677 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 227 311 service requests, 165 HPD complaints, 141 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. More recorded distress than 57% 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 21.7. In ZIP 11233, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% 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 | 12 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 2019-06-11. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
14 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 10 · winter 2024–25: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
18 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · Illegal Parking (4) · Graffiti (2) · Homeless Person Assistance (1) · Hazardous Materials (1) · Curb Condition (1).
$56,805 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 (1892) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (6) |
| 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) | WE 616 HALSEY LLC |
| Head officer | SETH WEISSMAN |
| Managing agent | TRUE MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2025-09-02 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,276,000 | $574,200 |
| 2026 | $1,531,000 | $688,950 |
| 2027 | $1,664,000 | $748,800 |
The city's market estimate has risen 30% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soft Butch | American | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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 | Utica Av — A C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Halsey St / Malcolm X Blvd — B26 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Hancock St & Malcolm X Blvd · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School. 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.
262 Malcolm X Boulevard
| 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 |
18 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 7 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.
Managed by TRUE MANAGEMENT — 154 buildings, 691 units. Grades across the portfolio: A78 · B33 · C19 · D21 · F2. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 154 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $454,980 on 2024-02-08 (lender: Esquire Bank, National Association). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-22 | Agreement $6,079,875 — from WE 616 HALSEY LLC; WESJW 616 HALSEY LLC; WEMAW 616 HALSEY LLC; WE 216 MX BLVD LLC; WEMAW 4 to ESQUIRE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $6,079,875 | |
| 2024-02-08 | Agreement $2,407,900 — from WE 616 HALSEY LLC; WEMAW 616 HALSEY LLC; WESJW 616 HALSEY LLC to ESQUIRE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $2,407,900 | |
| 2024-02-08 | AL&R $2,407,900 — from WEMAW 616 HALSEY LLC; WESJW 616 HALSEY LLC; WE 616 HALSEY LLC to ESQUIRE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $2,407,900 | |
| 2024-02-08 | Mortgage $454,980 — from WE 616 HALSEY LLC; WEMAW 616 HALSEY LLC; WESJW 616 HALSEY LLC to ESQUIRE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $454,980 | |
| 2018-04-26 | Mortgage $503,692 — from WESJW 616 HALSEY LLC; WEMAW 616 HALSEY LLC; WE 616 HALSEY LLC to ESQUIRE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $503,692 | |
| 2018-04-26 | Agreement $2,155,000 — from WE 616 HALSEY LLC; WESJW 616 HALSEY LLC; WEMAW 616 HALSEY LLC to ESQUIRE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $2,155,000 | |
| 2015-04-23 | Mortgage $1,750,000 — from WEMAW HOLDINGS LLC; WESJW HOLDINGS LLC; WE 616 HALSEY LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $1,750,000 | |
| 2015-04-23 | AL&R $1,750,000 — from WESJW HOLDINGS LLC; WE 616 HALSEY LLC; WEMAW HOLDINGS LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $1,750,000 | |
| 2014-09-05 | Deed $320,096 — from WE 616 HALSEY LLC to WESJW HOLDINGS LLC; WEMAW HOLDINGS LLC | $320,096 | |
| 2013-09-23 | Deed $1,500,000 — from 578 PARTNERS INC to WE 616 HALSEY LLC | $1,500,000 | |
| 2013-01-17 | Deed $700,000 — from CHAVIS, ARCHIE to 578 PARTNERS INC. | $700,000 | |
| 2013-01-17 | AL&R $350,000 — from 578 PARTNERS INC. to GPS CAPITAL FUND LLC | $350,000 | |
| 2013-01-17 | Mortgage $350,000 — from 578 PARTNERS INC. to GPS CAPITAL FUND LLC | $350,000 | |
| 1999-03-22 | Mortgage $86,000 — from CHAVIS, ARCHIE to AMERIFIRST MORTGAGECORP | $86,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 39 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| 2023 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Every one of the 677 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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