1,489 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 654 311 service requests, 355 HPD complaints, 134 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. More recorded distress than 52% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 26.2. In ZIP 10002, 64% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 32 total — 11 class C (immediately hazardous), 15 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 1995-03-28. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
11 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 5). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$11,600 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
86 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (23) · Encampment (11) · Illegal Parking (9) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (8) · HEAT/HOT WATER (5) · Street Condition (4).
$554,956 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1900) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (33) |
| 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) | ALLEN HOUSE LLC |
| Head officer | ROBERT ARIZIGA |
| Managing agent | ROBERT ARIZIGA |
| Last registered | 2025-08-06 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7,993,000 | $3,596,850 |
| 2026 | $8,570,000 | $3,856,500 |
| 2027 | $8,764,000 | $3,943,800 |
The city's market estimate has risen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chicken | Korean | A | — |
| Kisa | Korean | A | Mice evidence |
| Two Doors Down | American | Not yet graded | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
3 restaurants · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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 | 2 Av — F · under 50 ft straight-line (under a minute) · 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: Allen St / E Houston St — M15 M15-SBS · 100 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | Allen St & Stanton St · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Protected bike path mapped within 75 ft |
| 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.
159 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 |
86 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 5 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: $1,040,710 on 2021-11-05 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-05 | Agreement $4,500,000 — from ALLEN HOUSE LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A | $4,500,000 | |
| 2021-11-05 | Mortgage $1,040,711 — from ALLEN HOUSE LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A | $1,040,711 | |
| 2016-11-03 | Mortgage $1,014,427 — from ALLEN HOUSE, LLC to DIME COMMUNITY BANK; THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $1,014,427 | |
| 2016-11-03 | Agreement $3,830,000 — from ALLEN HOUSE, LLC to DIME COMMUNITY BANK; THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $3,830,000 | |
| 2016-11-03 | AL&R $3,830,000 — from ALLEN HOUSE, LLC to DIME COMMUNITY BANK; THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $3,830,000 | |
| 2012-07-05 | Mortgage $168,111 — from ALLEN HOUSE, LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $168,111 | |
| 2012-07-05 | Agreement $3,050,000 — from THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH to ALLEN HOUSE, LLC | $3,050,000 | |
| 2012-07-05 | AL&R $3,050,000 — from ALLEN HOUSE, LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $3,050,000 | |
| 2009-03-09 | AL&R $3,000,000 — from ALLEN HOUSE, LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $3,000,000 | |
| 2009-03-09 | Agreement $3,000,000 — from ALLEN HOUSE, LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $3,000,000 | |
| 2009-03-09 | Mortgage $1,094,872 — from ALLEN HOUSE, LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $1,094,872 | |
| 1999-01-25 | Mortgage $1,460,820 — from ALLEN HOUSE, LLC to CITIBANK, NA | $1,460,820 | |
| 1993-09-02 | Mortgage $1,120,000 — from ALLEN HOUSE, INC. to EAST NEW YORK SAVINGS BK | $1,120,000 | |
| 1989-02-14 | Mortgage $350,000 — from 201 ALLEN ST ASSOCS to EAST NY SVGS BK | $350,000 | |
| 1987-01-12 | Mortgage $1,100,000 — from LAVAL REALTY INC to MANHATTAN PROPERTIESINC | $1,100,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 49 |
| 2018 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 35 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 81 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 4 | 2 | 54 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 60 |
| 2023 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 0 | 5 | 68 |
| 2024 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 62 |
| 2025 | 1 | 14 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 57 |
| 2026 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 32 |
Every one of the 1,489 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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