201 recorded events, 1990–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 59 311 service requests, 43 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 27 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 88% 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. 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.
8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Dirty Condition (3) · Building/Use (1) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (1) · New Tree Request (1) · Encampment (1) · Residential Disposal Complaint (1).
$3,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (10) |
| 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) | 344 BOWERY RETAIL LLC |
| Head officer | BEN BRAKA |
| Managing agent | CHOICE NY MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2025-07-24 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,571,000 | $706,950 |
| 2026 | $1,679,000 | $755,550 |
| 2027 | $1,671,000 | $751,950 |
The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 | 18 St — 1 · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 7 Av / W 20 St — M7 M20 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 20 St & 7 Ave · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Shared bike route 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.
205 West 20 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
8 311 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 CHOICE NY MANAGEMENT — 237 buildings, 6,810 units. Grades across the portfolio: A151 · B39 · C30 · D12 · F1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 237 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $101,886 on 2023-08-29 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.), covering 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | AL&R $8,000,000 — from I. & G. PARTNERS; 344 BOWERY RETAIL LLC; CENTURIAN CREDIT CORP to PEAPACK PRIVATE BANK & TRUST | $8,000,000 | |
| 2026-04-03 | Agreement $8,000,000 — from 344 BOWERY RETAIL LLC; I. & G. PARTNERS; CENTURIAN CREDIT CORP. to PEAPACK PRIVATE BANK & TRUST | $8,000,000 | |
| 2025-04-02 | AL&R $6,450,000 — from 344 BOWERY RETAIL LLC; I. & G. PARTNERS; CENTURIAN CREDIT CORP. to CHELSEA 5 FUNDING LLC; FIRST AMERICAN EXCHANGE COMPANY, LLC | $6,450,000 | |
| 2025-04-02 | M&CON $6,450,000 — from CENTURIAN CREDIT CORP.; I. & G. PARTNERS; 344 BOWERY RETAIL LLC to CHELSEA 5 FUNDING LLC; FIRST AMERICAN EXCHANGE COMPANY, LLC | $6,450,000 | |
| 2025-04-02 | Deed $4,500,000 — from 205 WEST 20TH ASSOCIATES LLC; MCBDKTS, LLC; LEO THE DOG, LLC to 344 BOWERY RETAIL LLC; I. & G. PARTNERS; CENTURIAN CREDIT CORP. | $4,500,000 | |
| 2025-03-21 | Sold for $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | $450,000 |
| 2023-08-29 | Agreement $1,500,000 — from 205 WEST 20TH ASSOCIATES, LLC; SUSAN REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC; BARMIL REALTY ASSOCIATES, LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $1,500,000 | |
| 2023-08-29 | Mortgage $101,887 — from SUSAN REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC; BARMIL REALTY ASSOCIATES, LLC; 205 WEST 20TH ASSOCIATES, LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $101,887 | |
| 2019-09-16 | Agreement $455,042 — from BARMIL REALTY ASSOCIATES; SUSAN REALTY ASSOCIATES; 205 WEST 20TH ASSOCIATES, LLC to DIME COMMUNITY BANK F/K/A THE DIME SAVIN | $455,042 | |
| 2019-09-16 | Agreement $1,103,942 — from BARMIL REALTY ASSOCIATES; 205 WEST 20TH ASSOCIATES, LLC; SUSAN REALTY ASSOCIATES to DIME COMMUNITY BANK F/K/A THE DIME SAVIN | $1,103,942 | |
| 2014-10-16 | AL&R $499,000 — from SUSAN REALTY ASSOCIATES, LLC.; 205 WEST 20TH ASSOCIATES, LLC.; BARMIL REALTY ASSOCIATES, L to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $499,000 | |
| 2014-10-16 | Mortgage $499,000 — from 205 WEST 20TH ASSOCIATES, LLC.; SUSAN REALTY ASSOCIATES, LLC.; BARMIL REALTY ASSOCIATES, L to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $499,000 | |
| 2013-10-29 | AL&R $1,240,000 — from 205 WEST 20TH ASSOCIATES, LLC; SUSAN REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC; BARMIL REALTY ASSOCIATES, LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $1,240,000 | |
| 2013-10-29 | Mortgage $160,800 — from BARMIL REALTY ASSOCIATES, LLC; 205 WEST 20TH ASSOCIATES, LLC; SUSAN REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $160,800 | |
| 2004-04-08 | Agreement $1,255,000 — from THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH to SUSAN REALTY ASSOCIATES; 205 WEST 20TH ASSOCIATES; BARMIL REALTY | $1,255,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 35 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
Every one of the 201 recorded events, 1990–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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