918 recorded events, 1987–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 399 311 service requests, 202 HPD complaints, 58 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 76% 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 62.9. 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 | 26 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 9 class B, 12 class A. Oldest open since 1998-04-06. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
46 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 10 · winter 2024–25: 34 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$312 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
80 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (30) · HEAT/HOT WATER (23) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (7) · Rodent (4) · Graffiti (4) · Dirty Condition (3).
$55,215 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (20) |
| 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) | ELK CENTRAL PROPERTIES ORCHARD |
| Head officer | ABNER OHEBSHALOM |
| Managing agent | ELK CENTRAL PROPERTIES ORCHARD |
| Last registered | 2025-07-11 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,603,000 | $2,521,350 |
| 2026 | $4,784,000 | $2,152,800 |
| 2027 | $4,946,000 | $2,225,700 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Pulp | Juice, Smoothies, Fruit Salads | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2011 (0 in the last three years).
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 · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-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: Allen St / E Houston St — M15 M15-SBS · 200 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | Allen St & Stanton St · 250 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.
191 Orchard 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 |
80 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 23 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: $6,753,342 on 2006-08-01 (lender: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-12-28 | RPTT&RET $12,100,000 — from NEW YORK FLOWER LLC to OHEBSHALOM, ABNER; N&A OHEBSHALOM FAMILY TRUST; OHEBSHALOM, NINA; KALIMIAN, ELIAS | $12,100,000 | |
| 2006-08-01 | AL&R $5,996,658 — from WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION to ALLEN REALTY ASSOCIATES NY LLC | $5,996,658 | |
| 2006-08-01 | Mortgage $5,996,658 — from ALLEN REALTY ASSOCIATES NY LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $5,996,658 | |
| 2006-08-01 | AL&R $6,753,342 — from WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION to ALLEN REALTY ASSOCIATES NY LLC | $6,753,342 | |
| 2006-08-01 | Mortgage $6,753,342 — from ALLEN REALTY ASSOCIATES NY LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $6,753,342 | |
| 2005-05-27 | Agreement $6,717,500 — from ALLEN REALTY ASSOCIATES NY LLC to HUDSON UNITED BANK | $6,717,500 | |
| 2005-05-27 | AL&R $6,717,500 — from HUDSON UNITED BANK to ALLEN REALTY ASSOCIATES NY LLC | $6,717,500 | |
| 2005-05-27 | Mortgage $1,082,500 — from ALLEN REALTY ASSOCIATES NY LLC to HUDSON UNITED BANK | $1,082,500 | |
| 2005-05-27 | AL&R $1,082,500 — from HUDSON UNITED BANK to ALLEN REALTY ASSOCIATES NY LLC | $1,082,500 | |
| 2005-02-03 | Mortgage $717,500 — from ALLEN REALTY ASSOCIATES NY LLC to HUDSON UNITED BANK | $717,500 | |
| 2004-10-25 | DEVR $710,142 — from CENTRAL PROPERTIES LLC to ALLEN REALTY ASSOCIATES NYLLC | $710,142 | |
| 1995-12-27 | Mortgage $400,000 — from J.Y.H. REAL ESTATE CORP. to 191-193 REALTY ASSOCIATES | $400,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 36 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 36 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 2 | 104 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 36 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 43 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 0 | 14 | 106 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 26 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
Every one of the 918 recorded events, 1987–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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