156 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 33 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 30 311 service requests, 27 DOB job filings.
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A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 93% 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 36.7. 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 | 1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-01-04. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
2 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
5 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (5).
$268,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (9 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 (1940) |
| No | Six or more residential units (3) |
| 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) | VERN'S RESTAURANT CORP |
| Head officer | WINSTON KULOK |
| Managing agent | MSA MORTGAGE SERVICE ASSOCIATES, INC. |
| Last registered | 2025-10-17 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,309,600 | $1,489,320 |
| 2026 | $3,972,000 | $1,787,400 |
| 2027 | $4,766,000 | $2,144,700 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Chairs Catering | Mediterranean | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 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 | Houston St — 1 · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Spring St — C E · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only) |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: West Houston St / Sullivan St — M21 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | MacDougal St & Prince St · 500 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.
142 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 |
5 311 service requests 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.
Managed by MSA MORTGAGE SERVICE ASSOCIATES, INC. — 6 buildings, 49 units. Grades across the portfolio: A4 · B1 · C1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 123 West 3 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 90 West Houston Street | MN | 10 | A |
| 27 Bedford Street | MN | 7 | A |
| 138 West Houston Street | MN | 6 | A |
| 142 West Houston Street | MN | 3 | C |
| 132 West 4 Street | MN | 3 | B |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $13,657,918 on 2017-05-15 (lender: Principal Life Insurance Company), covering 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-15 | Mortgage $13,657,919 — from CALIGNERO LLC; LUCKY PRINCE CORP.; VERN'S RESTAURANT CORP.; HOUSTON GARDENS LLC; WASHINGTO to PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | $13,657,919 | |
| 2017-05-15 | Agreement $26,750,000 — from CALIGNERO LLC; HOUSTON GARDENS LLC; WASHINGTON SQUARE REALTY CORP.; LUCKY PRINCE CORP.; SO to PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | $26,750,000 | |
| 2005-10-19 | AL&R $1,650,000 — from ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA to VERN'S RESTAURANT CORP. | $1,650,000 | |
| 2005-10-19 | M&CON $1,650,000 — from VERN'S RESTAURANT CORP. to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $1,650,000 | |
| 1999-06-22 | Mortgage $546,986 — from CMK MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LP. to LA JOLLA BANK, FSB | $546,986 | |
| 1999-06-22 | Mortgage $700,000 — from CMK MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LP. to LA JOLLA BANK, FSB. | $700,000 | |
| 1995-08-21 | Mortgage $525,000 — from CMK MANAGEMENT COMPANY to BANKERS FEDERAL SAVINGS, FSB | $525,000 | |
| 1995-08-21 | Mortgage $300,000 — from CMK MANAGEMENT COMPANY to BANKERS FEDERAL SAVINGS, FSB | $300,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Every one of the 156 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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