359 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 108 311 service requests, 45 HPD housing violations, 42 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
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 56% 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 20.5. 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 | 15 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 9 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 1978-03-14. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
44 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (29) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (6) · Consumer Complaint (5) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · Noise (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1).
$101,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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 (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) | E HOUSTON PROPERTY OWNER LLC |
| Head officer | MOSHE KOSHKHERAMAN |
| Managing agent | REUBEN ELNADAV |
| Last registered | 2025-09-10 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $6,270,000 | $2,821,500 |
| 2026 | $7,248,000 | $3,261,600 |
| 2027 | $7,642,000 | $3,438,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 22% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mercury Lounge | American | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
| Subway | 2 Av — F · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Delancey St-Essex St — F J M Z · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: East Houston St / Essex St — M21 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 2 St & Ave A · 450 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.
217 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 |
44 311 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: $4,850,000 on 2017-11-13 (lender: TD Bank, NA), covering 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-07 | AL&R $9,720,000 — from E. HOUSTON PROPERTY OWNER LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $9,720,000 | |
| 2021-10-07 | Agreement $9,720,000 — from E. HOUSTON PROPERTY OWNER LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $9,720,000 | |
| 2021-10-07 | Deed $13,200,000 — from TDJ HOLDINGS LLC to E. HOUSTON PROPERTY OWNER LLC | $13,200,000 | |
| 2021-09-20 | Sold for $13,200,000 | $13,200,000 | $1,650,000 |
| 2017-11-13 | Mortgage $2,949,698 — from TDJ HOLDINGS, LLC to TD BANK, NA | $2,949,698 | |
| 2017-11-13 | Agreement $11,500,000 — from TDJ HOLDINGS, LLC to TD BANK, NA | $11,500,000 | |
| 2017-11-13 | AL&R $11,500,000 — from TDJ HOLDINGS, LLC to TD BANK, NA | $11,500,000 | |
| 2017-11-13 | Mortgage $4,850,000 — from TDJ HOLDINGS, LLC to TD BANK, NA | $4,850,000 | |
| 2015-08-19 | Mortgage $2,653,888 — from TDJ HOLDINGS, LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY | $2,653,888 | |
| 2015-08-19 | Agreement $8,600,000 — from TDJ HOLDINGS, LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY | $8,600,000 | |
| 2015-08-19 | AL&R $8,600,000 — from TDJ HOLDINGS, LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY | $8,600,000 | |
| 2014-08-19 | DEVR $2,250,000 — from TDJ HOLDINGS LLC; TDJ HOLDINGS LLC to HOUSTON ESSEX REALTY CORP.; HOUSTON ESSEX REALTY CORP | $2,250,000 | |
| 2014-08-19 | DEVR $2,250,000 — from TDJ HOLDINGS LLC; TDJ HOLDINGS LLC to HOUSTON ESSEX REALTY CORP.; HOUSTON ESSEX REALTY CORP | $2,250,000 | |
| 2012-05-11 | Agreement $4,919,465 — from TDJ HOLDINGS, LLC; SACHA GROUP LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY | $4,919,465 | |
| 2011-08-18 | XXXX $1,900,000 — from TDJ HOLDINGS,LLC; SACHA GROUP LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY | $1,900,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 42 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 29 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 27 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 27 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
Every one of the 359 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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