343 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 77 HPD housing violations, 76 311 service requests, 31 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 74% 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 57.7. 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.
9 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 9).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · Building/Use (1) · Food Poisoning (1) · Illegal Parking (1).
$162,400 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (11 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 (13) |
| 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) | HOP YICK REALTY II LLC |
| Head officer | WEITZNER SHIH |
| Managing agent | WEITZNER SHIH |
| Last registered | 2025-08-14 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,179,000 | $980,550 |
| 2026 | $2,124,000 | $955,800 |
| 2027 | $1,972,000 | $887,400 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fifthsip | Coffee/Tea | 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 (1 with three or more people sick) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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.
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 · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Bleecker St — 6 B D F M · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Cleveland Pl / Spring St — M1 · 450 ft |
| Citi Bike | Mott St & Prince St · 250 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.
229 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 |
6 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 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: $4,949,199 on 2013-05-30 (lender: Astoria Federal Savings And Loan Association), covering 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-05-30 | Agreement $5,500,000 — from HOP YICK REALTY II, LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $5,500,000 | |
| 2013-05-30 | Mortgage $4,949,199 — from HOP YICK REALTY II, LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $4,949,199 | |
| 2002-12-17 | Mortgage $900,000 — from HOP YICK COMPANY, INC. to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI | $900,000 | |
| 1994-08-16 | Mortgage $300,000 — from HOP YICK CO., INC. to HANG SENG BANK LIMITED | $300,000 | |
| 1990-07-02 | Mortgage $178,575 — from HOP YICK CO INC to CITY OF NEW YORK | $178,575 | |
| 1989-06-01 | Mortgage $37,000 — from HOP YICK CO, INC to ALBIN, LEE M | $37,000 | |
| 1986-04-23 | Mortgage $440,000 — from MOTT TOWN II L.P. to LOH, JAMES | $440,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2018 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 2023 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 44 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Every one of the 343 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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