4,606 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,396 311 service requests, 1,333 HPD complaints, 1,331 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 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 654.1. In ZIP 10032, 36% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 135 total — 47 class C (immediately hazardous), 68 class B, 20 class A. Oldest open since 2010-09-29. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 3 case(s) pending in housing court |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
205 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 43 · winter 2024–25: 17 · winter 2025–26: 128). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$26,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
568 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (107) · HEAT/HOT WATER (97) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (67) · DOOR/WINDOW (44) · PLUMBING (41) · PAINT/PLASTER (32).
$281,555 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 (1909) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (42) |
| 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) | FIRM ASSETS INC |
| Head officer | TONY HUANG |
| Managing agent | FIRM ASSETS INC |
| Last registered | 2026-07-23 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,281,000 | $2,376,450 |
| 2026 | $5,713,000 | $2,570,850 |
| 2027 | $5,779,000 | $2,600,550 |
The city's market estimate has risen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Spanish Cuisine | Spanish | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Spoiled, Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · 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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2019 (0 in the last three years).
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | 157 St — 1 · 150 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 163 St-Amsterdam Av — C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 157 St / Edward M Morgan Pl — Bx6 Bx6-SBS · 150 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | Broadway & W 157 St · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 028 Wright Brothers Middle: Community Math & Science Prep. 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.
600 West 157 Street
| 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 |
568 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 97 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $4,265,062 on 2018-01-09 (lender: Flushing Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-09 | Agreement $8,750,000 to FLUSHING BANK | $8,750,000 | |
| 2018-01-09 | Mortgage $4,265,062 — from FIRM ASSETS, INC. to FLUSHING BANK | $4,265,062 | |
| 2018-01-09 | AL&R $8,750,000 — from FIRM ASSETS, INC. to FLUSHING BANK | $8,750,000 | |
| 2013-05-07 | Agreement $5,000,000 — from FIRM ASSETS, INC. to FLUSHING BANK | $5,000,000 | |
| 2013-05-07 | Mortgage $3,463,507 — from FIRM ASSETS, INC. to FLUSHING BANK | $3,463,507 | |
| 2013-05-07 | AL&R $5,000,000 — from FIRM ASSETS, INC. to FLUSHING BANK | $5,000,000 | |
| 2003-04-03 | Agreement $2,025,000 — from FIRM ASSETS, INC. to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB | $2,025,000 | |
| 2003-04-03 | Mortgage $1,446,170 — from FIRM ASSETS, INC. to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB | $1,446,170 | |
| 2003-04-03 | AL&R $2,025,000 — from FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB to FIRM ASSETS, INC. | $2,025,000 | |
| 2000-05-22 | Mortgage $659,663 — from FIRM ASSETS, INC. to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK | $659,663 | |
| 1986-03-12 | Mortgage $600,000 — from FIRM ASSETS INC to CHEMICAL BANK | $600,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 19 | 78 | 0 | 5 | 110 |
| 2018 | 9 | 5 | 70 | 4 | 4 | 92 |
| 2019 | 2 | 4 | 172 | 0 | 3 | 181 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 85 | 1 | 4 | 94 |
| 2021 | 1 | 6 | 134 | 0 | 1 | 142 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 312 | 0 | 3 | 318 |
| 2023 | 0 | 9 | 306 | 0 | 5 | 320 |
| 2024 | 4 | 19 | 439 | 0 | 9 | 471 |
| 2025 | 3 | 15 | 519 | 0 | 19 | 556 |
| 2026 | 0 | 9 | 519 | 0 | 7 | 535 |
Every one of the 4,606 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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