917 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 261 311 service requests, 227 DOB permits, 128 DOB job filings.
Full record, year by year Support this site
| Open HPD violations | 1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2023-08-25. |
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No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
150 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Encampment (77) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (16) · Illegal Parking (11) · Vendor Enforcement (9) · Residential Disposal Complaint (7) · Homeless Person Assistance (6).
$8,960,733 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (46 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.
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $40,728,000 | $18,327,600 |
| 2026 | $41,319,000 | $18,593,550 |
| 2027 | $39,341,000 | $17,703,450 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counter Service | American | A | — |
| La Colombe | Coffee/Tea | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage), shared by 2 restaurants · 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 | 8 St-NYU — R W · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Astor Pl — 6 · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Lafayette St / E 4 St — M1 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Great Jones St · 350 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.
400 Lafayette Street
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
150 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,000,000 on 1998-09-04 (lender: Fleet Bank N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-20 | Deed $97,500,000 — from SAND ASSOCIATES, L.P. to NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | $97,500,000 | |
| 2023-04-18 | Sold for $97,500,000 | $97,500,000 | $6,500,000 |
| 1998-09-04 | Mortgage $1,000,000 — from SAND ASSOCIATES to FLEET BANK N.A. | $1,000,000 | |
| 1993-09-27 | Mortgage $100,000 — from SAND ASSOCIATES to NATIONAL WESTMNSTR BANK | $100,000 | |
| 1987-05-11 | Mortgage $450,000 — from SAND ASSOCIATES to MANUFACTURERS HAN TRCO | $450,000 | |
| 1984-04-20 | Mortgage $185,000 — from SAND ASSOCIATES to MANUFACTURERS HAN TRCO | $185,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 29 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
| 2018 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 42 |
| 2019 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 54 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 19 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 19 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 20 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 2024 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 38 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 116 | 0 | 13 | 139 |
| 2026 | 21 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 53 |
Every one of the 917 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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