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111 Chrystie Street

292Records
16City systems
10Open violations
2.3Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10002 · Neighborhood: Lower East Side
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292 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 86 HPD complaints, 66 311 service requests, 28 rodent inspections.

BoroughManhattan 10002
Built1900
Floors6
Res. units23
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)KENT & KEE MEE MUI CHIN,
BBL1004230025
BIN1005646

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 82% 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 2.3. In ZIP 10002, 64% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

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 violations10 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 1987-12-07.

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

4 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · Construction Lead Dust (1).

Filed construction activity

$43,355 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (1900)
YesSix or more residential units (23)
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)KENT KEE MEE MUI CHIN LLC
Head officerEDWARD L CHIN
Managing agentALW SERVICE LLC
Last registered2024-10-24

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,030,000 $913,500
2026$2,218,000 $998,100
2027$2,138,000 $962,100

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

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
CafecitoCoffee/TeaA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

SubwayGrand St — B D · 100 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: none
Bowery — J Z · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Bowery / Grand St — M103 · 150 ft
Citi BikeForsyth 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.

Report a problem to 311

111 Chrystie 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

4 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by ALW SERVICE LLC — 2 buildings, 53 units. Grades across the portfolio: A2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
390 Broome Street MN30 A
111 Chrystie Street MN23 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $377,422 on 2002-10-10 (lender: Dime Savings Bank Ofwilliamsburgh), 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2002-10-10Mortgage $377,423 — from YING WEE CORP.; 124-126 MOTT CORP.; KENT & KEE MEE MUI CHIN, LLC to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH $377,423
1998-01-06Mortgage $264,766 — from 124-126 MOTT CORP.; KENT & KEE MEE MUI CHIN to CITY & SUBURBAN FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK $264,766
1991-10-18Mortgage $460,000 — from CHIN, KENT AKA; CHIN, KEE MEE MUI FKA; 124-126 MOTT CORP; YUEN, KEE MEE MUI; YUEN, SEUNG to CITY & SUBURBAN FSB $460,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201700112
201801449
2019149418
20200112518
2021007310
202200549
2023303713
2024006612
202500347
2026081413
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The full timeline

Construction 15Enforcement 26Housing & tenants 177Ownership & money 23Health & systems 51

Every one of the 292 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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