391 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 99 DOB job filings, 92 DOB permits, 44 DOB violations.
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A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 87% 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 20. In ZIP 10003, 67% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-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.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$1,600 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
18 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Encampment (8) · Food Establishment (4) · Homeless Person Assistance (3) · Overgrown Tree/Branches (1) · Dirty Condition (1) · Panhandling (1).
$6,609,415 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (43 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 (1894) |
| 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) | Cooper Square Associates L.P. |
| Head officer | Glenn Frankel |
| Managing agent | Hartz Mountain Industries Inc. |
| Last registered | 2025-08-22 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $13,328,000 | $5,997,600 |
| 2026 | $13,521,000 | $6,084,450 |
| 2027 | $13,209,000 | $5,944,050 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 52/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ | Japanese | Grade Pending | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
4 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · 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 | Astor Pl — 6 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 8 St-NYU — R W · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Cooper Sq / E 6 St — M103 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 5 St & Cooper Sq · 300 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.
34 Cooper Square
| 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 |
18 311 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 HARTZ MOUNTAIN INDUSTRIES INC. — 2 buildings, 6 units. Grades across the portfolio: A1 · C1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 Cooper Square | MN | 3 | A |
| 34 Cooper Square | MN | 3 | C |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $33,617,407 on 2013-12-19 (lender: Chartis Property Casualty Company and New Hampshire Insurance Company), covering 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-12-19 | Agreement $42,000,000 — from COOPER SQUARE ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNER to THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE COMP; NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY; CHARTIS PROPERT | $42,000,000 | |
| 2013-12-19 | Mortgage $33,617,408 — from COOPER SQUARE ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNER to THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE COMP; NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY; CHARTIS PROPERT | $33,617,408 | |
| 2013-12-19 | AL&R $42,000,000 — from COOPER SQUARE ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNER to CHARTIS PROPERTY CASUALTY COMPANY; THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE COMP; NEW HAMPSHIRE | $42,000,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| 2018 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 31 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2023 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 27 |
| 2024 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| 2025 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 44 |
| 2026 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 28 |
Every one of the 391 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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