The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. In ZIP 10007, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and
6% 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
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no
pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
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
13 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Street Condition (9) · General Construction/Plumbing (1) · Noise (1) · Homeless Person Assistance (1) · Panhandling (1).
Filed construction activity
$98,940 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (1 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.
Rent-stabilization signals
Yes
Built before 1974 (1920)
No
Six or more residential units (4)
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 with HPD — the names behind the building
Registered owner(s)
THE 153 CHAMBERS CONDOMINIUM
Head officer
GEORGE OLSEN
Managing agent
MD Squared Property Group
Last registered
2025-08-25
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$2,169,000
$976,050
2026
$909,945
$409,475
2027
$923,682
$415,657
The city's market estimate has fallen
57% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Building systems
Heating fuel
NO2FUEL
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 2 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
Subway
Chambers St — 1 2 3 · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Chambers St — 2 3 A C E R W · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Chambers St / Hudson St — M20 M22 · 150 ft
Citi Bike
Hudson St & Reade St · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
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.
13 311 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.
Elevator permit: Filing this application to Convert existing single plunger brake to dual-plunger brake. All work to comply with ASME A17.3-2015, S
2026-05-16
311: Panhandling — N/A
2025-12-11
Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-11-25
PAT — from 153 CHAMBERS USA, LLC to NCA THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE CONDOMI
2025-11-25
Deed $1,200,000 — from EASTLITE CORP. to 153 CHAMBERS USA, LLC
2025-11-19
Sold for $1,200,000
2025-11-19
Sold for $1,200,000
The full timeline
2026
2026-07-20Elevator permit: Filing this application to Convert existing single plunger brake to dual-plunger brake. All work to comply with ASME A17.3-2015, S$14,000
2026-05-16311: Panhandling — N/A
2025
2025-12-11Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-11-25PAT — from 153 CHAMBERS USA, LLC to NCA THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE CONDOMI
2025-11-25Deed $1,200,000 — from EASTLITE CORP. to 153 CHAMBERS USA, LLC$1,200,000
2025-11-19Sold for $1,200,000$1,200,000
2025-11-19Sold for $1,200,000$1,200,000
2025-09-04311: Homeless Person Assistance — Non-Chronic
2025-07-11PAT — from GOLD, ROGER H; PENG, YAN LING DIANNA to BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE 153 CHAMBERS ST
2025-07-11Mortgage $1,520,000 — from PENG, YAN LING DIANNA; GOLD, ROGER H to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.$1,520,000
2025-07-11Deed $1,950,000 — from J&J SMYTH LLC to GOLD, ROGER H; PENG, YAN LING DIANNA$1,950,000
2025-07-11PAT — from GOLD, ROGER H to MELNICK, MATTHEW G
2025-07-11PAT — from PENG, DIANNA; PENG, YAN LING DIANNA to MELNICK, MATTHEW G
2025-06-25Sold for $1,950,000$1,950,000
2025-03-31311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2023-03-15HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2022
2022-11-08311: Illegal Parking — Paper License Plates
2022-11-02HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2022-02-16Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-02-15HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2021
2021-12-17DOB violation EVCAT5: FAILURE TO PERFORM CATEGORY 5 INSPECTION
2021-04-01HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2021-03-08DOB violation E:
2020
2020-10-17311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-10-03311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-07-10311: Elevator — Elevator - Single Device On Property/No Alternate Service
2020-07-10ECB CLASS - 2 violation: 02-X-10,48-P-7=(02-X-10) ALARM SYSTEM NOT WORKING MUST REPAIR INSIDE CAR ALARM BELL (40-P-7) MACHINE ROOM PROVIDE ACESS FOR PROPER
2019
2019-10-25HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2019-06-07311: Homeless Person Assistance
2019-04-01FDNY inspection (RISK)
2019-01-15311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018
2018-10-05HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2018-09-06311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-08-23Elevator permit: DOOR LOCK MONITORING UPGRADE.$11,843
2018-07-11Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-03-14DOB violation E:
2018-02-02HPD litigation: Heat and Hot Water
2017
2017-12-31HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH
2017-12-31HPD class C: § 27-2028, 2032 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FROM AN APPROVED CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM, OR AN APPROVED SYSTEM OF GAS OR ELECTRI
2017-12-29311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2017-12-29311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2017-12-29Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2017-12-29Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2017-12-22Deed — from MCGORRY, TRUSTEE , MARK W; THE GEORGE L OLSEN QUALIFIED PERSONAL RE to THE GEORGE L OLSEN ARTICLE IX DESCENDANT; MCGORRY, TRUSTEE , MARK W
2017-12-12Deed transfer (nominal price)
2017-07-19Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-03-08DOB violation E:
2017-02-13CORRD — from OLSEN, EXECUTOR , GEORGE L; OLSEN, GEORGE L; ESTATE OF KAREN D BARTH to OLSEN, GEORGE L; ESTATE OF KAREN D. BARTH; OLSEN, EXECUTOR , GEORGE L; BARTH , KAREN D
2017-02-13CORRD — from OLSEN, GEORGE L to THE GEORGE L OLSEN QUALIFIED PERSONAL RE; MCGORRY, TRUSTEE, MARK
2017-02-13Deed — from MCGORRY, TRUSTEE, MARK; OLSEN, TRUSTEE , GEORGE L; THE KAREN BARTH QUALIFIED PERSONAL TRUS to OLSEN, TRUSTEE , GEORGE L; MCGORRY, TRUSTEE, MARK; THE KAREN BARTH ART, IX DESCENDANTS TRU
2017-02-13CORRD — from ESTATE OF KAREN D. BARTH; OLSEN, TRUSTEE , GEORGE L to THE KAREN BARTH QUALIFIED PERSONAL RESID; OLSEN, TRUSTEE , GEORGE L; MCGORRY, TRUSTEE , M
2017-02-02Deed transfer (nominal price)
2017-02-02Deed transfer (nominal price)
2016
2016-10-28Rodent inspection: Passed
2016-10-11311: Street Light Condition — Street Light Out
2016-08-11Permit PL — ISSUED
2016-08-03Permit EW — ISSUED
2016-07-27Job filed: RENOVATE EXISTING SUBWAY SANDWICH STORE ON 1ST FLOOR. RELOCATE NON LOAD BEARING PARTITIONS & PLUMBING FIXTURES. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPA$98,940
2016-06-09FDNY inspection (RISK)
2016-05-24Mortgage satisfied — from LEVINSOHN, PAUL A to MERS
2016-05-18311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2015-12-02311: Food Establishment — Kitchen/Food Prep Area
2015-05-16311: Homeless Person Assistance — No Status Call
2015-03-03DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2013 INSPECTION REPORT
2015-02-02HPD class I: SECTION27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE ?27-2097 AND IS THER
2015-01-20Mortgage satisfied — from LEVINSOHN, PAUL A to AMBOY BANK
2015-01-20Mortgage $3,000,000 — from LEVINSOHN, PAUL A to MERS; STERLING NATIONAL BANK$3,000,000
2014
2014-12-12311: Plumbing — Plumbing Work - Illegal/No Permit/Standpipe/Sprinkler
2010-04-09Mortgage assigned — from INDYMAC FEDERAL BANK, FSB; INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B.; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION to ONEWEST BANK, FSB
2010-03-11Deed — from MATHEWS, AMANDA to AMAT 153, LLC
2010-03-11AL&R $325,000 — from AMAT 153, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$325,000
2010-03-11Mortgage assigned — from EDGE CAPITAL, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
2010-03-11Mortgage $70,000 — from AMAT 153, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$70,000
2010-03-11Agreement $325,000 — from AMAT 153, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$325,000
2010-02-22DOB violation E:
2010-01-21Rodent inspection: Passed
2009
2009-03-17DOB violation E:
2009-01-01DOB violation LL6291:
2008
2008-10-24DOB violation E:
2007
2007-08-20Mortgage satisfied — from ZWIGARD, TODD; ZWIGARD, PADDINGTON to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK
2007-04-19Mortgage satisfied — from PADDINGTON, ZWIGARD; ZWIGARD, TODD to NATIONAL CITY BANK
2007-04-09Mortgage $2,100,000 — from LEVINSOHN, PAUL A to AMBOY NATIONAL BANK$2,100,000
2007-04-09PAT — from ZWIGARD, PADDINGTON to HIRSCH, BETH
2007-04-09Deed $4,150,000 — from ZWIGARD, TODD; ZWIGARD, PADDINGTON to LEVINSOHN, PAUL A.$4,150,000
2007-04-09PAT — from LEVINSOHN, PAUL A to BOARD OF MANAGERS ON THE 153 CHAMBERS CO
2007-04-09PAT — from ZWIGARD, TODD to HIRSCH, BETH
2006
2006-12-01Mortgage $480,000 — from OLSEN, GEORGE L; BARTH, KAREN D to CITIBANK, N.A.,$480,000
2006-05-24Mortgage $150,000 — from FARO, YAFFA SROR to INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B.$150,000
2006-05-08DOB violation E:
2005
2005-11-02Mortgage $200,000 — from ZWIGARD, PADDINGTON; ZWIGARD, TODD to NATIONAL CITY BANK$200,000
2005-08-05Mortgage $255,000 — from MATHEWS, AMANDA to EDGE CAPITAL LLC$255,000
2005-08-05Deed — from 153 CHAMBERS LLC to MATHEWS, AMANDA
2005-08-05REL — from THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION
2005-08-05Mortgage satisfied — from 153 CHAMBERS LLC to THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION
2005-08-05PAT — from MATHEWS, AMANDA to 153 CHAMBERS CONDOMINIUM
2005-08-05Mortgage satisfied — from 153 CHAMBERS LLC to THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION
2005-07-19DOB violation E:
2005-06-16PREL — from THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION to THE 153 CHAMBERS CONDOMINIUM
2005-06-16PAT — from THE 153 CHAMBERS CONDOMINIUM to FARO, YAFFA SROR
2005-06-16EASE — from SROR FARO, YAFFA to BARTH, KAREN; OLSEN, GEORGE
2005-06-16PREL — from THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION to THE 153 CHAMBERS CONDOMINIUM
2005-06-16TL&R — from THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION to THE 153 CHAMBERS CONDOMINIUM
2005-06-16Mortgage $250,000 — from FARO, YAFFA SROR to MERS$250,000
2005-06-16Deed — from 153 CHAMBERS LLC to FARO, YAFFA S
2005-06-16Mortgage $660,000 — from BARTH , KAREN D; OLSEN , GEORGE L to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK$660,000
2005-06-16Deed — from 153 CHAMBERS, LLC to OLSEN , GEORGE L.; BARTH , KAREN D.
2005-01-07PAT — from ZWIGARD, TODD; ZWIGARD, PADDINGTON to 153 CHAMBERS LLC
2005-01-07TL&R — from THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION
2005-01-07PREL — from THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION
2005-01-07Mortgage $700,000 — from ZWIGARD, PADDINGTON; ZWIGARD, TODD to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK$700,000
2005-01-07Deed — from 153 CHAMBERS LLC to ZWIGARD, PADDINGTON; ZWIGARD, TODD
2005-01-03Deed — from 153 CHAMBERS LLC to EASTLITE CORP.
2005-01-03PAT — from EASTLITE CORP. to BOARD OF MANAGERS, THE 153 CHAMBERS COND
2005-01-03PREL — from THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION to 153 CHAMBERS LLC
2005-01-03REL — from THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION to 153 CHAMBERS LLC
2004
2004-09-13Mortgage $660,000 — from BARTH , KAREN D; OLSEN , GEORGE L to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK$660,000
2004-09-13PREL — from THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION
2004-09-13PREL — from THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION
2004-09-13Deed — from 153 CHAMBERS LLC to OLSEN , GEORGE L; BARTH , KAREN D
2004-09-13PAT — from OLSEN , GEORGE L; BARTH , KAREN D to THE 153 CHAMBERS CONDOMINIUM
2004-04-28ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT WORK NOTED: 1) ERECTED CONCRETE BLOCK AND BRICK WALL WITH AN APPROX. SIZE OF 9'(H) BY 40'(L) ON THE EAST AND
2004-03-16CDEC — from THE 153 CHAMBERS CONDOMINIUM
2004-03-16MAPS — from THE 153 CHAMBERS CONDOMINIUM
2004-03-16CDEC — from THE 153 CHAMBERS CONDOMINIUM
2004-03-16MAPS — from THE 153 CHAMBERS CONDOMINIUM
2004-03-16MAPS — from THE 153 CHAMBERS CONDOMINIUM
2004-03-16CDEC — from THE 153 CHAMBERS CONDOMINIUM
2004-03-16CDEC — from THE 153 CHAMBERS CONDOMINIUM
2004-03-16MAPS — from THE 153 CHAMBERS CONDOMINIUM
2004-03-16CDEC — from THE 153 CHAMBERS CONDOMINIUM
2004-03-16MAPS — from THE 153 CHAMBERS CONDOMINIUM
2003
2003-10-28Job filed: INSTALL SCAFFOLD 8' FT LONG BY 60' FT HIGH AT 153 CHAMBERS STREET NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY
2003-10-28Job filed: REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING CORNICE NO CHANGE TO USE EGRESS OR OCCUP ANCY$6,000
2003-10-06Job filed: Install heavy duty sidewalk shed 30ft long at 153 Chambers Street-during remedial repairs. Work shall comply with LL33/91. No change in use egress or
2003-05-07Job filed: Apartment renovation to include construction of new partitions, modification to plumbing and ventilation as shown on plans filed herewith. No change $91,000
2003-03-24Job filed: To renovate existing store for a "SUBWAY" store at 1st FL. No change to use, occupancy and egress.$46,000
2003-03-24Job filed: RENOVATION TO STOREFRONT AND LOBBY. NO CAHNGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPAN CY.$15,500
2000
2000-10-27Job filed: Refiling as alteration Type I under the BIS system as per PPN 4/20000 a previous alteration application number 483/89. There is no change in the prev$100
1996
1996-01-25ECB Non-Hazardous violation: 35O 36L 37L 46K 54G 36 REPLACE MOTOR ROOM DOOR 46 REPLACE HOIST CABLES 73 RESTOR$200