272 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 94 311 service requests, 62 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 23 rodent inspections.
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 59% 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 10.6. 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.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$1,925 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
27 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (16) · Outdoor Dining (6) · Lost Property (1) · Plumbing (1) · Sidewalk Condition (1) · Building/Use (1).
$83,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1901) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (16) |
| 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) | EIGHTH-19TH CO LLC |
| Head officer | SUSAN BUCHBINDER |
| Managing agent | BUCHBINDER & WARREN LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-07-18 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,374,000 | $1,068,300 |
| 2026 | $2,426,000 | $1,091,700 |
| 2027 | $2,809,000 | $1,264,050 |
The city's market estimate has risen 18% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Socarrat | 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.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2022 (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 | 18 St — 1 · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 14 St — A C E L · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 8 Av / W 20 St — M20 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 20 St & 8 Ave · 300 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.
259 West 19 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 |
27 311 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 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: $85,861 on 2009-05-15 (lender: Apple Bank For Savings), covering 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-01 | Agreement $4,000,000 — from EIGHTH-19TH COMPANY LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $4,000,000 | |
| 2012-04-02 | Agreement $3,861,833 — from EIGHTH-19TH COMPANY LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $3,861,833 | |
| 2009-05-15 | Mortgage $85,861 — from EIGHTH-19TH COMPANY LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $85,861 | |
| 2009-05-15 | Agreement $4,000,000 — from EIGHTH-19TH COMPANY LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $4,000,000 | |
| 2009-05-15 | AL&R $4,000,000 — from EIGHTH-19TH COMPANY LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $4,000,000 | |
| 1999-11-17 | Mortgage $2,523,579 — from EIGHTH - 19TH COMPANY to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK | $2,523,579 | |
| 1990-02-05 | Mortgage $773,395 — from EIGHTH-19TH COMPANY to AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK | $773,395 | |
| 1985-02-19 | Mortgage $1,300,000 — from EIGHTH-19TH COMPANY to BANK LEUMI TRUST COMPANY | $1,300,000 | |
| 1985-02-19 | Mortgage $419,000 — from EIGHTH-19 COMPANY to CHELSEA-19TH ST ASSOC. | $419,000 | |
| 1982-09-07 | Mortgage $435,000 — from CHELSEA-19TH ST. ASSOC. to GEMROSE REALTY CORP. | $435,000 | |
| 1982-09-07 | Mortgage $108,000 — from CHELSEA-19TH ST. ASSOC. to GOTTLIEB, JESSE; KNOPF, ARMAND; YELLIN, DONALD B. | $108,000 | |
| 1982-09-07 | Mortgage $100,000 — from CHELSEA-19TH ST. ASSOC. to LRBK ASSOCIATES; ROTH, MARTIN PTNR; HOLLANDER, MARTIN; KAYE, BRUCE; KORVAL, ROBERT PTN | $100,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 24 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 22 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| 2025 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Every one of the 272 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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