598 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 237 311 service requests, 74 HPD complaints, 61 HPD housing violations.
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 67% 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 7.5. In ZIP 10036, 62% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 6 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2020-02-27. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
41 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (8) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (6) · Homeless Person Assistance (5) · Dirty Condition (3) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (2) · Litter Basket Request (2).
$379,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (11 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 (1920) |
| 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) | WEST NINTH LLC |
| Head officer | JOYCE M ISKANDER |
| Managing agent | JOYCE M ISKANDER |
| Last registered | 2025-08-08 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $6,059,000 | $2,726,550 |
| 2026 | $6,262,000 | $2,817,900 |
| 2027 | $6,911,000 | $3,109,950 |
The city's market estimate has risen 14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bird & Branch | Coffee/Tea | A | Mice evidence |
| El Rancho Burritos | Tex-Mex | A | — |
| Lovely's Old Fashioned | Hamburgers | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
3 restaurants · 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), shared by 3 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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 | Times Sq-42 St — 1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 9 Av / W 46 St — M11 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 44 St & 9 Ave · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 051 Elias Howe 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.
642 9 Avenue
| 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 |
41 311 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: $272,413 on 2018-11-28 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-28 | Mortgage $272,414 — from WEST 9TH, LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $272,414 | |
| 2018-11-28 | Agreement $2,085,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to WEST 9TH, LLC | $2,085,000 | |
| 2011-11-21 | Agreement $2,007,925 — from WEST 9TH, LLC to NORTH FORK BANK; CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $2,007,925 | |
| 2003-04-18 | Mortgage $921,807 — from WEST 9TH, LLC to NORTH FORK BANK | $921,807 | |
| 1999-12-06 | Mortgage $575,756 — from WEST 9TH LLC to NORTH FORK BANK | $575,756 | |
| 1987-06-08 | Mortgage $475,000 — from WEST 9TH COMPANY to CENTRAL FDRL SVGS FSB | $475,000 | |
| 1985-10-24 | Mortgage $300,000 — from WEST 9TH COMPANY to CENTRAL FEDERAL SAVINGS | $300,000 | |
| 1983-06-17 | Mortgage $122,000 — from WEST 9TH COMPANY to CENTRAL FED SV F.S.B. | $122,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 35 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 31 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 30 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 25 |
| 2026 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 35 |
Every one of the 598 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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