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2155 2 Avenue

319Records
16City systems
11Open violations
192Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10029 · Neighborhood: East Harlem (North)
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319 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 100 311 service requests, 47 HPD complaints, 47 HPD housing violations.

BoroughManhattan 10029
Built1910
Floors4
Res. units8
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)BAE CLEANERS,INC.
BBL1016600028
BIN1052472

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 90% 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 192. In ZIP 10029, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 12% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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B
C

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

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations11 total — 6 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2023-08-01.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

23 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 10 · winter 2025–26: 13). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

10
’24–25
13
’25–26

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

38 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (9) · Noise (9) · PLUMBING (5) · Street Condition (3) · PAINT/PLASTER (2) · Dirty Condition (2).

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)
YesSix or more residential units (8)
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)BCI EQUITIES INC
Head officerHEENAM BAE
Managing agentPYRUS MANAGEMENT LCC
Last registered2025-08-31

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$759,600 $341,820
2026$654,000 $294,300
2027$785,000 $353,250

The city's market estimate has risen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Brother's Bakery CafeAmericanA—

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).

Hurricane evacuation zone 3 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.

Getting around

Subway110 St — 6 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 2 Av / E 111 St — M15 · 100 ft
Citi Bike3 Ave & E 112 St · 700 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. 083 Luis Munoz Rivera. 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

2155 2 Avenue

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

38 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 9 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by PYRUS MANAGEMENT LLC — 16 buildings, 111 units. Grades across the portfolio: A5 · B3 · C6 · D2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
390 South 2 Street BK19 A
306 West 22 Street MN12 A
2707 Fredrick Douglass Bl MN12 A
110 West 87 Street MN9 A
2709 8 Avenue MN9 B
1464 St Nicholas Avenue MN8 C
2155 2 Avenue MN8 C
2027 1 Avenue MN7 A
1071 1 Avenue MN5 C
181 East 117 Street MN4 C
366 West 46 Street MN4 B
2153 2 Avenue MN3 C
209 East 117 Street MN3 D
364 West 46 Street MN3 C
207 East 117 Street MN3 B
308 West 48 Street MN2 D

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $913,190 on 2019-03-19 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.), covering 2 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2019-03-19Mortgage $913,190 — from BCI EQUITIES INC. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $913,190
2019-03-19Agreement $3,400,000 — from BCI EQUITIES INC. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $3,400,000
2014-03-20Agreement $2,900,000 — from BAE CLEANERS, INC to HABIB AMERICAN BANK $2,900,000
2014-03-20AL&R $2,900,000 — from BAE CLEANERS, INC to HABIB AMERICAN BANK $2,900,000
2014-03-20Mortgage $681,107 — from BAE CLEANERS, INC to HABIB AMERICAN BANK $681,107
2012-02-15Agreement $2,340,000 — from BAE CLEANERS INC. to HABIB AMERICAN BANK $2,340,000
2012-02-15AL&R $2,340,000 — from BAE CLEANERS INC. to HABIB AMERICAN BANK $2,340,000
2012-02-15Mortgage $740,218 — from BAE CLEANERS INC. to HABIB AMERICAN BANK $740,218
2007-11-15Mortgage $1,700,000 — from BAE CLEANERS, INC to SOVEREIGN BANK $1,700,000
2006-12-18Deed $1,350,000 — from MATEO,JR, JORGE; DE LOURDES MATEO, MARIA to BAE CLEANERS,INC. $1,350,000

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201741016
201810023
20191134119
202007018
202102002
2022260210
20235420552
2024050510
20253440451
20260240428
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The full timeline

Construction 29Enforcement 29Housing & tenants 204Ownership & money 20Health & systems 37

Every one of the 319 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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