459 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 186 311 service requests, 70 HPD complaints, 43 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 53% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 20. In ZIP 10012, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 3 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2022-07-07. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 6).
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
49 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (5) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (5) · Lead (3) · Blocked Driveway (3) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (3).
$289,800 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 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 (1903) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (43) |
| 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) | MERCER ASSOCIATES., LLC |
| Head officer | STEVEN HASKELL |
| Managing agent | EAST HOUSTON STREET BUILDING CORP |
| Last registered | 2025-12-03 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9,645,000 | $4,340,250 |
| 2026 | $10,211,000 | $4,594,950 |
| 2027 | $11,887,000 | $5,349,150 |
The city's market estimate has risen 23% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 33/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Prince St — R W · 1,050 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / Bleecker St — M1 M55 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | Mercer St & Bleecker St · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Painted bike lane mapped within 75 ft |
| 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.
81 Bleecker 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 |
49 311 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.
Managed by EAST HOUSTON STREET BUILDING CORP — 6 buildings, 144 units. Grades across the portfolio: A5 · B1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81 Bleecker Street | MN | 43 | A |
| 114 Christopher Street | MN | 33 | A |
| 143 East 34 Street | MN | 28 | A |
| 426 East 9 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 105 Ainslie Street | BK | 12 | A |
| 374 West 11 Street | MN | 8 | B |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $51,901 on 2011-07-14 (lender: Investors 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-07-14 | Mortgage $51,901 — from MERCER ASSOCIATES, LLC to INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK | $51,901 | |
| 2011-07-14 | AL&R $1,400,000 — from MERCER ASSOCIATES, LLC to INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK | $1,400,000 | |
| 2011-07-14 | Agreement $1,400,000 — from MERCER ASSOCIATES, LLC to INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK | $1,400,000 | |
| 2007-10-12 | ASPM $1,426,668 — from MERCER ASSOCIATES, LLC to M&T REAL ESTATE TRUST | $1,426,668 | |
| 2007-10-12 | AL&R $1,426,668 — from MERCER ASSOCIATES, LLC to M&T REAL ESTATE TRUST | $1,426,668 | |
| 1988-07-05 | Mortgage $1,036,428 — from MERCER ASSOCIATES to EAST NEW YORK SVGS BK | $1,036,428 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 22 |
| 2026 | 8 | 3 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 68 |
Every one of the 459 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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