The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 67% 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 7.5. In ZIP 10002, 64% of residential buildings hold an A and
5% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
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
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.
$5,060 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
What 311 hears from this address
30 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (15) · Drinking (5) · Air Quality (3) · Sanitation Worker or Vehicle Complaint (2) · Graffiti (2) · Noise (1).
Filed construction activity
$72,000 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.
Rent-stabilization signals
Yes
Built before 1974 (1900)
Yes
Six or more residential units (20)
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)
TAI LEE CORP.
Head officer
SYLVIA CHIN
Managing agent
ARISTOCRAT MANAGEMENT INC.
Last registered
2026-07-01
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
$887,000
$399,150
2026
$1,014,000
$456,300
2027
$975,000
$438,750
The city's market estimate has risen
10% 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 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
Subway
East Broadway — F · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall — 4 5 6 J Z · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Madison St / Market St — M15 · 300 ft
Citi Bike
Catherine St & Monroe 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.
30 311 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.
2025-09-06311: Air Quality — Air: Smoke, Chimney or vent (AS1)
2025-09-04Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-08-26Permit General Construction — Signed-off
2025-08-09311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2025-06-17Job filed: Cap and remove 3 pieces bathroom to address violation 39148894M. No change in use, egress and occupancy$3,000
2025-06-17Job filed: Remove all partition, bathroom and kitchen fixtures. Restore cellar space to storage as per CO#53868. Address violations 39148894M and 39148893K. No$25,000
2025-05-27DOB complaint, category ?
2025-05-23FDNY inspection (COM_OCPCY)
2025-05-23ECB CLASS - 1 violation: OBSERVED AT CELLAR LEVEL OCCUPANCY CONTRARY. OBSERVED LIVING QUARTERS WITH BED, FRIDGE, HOT PLATE AND 3 PIECE BATHROOM WITH FULL P$2,530
2025-05-23ECB CLASS - 1 violation: WWOP OBSERVED AT CELLAR LEVEL CREATED FULL HEIGHT PARTITION WALLS FOR LIVING QUARTERS, WITH ELECTRIC HOT PLATE, FRIDGE AND 3 PIECE$2,530
2021-01-03311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Vehicle Idling (AD3)
2020
2020-12-22Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-11-17311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Vehicle Idling (AD3)
2020-10-28Boiler inspection
2020-07-31Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-02-28Rodent inspection: Passed
2020-02-20Permit AL — ISSUED
2020-02-19FDNY inspection (RISK)
2019
2019-12-10Job filed: PARAPET WALL REPLACEMENT AS PER PLAN NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$22,000
2019-12-10Job filed: PARAPET WALL REPLACEMENT AS PER PLAN NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$22,000
2019-10-24Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-10-17Boiler inspection
2019-09-28311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2019-09-26311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2019-09-06Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2019-07-24311: Street Condition — Cave-in
2019-05-07RPTT&RET — from SYLVIA FUNG CHIN, EXEC OF ESTATE EDWARD to ARTICLE FOURTH TRUST UWO EDWARD G. H. CH; CHIN, SYLVIA F
2019-03-08Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-01-16311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-01-16Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-01-15311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018
2018-11-18Boiler inspection
2018-09-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-03-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2017
2017-11-11Boiler inspection
2017-08-29Rodent inspection: Passed
2016
2016-12-14Rodent inspection: Passed
2016-11-23311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2016-05-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2015
2015-10-15Rodent inspection: Passed
2015-09-28Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2015-04-01Rodent inspection: Passed
2014
2014-04-01Rodent inspection: Passed
2014-02-17311: HEATING — HEAT
2014-02-17Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2013
2013-11-25HPD class C: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN, DEFECTIVE AND/OR MISSING 3RD METAL TREAD FROM BOTTOM UP, AT 2ND
2013-11-19311: HEATING — HEAT
2013-11-19Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2013-04-18Rodent inspection: Passed
2013-04-09HPD class B: SECTION 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FRO
2010-11-03Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2010-11-01311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2010-10-31311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2010-10-31311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-10-31311: NONCONST — RUBBISH
2010-10-31311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-10-31Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-10-31Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-10-31Tenant complaint: NONCONST — RUBBISH
2010-04-28311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2010-04-06Rodent inspection: Passed
2009
2009-12-31DOB violation LBLVIO:
2006
2006-12-21Job filed: REPLACE BOILER AND OIL BURNER. INSTALL BEST 4A-25 WITH A CARLIN 702CRD. NO CHANGE IN EGRESS, USE, OR OCCUPANCY IS INVOLVED UNDER THIS APPLICATION.
2006-12-21Job filed: REPLACE BOILER AND OIL BURNER. INSTALL BEST 4A-25 WITH A CARLIN 702CRD. NO CHANGE IN EGRESS, USE, OR OCCUPANCY IS INVOLVED UNDER THIS APPLICATION.
2006-12-21Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-12-21Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-12-21Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-12-21Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-11-21Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-01-06DOB violation LL6291:
2005
2005-01-25Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2005-01-25Tenant complaint: NONCONST — RUBBISH
2005-01-25Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-01-21Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-01-21Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003
2003-02-20Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
1997
1997-02-10DOB violation LL6291:
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-03-18DOB violation LL6291:
1992
1992-04-28Mortgage satisfied — from NICKROW RLTY CORP. to WOLTIN, LOUIS; WOLTIN, EDNA
1984
1984-01-23Mortgage satisfied — from TAI LEE CORP. to WOLTIN, LOUIS ET UX
1974
1974-04-19Agreement — from TAI LEE CORP to COHOES SAVINGS BANK
1968
1968-12-12Mortgage — from TAI LEE CORP to WOLTIN EDNA; WOLTIN LOUIS
1968-12-12Mortgage assigned — from WOLTIN LOUIS; WOLTIN EDNA to WOLTIN LOUIS; WOLTIN EDNA
1968-12-12Mortgage — from TAI LEE CORP to WOLTIN EDNA; WOLTIN LOUIS
1968-12-12Deed — from BILINSKY EDNA to TAI LEE CORP
1966
1966-03-31Deed — from COOPER HARRY; LAKEVIEW RLTY CO.; FOSTER MILTON to BILINSKY EDNA