1,017 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 352 311 service requests, 280 HPD complaints, 268 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 601.4. In ZIP 10022, 72% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 244 total — 47 class C (immediately hazardous), 133 class B, 64 class A. Oldest open since 2013-02-21. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
11 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 5).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$12,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
126 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (15) · Street Condition (12) · PAINT/PLASTER (12) · Illegal Parking (10) · PLUMBING (8) · GENERAL (8).
$36,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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 (1900) |
| No | Six or more residential units (5) |
| No | 421-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 owner(s) | KERRY GROUP CORP |
| Head officer | YUE W CHAO |
| Managing agent | YUE W CHAO |
| Last registered | 2022-04-18 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,734,400 | $1,680,480 |
| 2026 | $4,316,000 | $1,942,200 |
| 2027 | $5,179,000 | $2,330,550 |
The city's market estimate has risen 39% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 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 | 51 St — 6 E F · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 2 Av / E 54 St — M15 · 450 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 51 St & 2 Ave · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Protected bike path mapped within 75 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 059 Beekman Hill International Middle: J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch. 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.
981 2 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
126 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 5 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-05-25 | Deed $2,600,000 — from SI BANK & TRUST; AS CO-EXECUTORS OF THE LAST WILL AND TES; LUCAS, MICHAEL ROBERT; LUCAS, L to LUCAS, MICHAEL ROBERT | $2,600,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 34 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 43 |
| 2021 | 0 | 27 | 102 | 0 | 1 | 130 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 124 | 0 | 1 | 127 |
| 2023 | 5 | 2 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 189 |
| 2024 | 0 | 7 | 273 | 0 | 1 | 281 |
| 2025 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Every one of the 1,017 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
Explore: ZIP 10022 · Landlord rankings · How grades work · The map · The Mice Map