2,410 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,288 311 service requests, 511 HPD complaints, 119 DOB violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 62% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 7.4. In ZIP 10003, 67% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 26 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 16 class B, 8 class A. Oldest open since 2026-06-04. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 1 case(s) pending in housing court |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$3,125 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
147 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (29) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (11) · Illegal Parking (8) · General Construction/Plumbing (7) · PLUMBING (7) · Homeless Person Assistance (7).
$505,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (21 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 (1930) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (263) |
| 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) | PIK RECORD L.L.C. |
| Head officer | CHARLES ALPERT |
| Managing agent | DAVID M HERMAN |
| Last registered | 2025-09-08 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $53,377,000 | $24,019,650 |
| 2026 | $56,769,000 | $25,546,050 |
| 2027 | $59,570,000 | $26,806,500 |
The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colomba Bakery | Coffee/Tea | A | Mice evidence |
| Hello Yummy | Chinese | Not yet graded | Mice evidence |
| Kung Fu Tea | Chinese | B | — |
| Ramen Takumi | Japanese | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
4 restaurants · 2 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
3 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Spoiled, No Permit or License, Pesticide), shared by 4 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2014 (0 in the last three years).
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 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Astor Pl — 6 · 1,050 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 8 St / University Pl — M1 M2 M3 M8 +1 more · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | University Pl & E 8 St · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 041 Greenwich Village 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.
1 University Place
| 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 |
147 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $10,000 on 1990-03-28 (lender: Cohen, Faya and Katz, Lois). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-03-28 | Mortgage $10,000 — from ALPERT, ABRAHAM to KATZ, LOIS; COHEN, FAYA | $10,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 16 | 175 | 0 | 4 | 195 |
| 2018 | 4 | 17 | 226 | 1 | 8 | 256 |
| 2019 | 5 | 15 | 250 | 0 | 5 | 275 |
| 2020 | 4 | 7 | 311 | 0 | 3 | 325 |
| 2021 | 11 | 4 | 131 | 0 | 2 | 148 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 88 | 0 | 4 | 102 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9 | 76 | 0 | 4 | 97 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17 | 101 | 0 | 7 | 130 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 35 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 109 | 0 | 6 | 119 |
Every one of the 2,410 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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