212 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 60 HPD housing violations, 56 311 service requests, 33 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. More recorded distress than 52% 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 17.9. In ZIP 10013, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 42 total — 12 class C (immediately hazardous), 9 class B, 21 class A. Oldest open since 1995-02-27. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
13 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Graffiti (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · Consumer Complaint (1) · Real Time Enforcement (1) · Illegal Dumping (1) · ELECTRIC (1).
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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1911) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (16) |
| 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) | Luen Yik Realty Inc. |
| Head officer | WaiHung Ning |
| Managing agent | Luen Yik Realty Inc. |
| Last registered | 2024-12-30 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,035,000 | $915,750 |
| 2026 | $2,274,000 | $1,023,300 |
| 2027 | $2,330,000 | $1,048,500 |
The city's market estimate has risen 14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiu Hong Bakery | Bakery Products/Desserts | B | — |
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).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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 | Bowery — J Z · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Grand St — B D · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Centre St / Grand St — M1 · 500 ft |
| Citi Bike | Grand St & Elizabeth St · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 130 Hernando De Soto 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.
161 Mott Street
| 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 |
13 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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: $200,000 on 1994-10-04 (lender: Chin, Gordon and Chin, Noi Young). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-10-04 | Mortgage $200,000 — from LUEN-YIK REALTY, INC. to CHIN, GORDON; CHIN, NOI YOUNG | $200,000 | |
| 1992-12-01 | Mortgage $110,000 — from CHIN, GORDON; CHIN, NOI YOUNG to AMERASIA BANK | $110,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 23 |
| 2018 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2019 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 15 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 2023 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 21 |
| 2024 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 17 |
Every one of the 212 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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