294 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 88 311 service requests, 45 DOB permits, 36 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 87% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 1.3. In ZIP 10011, 68% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-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.
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.
14 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Dumping (2) · Encampment (2) · Litter Basket Request (2) · Water System (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · Dirty Condition (1).
$381,680 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 (1900) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (8) |
| 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) | RETURN TO HOME LLC |
| Head officer | SUSAN BUCHBINDER |
| Managing agent | BUCHBINDER & WARREN LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-10-15 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,593,000 | $1,616,850 |
| 2026 | $3,795,000 | $1,707,750 |
| 2027 | $3,742,000 | $1,683,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stumptown Coffee Roasters | Coffee/Tea | 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 | W 4 St-Wash Sq — A B C D E F M · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Christopher St-Stonewall — 1 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 8 St / 5 Av — M8 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | MacDougal St & Washington Sq · 200 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.
30 West 8 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 |
14 311 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.
Managed by BUCHBINDER & WARREN LLC — 106 buildings, 2,394 units. Grades across the portfolio: A90 · B8 · C2 · D3. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 106 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $367,249 on 2009-05-13 (lender: Apple Bank For Savings), covering 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-04 | RPTT $444,466 — from PEETS COFFEE & TEA HOLDCO, INC to KODIAK NEWCO INC. | $444,466 | |
| 2022-03-01 | Agreement $8,500,000 — from RETURN TO HOME LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $8,500,000 | |
| 2012-04-05 | Agreement $8,500,000 — from RETURN TO HOME LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS BANK | $8,500,000 | |
| 2009-05-13 | Agreement $8,500,000 — from RETURN TO HOME LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $8,500,000 | |
| 2009-05-13 | Mortgage $367,249 — from RETURN TO HOME LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $367,249 | |
| 2009-05-13 | AL&R $8,500,000 — from RETURN TO HOME LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $8,500,000 | |
| 2009-03-16 | Agreement $10,450,000 — from RETURN TO HOME LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. | $10,450,000 | |
| 1999-12-23 | Mortgage $1,362,856 — from RETURN TO HOME LLC to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK | $1,362,856 | |
| 1987-01-15 | Mortgage $4,326,122 — from RETURN TO HOME CO to CHEMICAL BANK | $4,326,122 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 26 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Every one of the 294 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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