824 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 378 311 service requests, 111 HPD complaints, 47 HPD housing violations.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 51% 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 25.4. 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
| Open HPD violations | 4 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1996-11-15. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
22 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 10 · winter 2025–26: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
80 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (24) · HEAT/HOT WATER (11) · PLUMBING (10) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (7) · Street Condition (4) · Residential Disposal Complaint (3).
$353,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 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 (1907) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (25) |
| 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) | RuRu & Associates LLC |
| Head officer | NADER OHEBSHALOM |
| Managing agent | sean piroozian |
| Last registered | 2026-07-30 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,639,000 | $2,537,550 |
| 2026 | $5,995,000 | $2,697,750 |
| 2027 | $6,437,000 | $2,896,650 |
The city's market estimate has risen 14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monsieur | Australian | 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.
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 · 900 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Bleecker St — 6 B D F M · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 2 Av / E 3 St — M15 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 4 St & 2 Ave · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Painted bike lane 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.
68 2 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 |
80 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 11 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: $3,648,462 on 2026-01-09 (lender: Flagstar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-09 | Mortgage $3,648,463 — from RURU & ASSOCIATES LLC to FLAGSTAR BANK, N.A. | $3,648,463 | |
| 2026-01-09 | Agreement $7,670,000 — from RURU & ASSOCIATES LLC to FLAGSTAR BANK, N.A. | $7,670,000 | |
| 2021-10-28 | Agreement $4,287,659 — from RURU & ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $4,287,659 | |
| 2013-12-31 | AL&R $5,000,000 — from RURU & ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $5,000,000 | |
| 2013-12-31 | Agreement $5,000,000 — from RURU & ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $5,000,000 | |
| 2013-12-31 | Mortgage $1,446,678 — from RURU & ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,446,678 | |
| 2011-10-04 | Deed $8,700,000 — from BAR NONE LLC to RURU & ASSOCIATES LLC | $8,700,000 | |
| 2011-10-04 | Mortgage $2,627,503 — from RURU & ASSOCIATES LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $2,627,503 | |
| 2011-10-04 | Agreement $3,700,000 — from RURU & ASSOCIATES LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $3,700,000 | |
| 2011-10-04 | AL&R $3,700,000 — from RURU & ASSOCIATES LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $3,700,000 | |
| 2009-08-31 | AL&R $1,100,000 — from BAR NONE LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $1,100,000 | |
| 2009-08-31 | Agreement $1,100,000 — from BAR NONE LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $1,100,000 | |
| 2000-01-28 | Mortgage $150,000 — from BAR NONE LLC to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK | $150,000 | |
| 1999-10-20 | Mortgage $741,182 — from BAR NONE LLC to A.J. CLARKE MANAGEMENT CORP. | $741,182 | |
| 1998-11-09 | Mortgage $120,000 — from BLAZING ENTERPRISES,INC. to BENJAMIN, JACK | $120,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 31 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 47 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 27 |
| 2023 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 49 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 37 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 6 | 80 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 25 |
Every one of the 824 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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