680 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 225 311 service requests, 156 HPD complaints, 98 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More 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 89.3. 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 | 33 total — 7 class C (immediately hazardous), 20 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2016-11-02. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
8 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
57 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Homeless Person Assistance (10) · GENERAL (6) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (5) · DOOR/WINDOW (5) · Noise (4) · HEAT/HOT WATER (4).
$3,060,206 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 (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) | Lower East Side Tenement Museum |
| Head officer | Annie Polland |
| Managing agent | Quantum Property Management, LTD |
| Last registered | 2026-02-20 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,738,000 | $1,682,100 |
| 2026 | $4,164,000 | $1,873,800 |
| 2027 | $3,699,000 | $1,664,550 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: CHARITABLE
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
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 | Delancey St-Essex St — F J M Z · 500 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Grand St — B D · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Allen St / Delancey St — B39 M15 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | Orchard St & Grand St · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman Middle: M.S. 131. 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.
260 Broome 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 |
57 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 4 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.
Managed by QUANTUM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT — 30 buildings, 682 units. Grades across the portfolio: A27 · B3. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42-25 80 Street | QN | 147 | B |
| 80-06 47 Avenue | QN | 75 | A |
| 623 Avenue H | BK | 38 | A |
| 161 North 4 Street | BK | 37 | A |
| 318 East 112 Street | MN | 26 | A |
| 1043 Halsey Street | BK | 25 | A |
| 606 West 113 Street | MN | 24 | A |
| 728 41 Street | BK | 24 | A |
| 76-26 47 Avenue | QN | 22 | A |
| 904 Pacific Street | BK | 21 | A |
| 305 West 55 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 91-06 Whitney Avenue | QN | 18 | A |
| 957 Pacific Street | BK | 18 | A |
| 112-31 38 Avenue | QN | 17 | A |
| 305 East 91 Street | MN | 16 | A |
| 208 Bay 22 Street | BK | 16 | A |
| 925 Pacific Street | BK | 15 | A |
| 260 Broome Street | MN | 14 | B |
| 2155 Daly Avenue | BX | 12 | A |
| 40-24 76 Street | QN | 12 | A |
| 71 West 83 Street | MN | 12 | A |
| 138 Edgecombe Avenue | MN | 10 | A |
| 85 Stanton Street | MN | 10 | A |
| 935 Pacific Street | BK | 10 | A |
| 129 West 123 Street | MN | 8 | A |
| 50 East 80 Street | MN | 8 | A |
| 258 St James Place | BK | 8 | B |
| 316 West 83 Street | MN | 8 | A |
| 306 East 82 Street | MN | 7 | A |
| 916 Pacific Street | BK | 4 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $7,750,000 on 2016-01-06 (lender: Build NYC Resource Corporation and The Bank Of New York Mellon), covering 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-06 | Mortgage $7,750,000 — from LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM; LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON; BUILD NYC RESOURCE CORPORATION; BUILD NYC RESOURCE CORPORATIO | $7,750,000 | |
| 2016-01-06 | Mortgage $7,750,000 — from LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON; BUILD NYC RESOURCE CORPORATION | $7,750,000 | |
| 2016-01-06 | Mortgage $7,750,000 — from LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM to BUILD NYC RESOURCE CORPORATION; THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | $7,750,000 | |
| 2016-01-06 | Mortgage $7,750,000 — from LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM to BUILD NYC RESOURCE CORPORATION; THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | $7,750,000 | |
| 2010-01-06 | Agreement $8,900,000 — from LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM to SOVEREIGN BANK | $8,900,000 | |
| 2010-01-06 | Agreement $600,000 — from LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM to SOVEREIGN BANK | $600,000 | |
| 2009-04-22 | Mortgage $285,410 — from LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM; NEW YORK CITY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGE to THE BANK OF NEW YORK | $285,410 | |
| 2008-04-04 | Mortgage $600,000 — from LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM to SOVEREIGN BANK | $600,000 | |
| 2008-04-04 | Mortgage $2,376,828 — from NEW YORK CITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY; LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM to THE BANK OF NEW YORK | $2,376,828 | |
| 2008-04-04 | Mortgage $6,237,762 — from LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM; NEW YORK CITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY to THE BANK OF NEW YORK | $6,237,762 | |
| 2008-04-04 | Agreement $3,000,000 — from NEW YORK CITY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGE to THE BANK OF NEW YORK | $3,000,000 | |
| 2008-04-04 | Agreement $8,900,000 — from LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM to SOVEREIGN BANK | $8,900,000 | |
| 2008-02-19 | Agreement $655,000 — from LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM to SOVEREIGN BANK | $655,000 | |
| 2002-06-24 | Mortgage $1,082,108 — from LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $1,082,108 | |
| 1999-08-06 | Mortgage $950,000 — from BARSOUV CORP. to CFS BANK | $950,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 | 82 | 0 | 3 | 91 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 4 | 53 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 1 | 3 | 60 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 39 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 47 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 49 |
Every one of the 680 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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