605 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 200 311 service requests, 78 HPD housing violations, 77 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 77% 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 3.8. In ZIP 10003, 67% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).
2 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
24 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (9) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (5) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Residential Disposal Complaint (2) · Missed Collection (1) · ELECTRIC (1).
$235,050 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (12 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 (1910) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (39) |
| 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) | 21 FIRST AVENUE LLC |
| Head officer | CATHERINE ECONOMAKIS |
| Managing agent | TRI-HILL MANAGEMENT LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-09-12 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7,570,000 | $3,406,500 |
| 2026 | $8,961,000 | $4,032,450 |
| 2027 | $9,144,000 | $4,114,800 |
The city's market estimate has risen 21% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lil Frankie's Grocery | Sandwiches | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 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 · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Delancey St-Essex St — F J M Z · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 1 Av / E 1 St — M15-SBS · 150 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | E 1 St & 1 Ave · 100 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.
21 1 Avenue
| 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 |
24 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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 TRI-HILL MANAGEMENT LLC — 74 buildings, 2,315 units. Grades across the portfolio: A36 · B20 · C10 · D7. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 74 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $78,364 on 2022-05-11 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-11 | Mortgage $78,364 — from 21 FIRST AVENUE LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $78,364 | |
| 2022-05-11 | Agreement $7,700,000 — from 21 FIRST AVENUE LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $7,700,000 | |
| 2017-03-29 | Mortgage $3,173,452 — from 21 FIRST AVENUE LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $3,173,452 | |
| 2017-03-29 | Agreement $8,450,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to 21 FIRST AVENUE LLC | $8,450,000 | |
| 2014-03-04 | Agreement $5,600,000 — from JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to 21 FIRST AVENUE LLC | $5,600,000 | |
| 2014-03-04 | Mortgage $73,365 — from 21 FIRST AVENUE LLC to JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $73,365 | |
| 2013-07-09 | RPTT $1,810,281 — from METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC to T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH; T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH | $1,810,281 | |
| 2013-07-09 | RPTT $1,810,281 — from METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC to T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH; T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH | $1,810,281 | |
| 2013-03-22 | Mortgage $408,523 — from LD ACQUISITION COMPANY 10 LLC to TEXAS CAPITAL BANK, N.A. | $408,523 | |
| 2011-02-16 | Mortgage $994,438 — from 21 FIRST AVENUE LLC to JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $994,438 | |
| 2011-02-16 | Agreement $5,800,000 — from 21 FIRST AVENUE LLC to JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $5,800,000 | |
| 2006-06-19 | Agreement $5,100,000 — from 138 ATLANTIC AVENUE to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK | $5,100,000 | |
| 2006-06-19 | Mortgage $2,578,525 — from 138 ATLANTIC AVENUE to WASHINGTON MUTUAL | $2,578,525 | |
| 2006-06-19 | Mortgage $5,100,000 — from 138 ATLANTIC AVENUE to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK | $5,100,000 | |
| 2003-07-31 | Mortgage $2,690,000 — from 21 FIRST AVENUE ASSOCIATES to M & T REAL ESTATE, INC. | $2,690,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 30 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 2019 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 29 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 40 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 38 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| 2025 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 26 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
Every one of the 605 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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