1,926 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 762 311 service requests, 301 DOB complaints, 174 DOB violations.
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A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 293.3. In ZIP 10013, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 14 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 9 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2000-06-07. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$76,750 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
157 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (73) · General Construction/Plumbing (11) · Indoor Air Quality (11) · Boilers (8) · Emergency Response Team (ERT) (8) · Vendor Enforcement (7).
$1,717,525 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (30 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 (1900) |
| No | Six or more residential units (1) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $43,645,000 | $19,640,250 |
| 2026 | $39,453,000 | $17,753,850 |
| 2027 | $43,578,000 | $19,610,100 |
The city's market estimate has risen 0% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 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 | Spring St — 6 · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Canal St — 6 J N Q R W Z · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / Grand St — M55 · 450 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lafayette St & Grand St · 450 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.
478 Broadway
| 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
157 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $111,100,000 on 2026-09-30 (lender: Bo Orec Reit Lender LLC), covering 3 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AL&R $111,100,000 — from KPG 155 SPRING OWNER LLC; KPG 480 BROADWAY OWNER LLC to BO OREC REIT LENDER LLC | $111,100,000 | |
| 2026-09-30 | Mortgage $16,760,924 — from KPG 155 SPRING OWNER LLC; KPG 480 BROADWAY OWNER LLC to BO OREC REIT LENDER LLC | $16,760,924 | |
| 2026-09-30 | Mortgage $111,100,000 — from KPG 155 SPRING OWNER LLC; KPG 480 BROADWAY OWNER LLC to BO OREC REIT LENDER LLC | $111,100,000 | |
| 2023-06-26 | Agreement $37,722,522 — from KPG 480 BROADWAY OWNER LLC to SSOF CROSBY, LLC | $37,722,522 | |
| 2023-06-26 | Mortgage $22,037,522 — from KPG 480 BROADWAY OWNER LLC to SSOF CROSBY, LLC | $22,037,522 | |
| 2023-06-26 | Mortgage $11,877,478 — from KPG 480 BROADWAY OWNER LLC to SSOF CROSBY, LLC | $11,877,478 | |
| 2022-01-31 | Mortgage $15,685,000 — from KPG 480 BROADWAY OWNER LLC to THOROFARE ASSET BASED LENDING REIT FUND | $15,685,000 | |
| 2022-01-31 | Deed $17,100,000 — from 480-486 BROADWAY, LLC to KPG 480 BROADWAY OWNER LLC | $17,100,000 | |
| 2022-01-13 | Sold for $17,100,000 | $17,100,000 | $17,100,000 |
| 2007-09-27 | RPTT&RET $25,739,631 — from BROADWAY & BROOME ST. LLC to VNO BROOME STREET LLC | $25,739,631 | |
| 2005-10-07 | RPTT $12,700,000 — from SCHECHTER, HARVEY to C/O VORNADO REALTY TRUST | $12,700,000 | |
| 2005-05-13 | RPTT $8,893,881 — from VNO BROOME ST. LLC to 480-486 BROADWAY, LLC | $8,893,881 | |
| 2005-05-13 | RPTT $8,893,881 — from JACOBI, YARON; JACOBI, ABRAHAM to VNO BROOME ST. LLC | $8,893,881 | |
| 2004-12-06 | Agreement $24,000,000 — from 480-486 BROADWAY, LLC to VORNADO REALTY L.P. | $24,000,000 | |
| 2004-12-06 | Mortgage $21,268,278 — from 480-486 BROADWAY, LLC to VORNADO REALTY L.P. | $21,268,278 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9 | 40 | 105 | 0 | 12 | 166 |
| 2018 | 8 | 44 | 104 | 0 | 3 | 159 |
| 2019 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 70 |
| 2020 | 5 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 49 |
| 2021 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| 2022 | 8 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 56 |
| 2023 | 20 | 35 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 108 |
| 2024 | 28 | 37 | 39 | 0 | 4 | 108 |
| 2025 | 10 | 24 | 66 | 0 | 3 | 103 |
| 2026 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 61 |
Every one of the 1,926 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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