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245 Bowery

316Records
15City systems
6Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10002 · Neighborhood: Lower East Side
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316 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 79 311 service requests, 71 HPD housing violations, 44 HPD complaints.

BoroughManhattan 10002
Built1900
Floors2
Res. units0
ClassK4
Owner (PLUTO)HARLEN SALES CO.,INC.
BBL1004260017
BIN1005712

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations6 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2025-09-18.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

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.

$15,312 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

39 service requests in the last three years. Most common: GENERAL (6) · SAFETY (6) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (6) · Illegal Parking (4) · Noise (2) · ELECTRIC (2).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)HARLEN SALES CO, INC
Head officerANTON MAYER
Managing agentANTON MAYER
Last registered2025-09-06

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,230,000 $553,500
2026$1,363,000 $613,350
2027$1,494,000 $672,300

The city's market estimate has risen 21% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Bar VeloceItalianAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 1 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

Subway2 Av — F · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bowery — J Z · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Bowery / Prince St — M103 · 300 ft
Citi BikeStanton St & Chrystie St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityShared bike route 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.

Report a problem to 311

245 Bowery

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

39 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $70,500 on 1985-12-12 (lender: Shalhon, Jack), 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1985-12-12Mortgage $70,500 — from HARLEN SALES CO. INC. to SHALHON, JACK $70,500
1984-04-17Mortgage $425,000 — from SHALHON, JACK to 243 BOWERY INC. $425,000

Ten-year activity

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2023
2024
73
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
2017015318
20183429
2019012315
20200022
20210617
202209211
20231020232
2024810422
2025664373
2026015318
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The full timeline

Construction 32Enforcement 31Housing & tenants 197Ownership & money 13Health & systems 43

Every one of the 316 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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