971 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 283 311 service requests, 246 HPD complaints, 211 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 95% 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 341.9. 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 | 32 total — 7 class C (immediately hazardous), 14 class B, 11 class A. Oldest open since 2016-11-05. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
16 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 10 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$12,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
88 service requests in the last three years. Most common: PAINT/PLASTER (17) · PLUMBING (16) · HEAT/HOT WATER (8) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (8) · Rodent (7) · ELECTRIC (5).
$457,300 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (10 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 (1910) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (16) |
| 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) | 247-251 OPERATING CORP |
| Head officer | BENJAMIN WAI |
| Managing agent | CHUN H WAI |
| Last registered | 2026-07-23 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,067,000 | $930,150 |
| 2026 | $1,878,000 | $845,100 |
| 2027 | $1,765,000 | $794,250 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 15% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| T Shop | Not yet graded | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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 | Bleecker St — 6 B D F M · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Bowery / East Houston St — M103 · 350 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.
247 Elizabeth 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 |
88 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 8 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: $7,898,136 on 2017-02-06 (lender: New York Community Bank), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-15 | AL&R $8,600,000 — from 247-251 OPERATING CORP. to WEBSTER BANK | $8,600,000 | |
| 2023-02-15 | Agreement $8,600,000 — from 247-251 OPERATING CORP. to WEBSTER BANK | $8,600,000 | |
| 2017-02-06 | Agreement $12,500,000 — from 247-251 OPERATING CORP. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $12,500,000 | |
| 2017-02-06 | Mortgage $7,898,136 — from 247-251 OPERATING CORP. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $7,898,136 | |
| 2012-06-20 | AL&R $5,100,000 — from 247-251 OPERATING CORP. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. | $5,100,000 | |
| 2012-06-20 | Agreement $5,100,000 — from 247-251 OPERATING CORP. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. | $5,100,000 | |
| 2012-06-20 | Mortgage $912,955 — from 247-251 OPERATING CORP. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. | $912,955 | |
| 2007-06-12 | Mortgage $1,736,271 — from 247-51 OPERATING CORP to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,736,271 | |
| 2007-06-12 | Agreement $4,500,000 — from 247-51 OPERATING CORP to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $4,500,000 | |
| 2002-01-29 | Mortgage $1,507,468 — from 247-251 OPERATING CORP. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,507,468 | |
| 1998-07-09 | Mortgage $751,669 — from 247-251 OPERATING CORP. to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH | $751,669 | |
| 1993-01-14 | Mortgage $410,000 — from 247-251 OPERATING CORP. to MANHATTAN SAVINGS BANK | $410,000 | |
| 1992-12-31 | Mortgage $134,710 — from 247-251 OPERATING CORP to MANHATTAN SAVINGS BANK | $134,710 | |
| 1990-07-30 | Mortgage $244,702 — from 247-251 OPERATING CORP to CITY & SUB FED SVGSBK | $244,702 | |
| 1987-04-17 | Mortgage $249,500 — from 247-251 OPERATING CORP. to CHINESE AMERICAN BANK | $249,500 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 49 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 45 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 8 | 59 |
| 2020 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2021 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| 2022 | 0 | 13 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 100 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 139 | 3 | 1 | 147 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 1 | 185 |
| 2025 | 14 | 15 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 96 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
Every one of the 971 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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