564 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 167 311 service requests, 106 HPD complaints, 84 HPD housing violations.
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 55% 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 13.3. 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
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.
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
12 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Obstruction (2) · Noise (2) · Food Establishment (1) · Sidewalk Condition (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · Illegal Parking (1).
$3,193,963 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (40 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) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (9) |
| 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) | 224 Laugh LLC |
| Head officer | NICHOLAS ARGYROPOULOS |
| Managing agent | TriHill Management LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-10-10 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,194,000 | $2,337,300 |
| 2026 | $3,055,000 | $1,374,750 |
| 2027 | $3,221,000 | $1,449,450 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 38% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky's | Steakhouse | 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: Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · 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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2014 (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 | Spring St — 6 · 100 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Prince St — R W · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Cleveland Pl / Spring St — M1 · 200 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.
224 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 |
12 311 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.
Managed by TRIHILL MANAGEMENT LLC — 47 buildings, 1,356 units. Grades across the portfolio: A12 · B12 · C12 · D7 · F3. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,294,000 on 2025-06-20 (lender: Arbor Commercial Funding I, LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-20 | Mortgage $2,294,000 — from 224 LAUGH, LLC to ARBOR COMMERCIAL FUNDING I, LLC | $2,294,000 | |
| 2025-06-20 | Agreement $7,694,000 — from 224 LAUGH, LLC to ARBOR COMMERCIAL FUNDING I, LLC | $7,694,000 | |
| 2023-03-01 | Mortgage $5,400,000 — from 1235 5TH STREET, LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A | $5,400,000 | |
| 2022-11-25 | Deed $9,000,000 — from 224 LAFAYETTE ST. CORP. to 1235 5TH STREET LLC | $9,000,000 | |
| 2022-11-15 | Sold for $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 1990-03-28 | Mortgage $390,000 — from 224 LAFAYETTE ST CORP to KRASDALE FOODSINC | $390,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| 2018 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 53 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 85 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 | 127 | 2 | 2 | 136 |
| 2023 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 52 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 2026 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
Every one of the 564 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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