442 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 222 311 service requests, 64 DOB job filings, 62 DOB permits.
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 71% 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 5.8. In ZIP 10012, 65% 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 | 1 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1986-07-02. |
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.
$625 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
71 service requests in the last three years. Most common: For Hire Vehicle Complaint (17) · Noise (16) · Illegal Parking (7) · Obstruction (6) · Sidewalk Condition (5) · Dirty Condition (3).
$2,403,550 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (33 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 (1920) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (12) |
| 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) | 226 LAFAYETTE CO INC |
| Head officer | EVELYNE WASSMAN |
| Managing agent | EVELYNE WASSMAN |
| Last registered | 2026-07-09 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7,606,000 | $3,422,700 |
| 2026 | $7,334,000 | $3,300,300 |
| 2027 | $7,967,000 | $3,585,150 |
The city's market estimate has risen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $1,299,715 a year ($58.80 per sq ft), operating expenses $382,399 ($17.30 per sq ft), net operating income $917,316. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack's Wife Freda | Middle Eastern | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick)
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Letter Grading) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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.
25 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (1 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 | Spring St — 6 · 50 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: none Prince St — R W · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Cleveland Pl / Spring St — M1 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Cleveland Pl & Spring St · 100 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: 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.
226 Lafayette 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 |
71 311 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-19 | RPTT&RET $5,300,000 — from ESTATE OF ERIKA STEINBERGER; LEA STEINBERGER, EXECUTOR; EMILIO STEINBERGER, EXECUTOR to GREENBURGER, FRANCIS; MEDEIROS, AARON | $5,300,000 | |
| 2022-03-31 | Sold for $5,300,000 | $5,300,000 | $441,667 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 33 |
| 2022 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 34 |
| 2023 | 16 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 54 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 38 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 44 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
Every one of the 442 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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