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227 West 16 Street

536Records
17City systems
7Open violations
1.8Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10011 · Neighborhood: Chelsea-Hudson Yards
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536 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 120 311 service requests, 108 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 77 HPD housing violations.

BoroughManhattan 10011
Built1910
Floors5
Res. units51
ClassC6
Owner (PLUTO)227 W 16 ST OWNERS I
BBL1007660023
BIN1078573, 1078574, 1078575

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 84% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 1.8. In ZIP 10011, 68% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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B
C

Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations7 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 1986-05-09.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

23 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (5) · Rodent (4) · Illegal Parking (2) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (2) · Lead (2) · Missed Collection (2).

Filed construction activity

$488,300 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (8 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1910)
YesSix or more residential units (51)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)227 WEST 16TH ST OWNERS CORP
Head officerMARSHA KOLKER
Managing agentSANDBERG MANAGEMENT
Last registered2025-09-09

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$8,025,000 $3,611,250
2026$8,253,000 $3,713,850
2027$8,377,000 $3,769,650

The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $1,414,172 a year ($44.59 per sq ft), operating expenses $431,958 ($13.62 per sq ft), net operating income $982,214. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

Subway14 St — A C E L · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
18 St — 1 · 500 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 7 Av / W 17 St — M7 M20 · 400 ft
Citi BikeW 17 St & 7 Ave · 350 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.

Report a problem to 311

227 West 16 Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

23 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by SANDBERG MANAGEMENT — 70 buildings, 1,371 units. Grades across the portfolio: A60 · B7 · C3. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
1361 Madison Avenue MN52 A
227 West 16 Street MN51 A
109 West 94 Street MN50 A
209 West 104 Street MN46 A
547 Avenue of the Americas MN45 A
82 Irving Place MN42 A
126 West 73 Street MN40 A
131 Thompson Street MN38 A
225 West 70 Street MN38 A
250 West 75 Street MN36 A
96 Perry Street MN36 A
28 Monroe Place BK35 A
45 West 11 Street MN34 A
163 Prince Street MN33 A
3 East 85 Street MN30 A
200 Mercer Street MN28 A
88 Jane Street MN27 A
254 West 25 Street MN25 A
121 East 10 Street MN25 A
9 East 97 Street MN25 A
17 East 97 Street MN24 A
323 West 83 Street MN24 A
523 West 121 Street MN24 A
340 East 83 Street MN22 A
227 Central Park West MN22 A
226 15 Street BK22 A
7 West 107 Street MN20 A
325 Central Park West MN20 A
340 Cabrini Boulevard MN20 A
329 West 108 Street MN20 A
83 1 Place MN20 C
56 West 82 Street MN19 A
14 West 17 Street MN19 A
41 East 28 Street MN18 A
228 West 16 Street MN17 B
1062 Bergen Street BK16 A
312 West 107 Street MN15 A
403 East 90 Street MN15 A
520 La Guardia Place MN14 A
2082 Fredrick Douglass Bl MN14 B
359 West 29 Street MN13 A
2421 Ocean Avenue BK12 A
7 2 Avenue MN12 A
224 East 7 Street MN12 A
41 East 75 Street MN12 A
335 West 38 Street MN11 A
620 Broadway MN11 A
244 East 30 Street MN11 A
211 West 107 Street MN11 A
10 East 95 Street MN10 A
2292 Fredrick Douglass Bl MN10 A
29 West 15 Street MN10 A
430 West 23 Street MN10 A
110 West 71 Street MN10 A
443 West 24 Street MN9 A
204 East 73 Street MN9 B
232 West 75 Street MN8 A
467 West 163 Street MN8 A
161 9 Avenue MN8 A
18 West 90 Street MN7 A

showing 60 of 70 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $23,381 on 2017-09-18 (lender: Valley National Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-02-06RPTT&RET $540,000 — from LOFTUS, BERNADETTE to LOFTUS, MARY $540,000
2025-01-15Sold for $540,000 $540,000 $10,588
2023-03-07RPTT&RET $518,000 — from OBERSTEIN, TAMMI L; OBERSTEIN, TODD M to MAYER, SARAH C; MAYER, CORNELIA C $518,000
2023-02-08Sold for $518,000 $518,000 $10,157
2022-10-31RPTT&RET $776,500 — from WANG, ANDY X to SINGHAL, KARAN $776,500
2022-10-24Sold for $776,500 $776,500 $15,225
2022-09-23RPTT&RET $875,000 — from HAHN, MICHAEL; HAHN, ALICE AEKWON to ATTAYEK, PAMELA RAGLAND; ATTAYEK, CAROLINE DAYE; ATTAYEK, JOHN MATTHEW $875,000
2022-09-12Sold for $875,000 $875,000 $17,157
2022-07-18RPTT&RET $1,225,000 — from JARIWALA, DARSHANA RITESH; JARIWALA, RITESH MAHENDRA to SUMMERER, GERHARD; SUMMERER, LORETTA $1,225,000
2022-07-15RPTT&RET $632,000 — from NEASON, ERIC; DIDRICHSEN, SUSAN to SCHNABOLK, JEFFREY; NASAR, JULIANNA $632,000
2022-06-24Sold for $632,000 $632,000 $12,392
2022-05-20RPTT&RET $575,000 — from SIXTEENTH ASSOCIATES LLC to THE KAI AND STEVEN FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUS; KAI PUI WONG, AS TRUSTEE; STEVEN SCOTT VAN BRUNT $575,000
2022-05-06Sold for $575,000 $575,000 $11,275
2021-08-26RPTT&RET $1,360,000 — from DANA C KWAN LIVING TRUST; DANA JAMES, TRUSTEE to MARFOUK, WALID $1,360,000
2021-08-12Sold for $1,360,000 $1,360,000 $26,667

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017913510257
20184130210
201910112216
202000184224
202107174129
202241149836
202300332641
2024006039
20250094114
202600110516
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The full timeline

Construction 108Enforcement 28Housing & tenants 234Ownership & money 126Health & systems 40

Every one of the 536 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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