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314 West 52 Street

209Records
14City systems
28Open violations
8Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10019 · Neighborhood: Hell's Kitchen
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209 recorded events, 1987–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 49 311 service requests, 37 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 31 HPD housing violations.

BoroughManhattan 10019
Built1910
Floors4
Res. units5
ClassS5
Owner (PLUTO)YEE CHEE LIN
BBL1010420040
BIN1075655

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GRADE B

A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 82% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 8. In ZIP 10019, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations28 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 23 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 1987-05-13.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

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

9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Street Condition (4) · Lead (2) · Residential Disposal Complaint (1) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Dirty Condition (1).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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 (1910)
NoSix or more residential units (5)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. 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)YEECHEE LIN
Last registered2025-09-06

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,596,800 $1,168,560
2026$3,116,000 $1,402,200
2027$3,739,000 $1,682,550

The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Cha Pa's Vietnamese EaterySoutheast AsianA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

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

Subway50 St — C E · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only)
50 St — 1 · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 8 Av / W 52 St — M20 M104 · 350 ft
Citi Bike8 Ave & W 52 St · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 111 Adolph S. Ochs
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

314 West 52 Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

9 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,500,000 on 2015-07-20 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2015-07-20Mortgage $1,500,000 — from LIN, YEE CHEE; LIN, FUNG CHIU to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $1,500,000
1998-09-25Mortgage $499,000 — from TAFTI, JAFAR N. to GREENPOINT BANK $499,000
1994-04-13Mortgage $497,777 — from KANG, GOOD to CHRYSLER FIRST BUSINESS CREDIT CORPORATI $497,777
1991-02-14Mortgage $100,000 — from KANG, GOOD to KOREA EXCHANGE BANK $100,000
1989-08-07Mortgage $140,000 — from KANG, GOOD to KOREA EXCHANGE BANK $140,000
1988-11-21Mortgage $600,000 — from KANG, GOOD to CHRYSLER FIRST BSN CR CP $600,000

Ten-year activity

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9
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20170134
20180729
20190426
20204318
20210325
20220235
20230426
20240448
20250628
20260123
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The full timeline

Construction 27Enforcement 24Housing & tenants 94Ownership & money 37Health & systems 27

Every one of the 209 recorded events, 1987–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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