107 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 36 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 29 311 service requests, 11 HPD housing 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 18. In ZIP 10011, 68% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 6 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2021-04-01. |
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.
6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (3) · Consumer Complaint (1) · Water System (1) · Obstruction (1).
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1910) |
| No | Six or more residential units (5) |
| 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) | DAVID ROMERO REV LIVING TRUST |
| Head officer | DAVID ROMERO |
| Managing agent | DAVID ROMERO |
| Last registered | 2024-07-15 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,364,400 | $1,963,980 |
| 2026 | $5,077,000 | $2,284,650 |
| 2027 | $4,298,000 | $1,934,100 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cafe Riazor | Spanish | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 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 | 14 St — A C E L · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 18 St — 1 · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 8 Av / W 17 St — M20 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | 8 Ave & W 16 St · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Painted bike lane mapped within 75 ft |
| 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.
245 West 16 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 |
6 311 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: $400,000 on 1988-05-16 (lender: Banco Central NY). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-05-16 | Mortgage $400,000 — from ROMERO, DAVID; ROMERO, RENEE to BANCO CENTRAL NY | $400,000 | |
| 1984-10-26 | Mortgage $30,000 — from ALSWANG, FRAN EXEC.; ALSWANG, RALPH DEC'D; ALSWANG, HOPE EXEC. to AMALGAMATED BANK/N.Y. | $30,000 | |
| 1983-04-28 | Mortgage $100,000 — from RETRO CORP. to EMPIRE STATE ETC. | $100,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Every one of the 107 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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