AVENUE OWNER LLC; 425 EAST 6TH STREET OWNER LLC; 151-165 BURNSIDE AVE OWNER LLC; 7 to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC. | $8,392,496 | |
| 2023-08-01 | Deed $3,250,000 — from 543 EAST 6TH STREET REALTY CORP. to 543 EAST 6 STREET LLC | $3,250,000 | |
| 2023-08-01 | Mortgage $4,510,000 — from 543 EAST 6 STREET LLC; 425 EAST 6 STREET LLC to MODERN BANK, N.A. | $4,510,000 | |
| 2023-08-01 | AL&R $4,510,000 — from 543 EAST 6 STREET LLC; 425 EAST 6 STREET LLC to MODERN BANK, N.A. | $4,510,000 | |
| 2023-07-14 | Sold for $3,250,000 | $3,250,000 | $406,250 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 38 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 44 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 32 |
| 2023 | 7 | 16 | 64 | 4 | 4 | 95 |
| 2024 | 6 | 27 | 67 | 7 | 5 | 112 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 2 | 5 | 67 |
| 2026 | 1 | 9 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 79 |
Every one of the 637 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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