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32 West 20 Street

432Records
16City systems
0Open violations
1.7Penalty rate

432 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 129 DOB permits, 102 DOB job filings, 58 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.

BoroughManhattan 10011
Built1912
Floors11
Res. units18
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)DAVID SHAMA
BBL1008210062
BIN1015483

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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 85% 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 1.7. In ZIP 10011, 68% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

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C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

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.

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

11 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Obstruction (4) · Noise (3) · Illegal Parking (1) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (1) · Missed Collection (1) · Encampment (1).

Filed construction activity

$4,908,305 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (54 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 (1912)
YesSix or more residential units (18)
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)THIRTY TWO WEST 20TH STREET INC
Head officerMICHAEL CHEW
Managing agentCORNERSTONE MGMT SYSTEMS INC.
Last registered2025-08-11

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$12,833,000 $5,774,850
2026$12,017,000 $5,407,650
2027$14,147,000 $6,366,150

The city's market estimate has risen 10% 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 $2,238,874 a year ($53.98 per sq ft), operating expenses $667,764 ($16.10 per sq ft), net operating income $1,571,111. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

Subway23 St — F M · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
14 St — 1 2 3 F L M · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 6 Av / W 20 St — M7 M55 · 400 ft
Citi BikeW 18 St & 6 Ave · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityPainted bike lane 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.

Report a problem to 311

32 West 20 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

11 311 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 CORNERSTONE MGMT SYSTEMS INC — 113 buildings, 1,524 units. Grades across the portfolio: A94 · B12 · C6. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
68 Remsen Street BK103 A
148 East 24 Street MN55 A
603 Washington Street MN54 A
540 6th Avenue MN50 A
426 West Broadway MN34 A
21 South William Street MN31 A
110 Thompson Street MN30 A
838 Greenwich Street MN29 A
80 Warren Street MN29 A
121 West 17 Street MN28 A
601 West End Avenue MN26 A
20 East 84 Street MN25 A
36 West 24 Street MN24 A
684 3 Avenue MN24 A
107 West 25 Street MN24 A
76 Remsen Street BK23 A
183 East Broadway MN20 A
167 West 73 Street MN20 A
32 Downing Street MN20 A
924 2 Avenue MN20 A
38 Downing Street MN20 A
52 Thomas Street MN20 A
445 West 48 Street MN20 A
40 Downing Street MN20 A
71 Barrow Street MN20 A
130 East 84 Street MN20 A
137 Duane Street MN19 C
128 East 84 Street MN19 A
199 East 7 Street MN19 A
543 Broadway MN18 A
69 8 Avenue MN18 A
67 8 Avenue MN18 A
32 West 20 Street MN18 A
125 Central Park North MN17 A
340 3 Avenue MN16 A
97 Lexington Avenue MN16 A
301 West 89 Street MN15 A
237 West 15 Street MN14 A
952 Columbus Avenue MN14 A
104 Charlton Street MN14 A
243 East 77 Street MN13 A
468 Greenwich Street MN12 A
75 Horatio Street MN12 A
29 Bedford Street MN12 A
550 Hudson Street MN12 A
71 Grand Street MN12 A
217 West 19 Street MN12 A
92 Warren Street MN12 A
613 East 11 Street MN12 A
3 Wooster Street MN11 A
130 East 12 Street MN11 A
171 West 73 Street MN11 C
77 8 Avenue MN11 A
530 Canal Street MN10 A
128 West 70 Street MN10 A
116 West 22 Street MN10 A
437 Greenwich Street MN10 A
335 Lexington Avenue MN10 A
27 Great Jones Street MN10 A
140 Prince Street MN9 A

showing 60 of 113 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,500,000 on 2023-09-06 (lender: Emigrant Funding Corporation). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-08-27AL&R $2,400,000 — from THIRTY-TWO WEST 20TH STREET, INC. to M&T BANK $2,400,000
2026-08-27Agreement $2,400,000 — from THIRTY-TWO WEST 20TH STREET, INC. to M&T BANK $2,400,000
2026-02-20RPTT&RET $4,500,000 — from AUVRAY, SONYA; AUVRAY, GUILLAUME to XIE-MAWANI, RAN; MAWANI, SALIM $4,500,000
2026-02-05Sold for $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $250,000
2025-11-21RPTT&RET $2,850,000 — from AVNERI, RONIT to POPOVSKA, ALEKSANDRA; LIM, JONATHAN $2,850,000
2025-10-30Sold for $2,850,000 $2,850,000 $158,333
2024-08-29RPTT&RET $2,950,000 — from BONNEMAZOU, FLORENT; BONNEMAZOU, SAE HEE to SHAMA, DAVID $2,950,000
2024-08-19Sold for $2,950,000 $2,950,000 $163,889
2023-09-06Mortgage $2,500,000 — from THIRTY-TWO WEST 20TH STREET, INC. to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION $2,500,000
2023-09-06AL&R $2,500,000 — from THIRTY-TWO WEST 20TH STREET, INC. to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION $2,500,000
2022-06-22RPTT&RET $4,600,000 — from MELANY KAHN AS EXECUTOR; ESTATE OF EMILY MASON KAHN to FLATIRON NYC LLC $4,600,000
2022-06-02Sold for $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $255,556
2019-11-29RPTT&RET $3,050,000 — from FASSBURG, TERRY A to CHEW, MICHAEL; CHAN, LUCIA $3,050,000
2019-11-01Sold for $3,050,000 $3,050,000 $169,444
2019-06-27RPTT&RET $2,800,000 — from ZIEHER, ANDREA S; ZIEHER, SCOTT R to PATEL, KUSH $2,800,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201720203025
201814436330
201915046126
202024320130
202111330118
2022302229
20235036115
20249152219
20253062112
202612134121
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The full timeline

Construction 231Enforcement 80Housing & tenants 34Ownership & money 67Health & systems 20

Every one of the 432 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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