1,452 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 399 311 service requests, 268 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 158 DOB permits.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 57% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 5.5. In ZIP 10011, 68% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 35 total — 9 class C (immediately hazardous), 11 class B, 15 class A. Oldest open since 1991-03-08. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$7,490 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
63 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (13) · Illegal Parking (7) · Consumer Complaint (6) · Encampment (5) · Bike Rack Condition (4) · Homeless Person Assistance (3).
$4,023,160 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (34 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 (1940) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (151) |
| 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) | Chelsea Gardens Owners Corp |
| Head officer | John Ryan |
| Managing agent | Dianes Galindo |
| Last registered | 2026-07-15 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $33,167,000 | $14,925,150 |
| 2026 | $33,856,000 | $15,235,200 |
| 2027 | $40,202,000 | $18,090,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 21% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $6,295,191 a year ($39.57 per sq ft), operating expenses $2,198,624 ($13.82 per sq ft), net operating income $4,096,568. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 42/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Booty Bread | Bakery Products/Desserts | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick) · 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 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 | 23 St — C E · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 23 St — 1 · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 23 St / 8 Av — M23-SBS · 250 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | 8 Ave & W 24 St · 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.
255 West 23 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 |
63 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 of them about heat or hot water.
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: $560,032 on 2020-04-28 (lender: Valley National Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | RPTT&RET $999,000 — from KENNETH E. VIRGILE, AS TRUSTEE; HELENE CARYL MAYER IRREVOCABLE TRUST to FERNANDEZ, CAROLINA; FERNANDEZ, AGUSTIN | $999,000 | |
| 2026-08-24 | RPTT&RET $450,000 — from WEISS, MEREDITH; BURDICK, RUTH ELIZABETH to WEISS, MEREDITH | $450,000 | |
| 2026-08-13 | Sold for $450,000 | $450,000 | $2,980 |
| 2026-08-04 | Sold for $999,000 | $999,000 | $6,616 |
| 2026-07-24 | RPTT&RET $2,425,000 — from HOGARTY, DYLAN S; HOGARTY, ANNE K to MITCHELL, ALEXANDER THOMAS | $2,425,000 | |
| 2026-07-15 | Sold for $2,425,000 | $2,425,000 | $16,060 |
| 2026-06-03 | RPTT&RET $542,500 — from SCHWARTZ -ORBACH, LIANNA to ZAMBRANO, ILEANA | $542,500 | |
| 2026-05-28 | Sold for $542,500 | $542,500 | $3,593 |
| 2026-02-10 | RPTT&RET $999,999 — from ZHOU, SIMON to HILDER, DAVID; SAAVEDRA, NARCISO | $999,999 | |
| 2026-02-09 | Sold for $999,999 | $999,999 | $6,623 |
| 2026-01-02 | RPTT&RET $800,000 — from ORENSHEIN, MARK to KHAN, ZUNAIRA | $800,000 | |
| 2025-12-18 | Sold for $800,000 | $800,000 | $5,298 |
| 2025-11-21 | RPTT&RET $1,750,000 — from ESTATE OF MARK GIL NEARY; MATTHEW J. NEARY, EXECUTOR to THACKER, KARISSA; WARD, GINGER | $1,750,000 | |
| 2025-11-13 | Sold for $1,750,000 | $1,750,000 | $11,589 |
| 2025-07-21 | RPTT&RET $595,000 — from GRZESLO, BARBARA to BRENNAN JOBS, LISA; KUBANEK, STEPHANIE | $595,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 70 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 54 |
| 2019 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 61 |
| 2020 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 57 |
| 2021 | 7 | 6 | 105 | 18 | 6 | 142 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 24 | 6 | 74 |
| 2023 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 51 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 6 | 15 | 68 |
| 2025 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 16 | 6 | 76 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
Every one of the 1,452 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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