343 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 72 311 service requests, 49 DOB job filings, 48 HPD complaints.
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 100% 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 0. In ZIP 10014, 69% 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
| Open HPD violations | 20 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 10 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 1984-06-01. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
14 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (4) · Food Establishment (3) · Food Poisoning (3) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Real Time Enforcement (1) · Illegal Parking (1).
$531,887 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (15 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 (1920) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (13) |
| 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) | BERGEL 14TH STREET LLC |
| Head officer | STEVE FOREST |
| Managing agent | WALTER & SAMUELS, INC. |
| Last registered | 2025-09-08 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,562,000 | $2,052,900 |
| 2026 | $4,296,000 | $1,933,200 |
| 2027 | $4,399,000 | $1,979,550 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hao Noodle | Chinese | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
3 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (1 with three or more people sick)
3 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Letter Grading, Food Contaminated) · 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 4 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 | 14 St — A C E L · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 14 St — 1 2 3 F L M · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 14 St / Hudson St — M14D-SBS · 150 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | Hudson St & W 13 St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 011: The Sarah J. Garnet Elementary 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.
343 West 14 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.
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 WALTER & SAMUELS, INC. — 4 buildings, 69 units. Grades across the portfolio: A2 · B1 · C1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 240 West End Avenue | MN | 51 | A |
| 343 West 14 Street | MN | 13 | A |
| 389 Avenue of the Americas | MN | 3 | B |
| 387 Avenue of the Americas | MN | 2 | C |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $3,970,000 on 2017-09-21 (lender: Bank Of America, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-21 | Agreement $7,170,000 — from BERGEL 14TH STREET LLC to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | $7,170,000 | |
| 2017-09-21 | Mortgage $3,970,000 — from BERGEL 14TH STREET LLC to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | $3,970,000 | |
| 2017-02-13 | Agreement $3,200,000 — from BERGEL 14TH STREET LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY | $3,200,000 | |
| 2015-01-09 | Mortgage $864,557 — from BERGEL 14TH STREET LLC to MANFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY | $864,557 | |
| 2015-01-09 | Agreement $3,200,000 — from BERGEL 14TH STREET LLC to MANFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY | $3,200,000 | |
| 2015-01-09 | AL&R $3,200,000 — from BERGEL 14TH STREET LLC to MANFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY | $3,200,000 | |
| 2012-07-03 | Agreement $2,397,933 — from BERGEL 14TH STREET, LLC; BERLEY, DAVID I; GELLERT, GEORGE to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY | $2,397,933 | |
| 2006-09-19 | Agreement $2,500,000 — from BERGEL 14TH STREET LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANU | $2,500,000 | |
| 2006-06-05 | Mortgage $2,500,000 — from BERGEL 14TH STREET, LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY | $2,500,000 | |
| 2006-06-05 | Deed $3,600,000 — from DEMAT PROPERTIES, INC. to BERGEL 14TH STREET, LLC | $3,600,000 | |
| 2006-06-05 | AL&R $2,500,000 — from MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY to BERGEL 14TH STREET, LLC | $2,500,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 25 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Every one of the 343 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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