95 recorded events, 1993–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 24 311 service requests, 15 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 13 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 90% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 30. In ZIP 10012, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 10 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 2000-07-31. |
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.
1 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (1).
$90,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1831) |
| No | Six or more residential units (4) |
| 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) | 96 W HOUSTON LLC |
| Head officer | JAMES B FERRARI |
| Managing agent | 96 W HOUSTON LLC |
| Last registered | 2023-01-31 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,417,600 | $1,537,920 |
| 2026 | $3,442,000 | $1,548,900 |
| 2027 | $3,500,000 | $1,575,000 |
The city's market estimate has risen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sekai Omakase | Japanese | A | — |
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).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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 — C E · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only) Bleecker St — 6 B D F M · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: West Houston St / LaGuardia Pl — M21 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | W Broadway & W Houston St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 003 Charrette School Middle: M.S. 297. 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.
96 West Houston 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 |
1 311 service request 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,391,680 on 2022-05-19 (lender: Ridgewood Savings Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-19 | Mortgage $1,391,681 — from 96 W HOUSTON LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $1,391,681 | |
| 2022-05-19 | Agreement $4,500,000 — from 96 W HOUSTON LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $4,500,000 | |
| 2022-05-19 | AL&R $4,500,000 — from 96 W HOUSTON LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $4,500,000 | |
| 2016-12-02 | Mortgage $1,300,000 — from 96 W HOUSTON LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $1,300,000 | |
| 2016-12-02 | AL&R $1,300,000 — from 96 W HOUSTON LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $1,300,000 | |
| 2014-12-09 | AL&R $2,300,000 — from 96 W HOUSTON LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $2,300,000 | |
| 2014-12-09 | Mortgage $2,300,000 — from 96 W HOUSTON LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $2,300,000 | |
| 2000-11-30 | Mortgage $250,000 — from FERRARI, JAMES to MASCHERONI, IDA ASTUTE | $250,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Every one of the 95 recorded events, 1993–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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