992 recorded events, 1981–2026, from 21 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 391 311 service requests, 261 HPD complaints, 62 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. More recorded distress than 52% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 4.1. In ZIP 10012, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 4 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2026-06-25. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
34 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6 · winter 2024–25: 20 · winter 2025–26: 8). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
107 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (21) · HEAT/HOT WATER (17) · Illegal Parking (7) · Obstruction (6) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (6) · ELECTRIC (4).
$2,358,258 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (17 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 (1982) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (152) |
| 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).
| Registered owner(s) | LIRA APARTMENTS.CO. L.P |
| Head officer | CHARLES GENDRON |
| Managing agent | RY Management Co Inc |
| Last registered | 2025-07-07 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $56,175,000 | $25,278,750 |
| 2026 | $58,728,000 | $26,427,600 |
| 2027 | $65,925,000 | $29,666,250 |
The city's market estimate has risen 17% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI
| Energy grade (LL33) | B — ENERGY STAR score 76/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9) |
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.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2022 (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 · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Bowery — J Z · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Bowery / Prince St — M103 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | Kenmare St & Elizabeth 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.
21 Spring 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
107 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 17 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 RY MANAGEMENT CO INC — 17 buildings, 3,920 units. Grades across the portfolio: A14 · C2 · D1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1749 2 Avenue | MN | 576 | A |
| 1601 3 Avenue | MN | 553 | A |
| 35 Federal Place | SI | 536 | D |
| 185 Hall Street | BK | 287 | A |
| 195 Willoughby Avenue | BK | 287 | A |
| 902 Drew Street | BK | 260 | C |
| 50 Battery Place | MN | 208 | A |
| 333 East 34 Street | MN | 205 | A |
| 300 Rector Place | MN | 153 | A |
| 21 Spring Street | MN | 152 | A |
| 1680 Madison Avenue | MN | 135 | C |
| 320 Albany Street | MN | 133 | A |
| 230 East 88 Street | MN | 108 | A |
| 2629 Cropsey Avenue | BK | 106 | A |
| 108-20 71 Avenue | QN | 97 | A |
| 250 East 30 Street | MN | 80 | A |
| 142 North 6 Street | BK | 44 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $74,000,000 on 2020-03-18 (lender: Orix Real Estate Capital, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-07 | Agreement $74,000,000 — from L.I.R.A. APARTMENTS CO., L.P.; L.I.R.A. HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPOR to ORIX REAL ESTATE CAPITAL, LLC | $74,000,000 | |
| 2020-03-18 | Mortgage $74,000,000 — from L.I.R.A. APARTMENTS CO., L.P. to ORIX REAL ESTATE CAPITAL, LLC | $74,000,000 | |
| 2020-03-06 | RPTT&RET $2,766,685 — from DEMATTEIS, RICHARD F to L.I.R.A. HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPOR; 21 SPRING STREET LLC | $2,766,685 | |
| 2020-03-06 | RPTT&RET $31,816,975 — from LIRA MANAGER, LLC to L.I.R.A. HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPOR; LIRA HOUSING CO., LLC | $31,816,975 | |
| 2020-03-06 | RPTT&RET $9,294,850 — from SPRING 21 LLC to 21 SPRING STREET LLC; L.I.R.A. HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPOR | $9,294,850 | |
| 2011-11-29 | Mortgage $22,126,757 — from L.I.R.A. APARTMENTS CO., L.P. to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $22,126,757 | |
| 2011-11-29 | Agreement $50,000,000 — from L.I.R.A. APARTMENTS CO., L.P. to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $50,000,000 | |
| 2003-07-14 | Mortgage $32,000,000 — from L.I.R.A. APARTMENTS CO.,L.P. to UBS WARBURG REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS, INC | $32,000,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 36 |
| 2018 | 0 | 7 | 74 | 0 | 7 | 88 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 8 | 46 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 9 | 4 | 71 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1 | 45 | 8 | 14 | 83 |
| 2022 | 9 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 5 | 80 |
| 2023 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 54 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 9 | 67 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 45 |
| 2026 | 10 | 3 | 76 | 0 | 6 | 95 |
Every one of the 992 recorded events, 1981–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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