354 recorded events, 1977–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 78 311 service requests, 62 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 44 DOB permits.
Full record, year by year Support this site
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$5,000 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
19 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Encampment (5) · Illegal Parking (2) · Water System (2) · Taxi Complaint (2) · Obstruction (2) · Abandoned Bike (1).
$273,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (6 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.
| Registered owner(s) | HCIN HERALD SQUARE ASSOCIATES, LLC |
| Head officer | Dani Elhachem |
| Managing agent | Artem Volkov |
| Last registered | 2025-12-02 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $23,703,000 | $10,666,350 |
| 2026 | $24,764,000 | $11,143,800 |
| 2027 | $25,381,000 | $11,421,450 |
The city's market estimate has risen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 36/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 10) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Inn-Madison Square Garden Area | American | B | — |
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).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
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 | 34 St-Herald Sq — B D F M N Q R W · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 34 St-Penn Station — 1 2 3 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 32 St / 7 Av — Q32 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 31 St & 7 Ave · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 033 Chelsea Prep 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.
116 West 31 Street
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
19 311 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: $15,000,549 on 2018-02-15 (lender: China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. and UBS Ag), covering 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-16 | Agreement $235,000,000 — from HCIN DUO TWO LESSEE, LLC; HCIN WATER STREET LESSEE, LLC; HCIN HERALD SQUARE ASSOCIATES, LL to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $235,000,000 | |
| 2024-02-12 | Agreement $300,000,000 — from HCIN CHELSEA GRAND EAST LESSEE LLC; HCIN DUO THREE LESSEE LLC; HCIN DUO ONE ASSOCIATES LLC to TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH C; CHINA MERCHANTS BANK CO LTD, NEW Y | $300,000,000 | |
| 2021-06-14 | Agreement $300,000,000 — from HCIN CHELSEA GRAND EAST ASSOCIATES, LLC; HCIN DUO THREE ASSOCIATES, LLC; HCIN HERALD SQUAR to WILIMGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $300,000,000 | |
| 2021-03-04 | RPTT&RET $315,803,305 — from CINDAT HERSHA OWNER JV ASSOCIATES, LLC to CMTG LENDER 12 LLC | $315,803,305 | |
| 2018-02-15 | Agreement $300,000,000 — from HCIN DUO TWO ASSOCIATES, LLC; HCIN HERALD SQUARE ASSOCIATES, LLC; HCIN MAIDEN HOTEL ASSOCI to CHINA MERCHANTS BANK CO., LTD.; UBS AG | $300,000,000 | |
| 2018-02-15 | Mortgage $15,000,549 — from HCIN WATER STREET ASSOCIATES, LLC; HCIN DUO ONE ASSOCIATES, LLC; HCIN DUO THREE ASSOCIATES to CHINA MERCHANTS BANK CO., LTD.; UBS AG | $15,000,549 | |
| 2018-02-15 | AL&R $300,000,000 — from HCIN WATER STREET ASSOCIATES, LLC; HCIN DUO THREE ASSOCIATES, LLC; HCIN DUO ONE ASSOCIATES to CHINA MERCHANTS BANK CO., LTD.; UBS AG | $300,000,000 | |
| 2016-05-06 | AL&R $5,000,000 — from HCIN DUO ONE LESSEE, LLC; HCIN MAIDEN HOTEL ASSOCIATES, LLC; HCIN HERALD SQUARE ASSOCIATES to NATIXIS REAL ESTATE CAPITAL LLC | $5,000,000 | |
| 2016-05-06 | Mortgage $5,000,000 — from HCIN HERALD SQUARE LESSEE, LLC; HCIN HERALD SQUARE ASSOCIATES, LLC; HCIN DUO ONE ASSOCIATE to NATIXIS REAL ESTATE CAPITAL LLC | $5,000,000 | |
| 2016-05-06 | AL&R $280,000,000 — from HCIN DUO THREE ASSOCIATES, LLC; HCIN DUO TWO ASSOCIATES, LLC; HCIN MAIDEN HOTEL LESSEE, LL to NATIXIS REAL ESTATE CAPITAL LLC | $280,000,000 | |
| 2016-05-06 | Agreement $280,000,000 — from HCIN HERALD SQUARE LESSEE, LLC; HCIN MAIDEN HOTEL ASSOCIATES, LLC; HCIN MAIDEN HOTEL LESSE to NATIXIS REAL ESTATE CAPITAL LLC | $280,000,000 | |
| 2016-05-06 | Deed $73,910,680 — from BRISAM, LLC to HCIN HERALD SQUARE ASSOCIATES, LLC | $73,910,680 | |
| 2016-05-06 | Mortgage $185,467,064 — from HCIN HERALD SQUARE ASSOCIATES, LLC; HCIN DUO TWO LESSEE, LLC; HCIN CHELSEA GRAND EAST ASSO to NATIXIS REAL ESTATE CAPITAL LLC | $185,467,064 | |
| 2016-04-29 | Sold for $73,910,680 | $73,910,680 | $73,910,680 |
| 2006-05-08 | M&CON $21,895,000 — from BRISAM, LLC to MERRILL LYNCH MORTAGE LENDING, INC. | $21,895,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 2018 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 2022 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 |
| 2026 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
Every one of the 354 recorded events, 1977–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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