The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 94% 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 0.3. In ZIP 10013, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and
5% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
B
C
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
Open with the city right now
Open HPD violations
7 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 1997-10-10.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
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
23 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Graffiti (7) · Lead (4) · Illegal Parking (3) · Noise (3) · Consumer Complaint (2) · Real Time Enforcement (2).
Filed construction activity
$4,660 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 (1912)
Yes
Six or more residential units (25)
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 with HPD — the names behind the building
Registered owner(s)
MING SUN REALTY CORPORATION
Head officer
KENNETH CHIN
Managing agent
KENNETH CHIN
Last registered
2025-09-09
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
$3,130,000
$1,408,500
2026
$3,565,000
$1,604,250
2027
$3,411,000
$1,534,950
The city's market estimate has risen
9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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.
Getting around
Subway
Canal St — 6 J N Q R W Z · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial Grand St — B D · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Bowery / Grand St — M103 · 550 ft
Citi Bike
Grand St & Elizabeth St · 400 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.
23 311 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.
Sales, deeds & mortgages
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $139,239 on
2024-01-30 (lender: Cathay 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
2024-01-30
AL&R $2,300,000 — from MING SUN REALTY CORPORATION to CATHAY BANK
$2,300,000
2024-01-30
Agreement $2,300,000 — from MING SUN REALTY CORPORATION to CATHAY BANK
$2,300,000
2024-01-30
Mortgage $139,240 — from MING SUN REALTY CORPORATION to CATHAY BANK
$139,240
2017-06-02
AL&R $2,600,000 — from MING SUN REALTY CORPORATION to INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA
$2,600,000
2017-06-02
Mortgage $2,600,000 — from MING SUN REALTY CORPORATION to INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA
$2,600,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
27
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
2
3
2
1
8
2018
1
4
17
0
5
27
2019
1
1
11
0
3
16
2020
0
0
4
0
1
5
2021
0
0
1
0
1
2
2022
0
0
2
0
3
5
2023
0
2
4
0
3
9
2024
0
0
10
5
3
18
2025
0
0
8
0
4
12
2026
0
1
6
0
2
9
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2019-01-23DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2019-01-15311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018
2018-12-28Job filed: ERECT NEW AWNING WITH COPY, NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, AND OCCUPANCY.$4,660
2018-11-01311: Plumbing — Gas Utility Referral
2018-11-01DOB complaint, category ?
2018-11-01ECB CLASS - 1 violation: GAS BEING SUPPLIED TO BLDG W/O INSPECTION & CERTIFICATIONS GIVEN BY DOB. I OBSERVED IN CELLAR & 1ST FL IN BAKERY GAS BEING SUPPLIE$5,000
2018-10-27311: Plumbing — Gas Hook-Up/Piping - Illegal Or Defective
2018-10-27DOB complaint, category ?
2018-10-12HPD class A: § 27-2046.1 HMC: POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A COMMON
2018-10-12HPD class C: § 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 27, 6th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FRO
2018-10-12HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE AT CEILING AND ALL WALLS AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2018-10-12HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT CEILING AND ALL WALLS AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2018-10-12HPD class B: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 27, 6th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM
2018-10-12HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC: POST, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND MAINTAIN A NOTICE IN A COMMON AREA OF THE BUILDING REGARDING THE PROCEDURES
2018-10-12HPD class A: § 27-2045 ADM CODE POST A PROPER NOTICE OF SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR THE MAIL BOX MISS
2018-03-01Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2017
2017-11-06HPD 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
2017-11-03FDNY inspection (RISK)
2017-08-14311: Noise — Noise: Construction Equipment (NC1)
2017-08-03Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-07-27311: Plumbing — Plumbing Work - Illegal/No Permit/Standpipe/Sprinkler
2017-07-27DOB complaint, category ?
2017-06-02AL&R $2,600,000 — from MING SUN REALTY CORPORATION to INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA $2,600,000
2017-06-02Mortgage $2,600,000 — from MING SUN REALTY CORPORATION to INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA $2,600,000
2016-01-13HPD class A: § 27-2104 ADM CODE POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY SHOWING THE REGISTRATION NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND
2016-01-10311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2016-01-10Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2015-10-01HPD 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
2015-02-02HPD 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
2015-01-12311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2015-01-12Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2015-01-10311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2015-01-10Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014
2014-09-15311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2014-09-15311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2014-02-06311: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2014-02-06Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2013
2013-12-07311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2011-03-18311: Broken Muni Meter — Coin or Card Did Not Register
2011-03-07Rodent inspection: Passed
2011-02-24311: Broken Muni Meter — Coin or Card Did Not Register
2011-02-21311: Broken Muni Meter — Out of Order
2011-01-21311: HEATING — HEAT
2011-01-21Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2010
2010-11-18Permit PL — ISSUED
2010-11-17Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-09-24Job filed: JOB FILE TO REMOVE MINOR WOOD PARTITION AND PLUMBING FIXTURES. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$2,000
2010-09-24Job filed: JOB FILE TO REMOVE MINOR WOOD PARTITION AND PLUMBING FIXTURES. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$2,000
2010-09-14311: Broken Muni Meter — No Receipt
2010-08-07311: Building/Use — Illegal. Commercial Use In Resident Zone
2010-08-07DOB complaint, category ?
2010-04-12311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2010-02-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2009
2009-08-14DOB complaint, category ?
2009-08-11DOB complaint, category ?
2009-08-11DOB violation C:
2009-08-11DOB complaint, category ?
2009-08-11DOB violation C:
2009-08-11DOB violation C:
2009-06-04Permit EQ — ISSUED
2009-06-04Permit EW — ISSUED
2009-05-13Job filed: PROPOSE INSTALL NEW ALUM FRAME TEMPERED GLASS STOREFRONT, REPLACE EXISTING ROLL UP GATE AND INSTALL NEW TEMP GLASS DOOR. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS AND $13,200
2009-05-13Job filed: PROPOSE INSTALL NEW ALUM FRAME TEMPERED GLASS STOREFRONT, REPLACE EXISTING ROLL UP GATE AND INSTALL NEW TEMP GLASS DOOR. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS AND $13,200
2009-05-13Job filed: PROPOSE INSTALL NEW ALUM FRAME TEMPERED GLASS STOREFRONT, REPLACE EXISTING ROLL UP GATE AND INSTALL NEW TEMP GLASS DOOR. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS AND $13,200
2007
2007-09-14ECB Hazardous violation: SIDEWALK SHED NOT ADEQUATELY MAINTAINED IN THAT SIDEWALL OF SHED ARE PULLING AWAY W/ AN 8" SECTION MISSING. LOOSE PANELS ARE IN DA$1,000
2007-08-06HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF GARBAGE CANS, REAR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2007-07-18Permit EQ — ISSUED
2007-07-17Tenant complaint: NONCONST — RUBBISH
2007-07-17Tenant complaint: NONCONST — RUBBISH
2007-07-17Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF 50 LINEAR FEET OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED FOR REMEDIAL REPAIRS. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH LL33/1991. NO CHANGE IN U
2006
2006-12-19ECB Non-Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PLUMBING &/OR APPURTENANCES- HAZARDOUS. VEGETABLE STORE AT 123 MOTT ST HAS NO WATER. OTHER STORES IN BLDG & TE$800
2006-11-29DOB complaint, category ?
2006-11-28Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2006-11-24Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-11-16Job filed: INSTALL AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN EXISTING KITCHEN RANGE HOOD. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. COOKING EQUIPMENTS AND GAS VALVE WERE$3,000
2006-11-01Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2006-08-21HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF GARBAGE CANS AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2004-11-17Job filed: REPLACE BOILER AND OIL BURNER. NO CHANGE IN EGRESS, OCCUPANCY OR USE UND R THIS APPLICATION.
2004-11-17Job filed: REPLACE BOILER AND OIL BURNER. NO CHANGE IN EGRESS, OCCUPANCY OR USE UND R THIS APPLICATION.
2004-03-31DOB complaint, category ?
2001
2001-08-08Permit AL — ISSUED
2001-06-27Job filed: INSTALL STOREFRONT AWNING '128 M.S. TRADING INC.$1,000
2001-06-27Job filed: INSTALL STOREFRONT AWNING "128 M.S. TRADING INC.$1,000
2000
2000-11-01HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WINDOW FRAMES AND SASHES. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 15, 3rd STORY, 1
2000-11-01HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING. IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 15, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
2000-08-31ECB Non-Hazardous violation: DANGEROUS PLACES AND THINGS NOTED:AT REAR YARD SOUTH WEST LOCATION:APPROX 50" HIGH WOOD POLE,LEANING AND CRACKED OVER ABUTTING PRO
2000-08-31DOB complaint, category ?
2000-06-15Permit AL — ISSUED
2000-05-09Job filed: INSTALL STOREFRONT AWNING. "MANNA HOUSE BAKERY INC. 125". NON ILLUMINATED AWNING. 12SQFT ON LETTERS.$1,000
2000-04-26DOB complaint, category ?
2000-04-25DOB complaint, category ?
2000-04-25DOB complaint, category ?
2000-04-20DOB violation C:
2000-04-14DOB violation Z:
2000-04-14DOB violation C:
2000-04-14DOB violation Z:
2000-04-14DOB violation Z:
2000-04-14DOB violation C:
2000-02-23ECB Hazardous violation: SPECIAL LITTLE ITALY DISTRICT.NOTED:HAVING REMOVED OR ALTERED STOREFRONT CONTRARY TO ZONING RESOLUTION.REMOVED STOREFRONT & REPLAC$480
2000-02-22ECB Non-Hazardous violation: OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY BLDG. DEPT. RECORDS.NOTED:SELLING CONDUCTED ON PUBLIC SIDEWALKS.LOCATION:GROUND FLOOR LEVEL.
2000-02-22ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT.(100% OF WORK COMPLETED.
1999
1999-03-16DOB violation LL6291:
1998
1998-05-04DOB violation LL6291:
1997
1997-10-10HPD class B: § 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE & ROACHES THROUGHOUT 1 STY APT 2. , SECTION '' ''
1997-10-10HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOODEN WINDOW FRAMES & MAKE OPERABLE TOP & BOTTOM WINDOW SASHES THROUGHOUT 1 STY
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1997-05-21Permit EW — ISSUED
1997-03-08ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT PERMIT NOTED STORE FRONT REMOVED & STEEL ROLL DOWN GATE INSTALLED AT 1ST FL. FRONT DBA J&W SEAFOOD & VEGETABLE REMEDY$175
1997-03-08ECB Non-Hazardous violation: ILLEGAL USE IN A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT NOTED STORE FRONT REMOVED & COMMERCIAL USE EXTENDED TO SIDEWALK CONTRARY TO ZONING RESOLUTION
1996
1996-08-15Permit EW — ISSUED
1996-03-25ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT.WORK NOTED:REMOVE STORE WINDOW AND CREATE DOOR- WAY AND INSTALL WALK IN FREEZER WITHOUT A PERMIT.REMEDY:OBTA$875
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1995-03-14ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. REMOVE STORE FRONT WINDOW TO CREATE 6 FOOT X 7 FOOT OPENING DIVIDE EXISTING STORE INT TWO INSTALL WALK IN$875
1994
1994-01-25ECB Non-Hazardous violation: THE STORE FRONT REMOVED, AND THE COMMERCIAL USE EXTEND TO SIDEWALK, CONTRARY TO THE ZONING RESOLUTION REQUIRING ENCLOSURE OF THE U$475
1993
1993-12-08ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. WORK NOTED: REMOVE STORE WINDOW FRONT AND CREATE DOORWAY AND INSTALL WALKIN FREZZER WITHOUT A PERMIT. REMED$350
1993-12-03DOB complaint, category ?
1993-03-18DOB violation LL6291:
1992
1992-12-31Permit EW — ISSUED
1992-12-31Permit EW — ISSUED
1970
1970-12-16Deed — from YEE HING REALTY CORP to MING SUN REALTY CORP