1,251 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 746 311 service requests, 129 DOB permits, 115 DOB job filings.
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 88% 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 1.1. 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.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
41 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (9) · Encampment (5) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (4) · Illegal Parking (4) · Homeless Person Assistance (4) · Lost Property (1).
$1,156,300 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (26 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.
| No | Built before 1974 (2007) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (90) |
| Yes | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
2 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | AVB BOWERY II LLC |
| Head officer | JON VOGEL |
| Managing agent | AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC. |
| Last registered | 2026-07-27 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $31,443,000 | $14,149,350 |
| 2026 | $34,729,000 | $15,628,050 |
| 2027 | $29,688,000 | $13,359,600 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 421A 20 YR NO CAP
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 1/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken | Chicken | A | Mice evidence |
| Kabawa / Bar Kabawa | Caribbean | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2021 (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 · 300 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Bleecker St — 6 B D F M · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: East Houston St / 2 Av — M21 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 2 St & 2 Ave · 200 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 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 |
41 311 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.
Managed by AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC. — 14 buildings, 4,910 units. Grades across the portfolio: A12 · B2. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Willoughby Street | BK | 826 | A |
| 539 West 28 Street | MN | 710 | A |
| 343 Gold Street | BK | 631 | A |
| 4-75 48 Avenue | QN | 578 | A |
| 250 West 50 Street | MN | 550 | A |
| 2-01 50 Avenue | QN | 372 | A |
| 500 West 53 Street | MN | 344 | B |
| 1 Morningside Drive | MN | 295 | A |
| 510 West 52 Street | MN | 288 | A |
| 285 Bowery | MN | 206 | A |
| 21 2 Avenue | MN | 90 | A |
| 4-95 48 Avenue | QN | 8 | A |
| 4-83 48 Avenue | QN | 8 | A |
| 4-89 48 Avenue | QN | 4 | B |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $39,639,000 on 2019-01-04 (lender: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-04 | Deed $73,150,000 — from CVP III, LLC to AVB BOWERY II, LLC | $73,150,000 | |
| 2019-01-04 | Mortgage $39,639,000 — from AVB BOWERY II, LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $39,639,000 | |
| 2018-12-27 | RPTT&RET $607,120,000 — from AVB NY INVESTOR, LLC to SAN JACINTO NY PORTFOLIO, LLC | $607,120,000 | |
| 2018-12-19 | Sold for $73,150,000 | $73,150,000 | $812,778 |
| 2007-01-09 | Mortgage $48,500,000 — from CVP III LLC to NEW YORK STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY | $48,500,000 | |
| 2005-07-22 | Deed $9,050,000 — from CITY OF NEW YORK, ACTING BY AND THROUGH to CVP III, LLC | $9,050,000 | |
| 2005-03-09 | Mortgage $379,762 — from 29 EAST 2ND STREET HOUSING DEV. FUND COM to COOPER SQUARE COMMUNITY DEV. COMMITTEE A; HSBC BANK USA; COMMUNITY ACCESS, INC. | $379,762 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 26 | 4 | 337 | 0 | 2 | 369 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 3 | 4 | 193 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 43 |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 49 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 43 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 30 |
| 2024 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 39 |
| 2025 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 31 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
Every one of the 1,251 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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