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536 East 14 Street

652Records
17City systems
21Open violations
21.8Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10009 · Neighborhood: East Village
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652 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 221 311 service requests, 133 HPD complaints, 81 HPD housing violations.

BoroughManhattan 10009
Built1920
Floors5
Res. units14
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)BETTY LILY CORP
BBL1004070026
BIN1005243

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 57% 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 21.8. In ZIP 10009, 59% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work

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Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations21 total — 7 class C (immediately hazardous), 13 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 1994-03-23.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

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

12 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Damaged Tree (3) · New Tree Request (3) · Graffiti (2) · Noise (1) · Street Condition (1) · Rodent (1).

Filed construction activity

$87,900 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (10 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 (14)
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)BETTY & LILY CORP
Head officerBetty L KING
Managing agentLily L KING
Last registered2025-11-17

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,694,000 $762,300
2026$1,704,000 $766,800
2027$1,785,000 $803,250

The city's market estimate has risen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Hibachi ExpressChinese/JapaneseAMice evidence
NY Sal's PizzaPizzaBMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 2 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 2 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

Subway1 Av — L · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: E 14 St / Avenue B — M14D-SBS · 200 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi BikeE 14 St & Ave B · 300 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

536 East 14 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

12 311 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: $300,000 on 1994-06-16 (lender: Great Eastern Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1994-06-16Mortgage $300,000 — from BETTY & LILY CORP. to GREAT EASTERN BANK $300,000
1983-05-09Mortgage $81,212 — from BETTY & LILY CORP. to RELI CO. $81,212

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201721639461
20180423633
20190127432
202012018333
20210217221
20220018422
20230119525
20240010616
2025005712
202600358
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The full timeline

Construction 39Enforcement 87Housing & tenants 445Ownership & money 19Health & systems 62

Every one of the 652 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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