A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% 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 49.5. In ZIP 10002, 64% of residential buildings hold an A and
5% 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
Open HPD violations
9 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 8 class A. Oldest open since 2023-07-17.
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.
$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
What 311 hears from this address
10 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (2) · ELECTRIC (2) · Graffiti (2) · Building/Use (1) · Real Time Enforcement (1) · Illegal Parking (1).
Filed construction activity
$6,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (2 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)
EB 149 CORP.
Head officer
KATHY CHIU
Managing agent
BETHEL MANAGEMENT
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
$2,984,400
$1,342,980
2026
$3,581,000
$1,611,450
2027
$4,297,000
$1,933,650
The city's market estimate has risen
44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Flood exposure
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
East Broadway — F · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Grand St — B D · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Essex St / East Broadway — M9 · 250 ft
Citi Bike
Rutgers St & Henry St · 300 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.
10 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $418,350 on
2013-05-21 (lender: Amerasia 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
2018-04-30
Agreement $450,446 — from E B 149 CORP. to AMERASIA BANK
$450,446
2013-05-21
Mortgage $418,351 — from EB 149 CORP. to AMERASIA BANK
$418,351
2013-05-21
AL&R $600,000 — from EB 149 CORP. to AMERASIA BANK
$600,000
2013-05-21
Agreement $600,000 — from EB 149 CORP. to AMERASIA BANK
$600,000
2008-07-22
Agreement $307,371 — from E B 149 CORP. to AMERASIA BANK
$307,371
2003-08-14
Mortgage $400,000 — from EB 149 CORP to AMERASIA BANK
$400,000
1996-07-16
Mortgage $400,000 — from EB 149 CORP. to LEE, MAN TAK; LEE, FUNG NUI
$400,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
35
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
1
0
0
12
13
2018
0
0
1
1
3
5
2019
0
1
8
0
15
24
2020
0
0
2
0
1
3
2021
0
0
4
0
6
10
2022
0
0
3
0
2
5
2023
0
0
18
0
17
35
2024
3
4
6
0
11
24
2025
0
1
6
0
5
12
2026
0
1
4
0
1
6
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311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Building
2026-08-28
DOB complaint, category ?
2026-06-15
Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-03-22
311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2026-03-22
311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2026-03-13
311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2025-12-22
Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-12-08
Rodent inspection: Passed
The full timeline
2026
2026-08-28311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Building
2026-08-28DOB complaint, category ?
2026-06-15Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-03-22311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2026-03-22311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2026-03-13311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2025
2025-12-22Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-12-08Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-06-27311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2025-06-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-04-20311: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2025-04-20Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2025-04-09Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2025-04-02Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2025-03-13Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2025-02-20FDNY inspection (E-CIDS)
2025-01-14311: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2025-01-14Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2024
2024-12-30Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-12-05Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2024-10-24Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2024-10-09ECB CLASS - 2 violation: BUILDING OCCUPIED CONTRARY TO CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. 1ST FLOOR AND BASEMENT ARE CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY USE GROUP 6 COMMERCIAL BU$1,250
2024-10-03Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2024-09-19Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2024-09-12Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2024-08-23Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2024-06-27311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign/Awning/Marquee - Illegal/No Permit
2024-06-27DOB complaint, category ?
2024-06-18311: Real Time Enforcement — Work Without A Permit - Occupied Multiple Dwelling
2024-06-18DOB complaint, category ?
2024-06-14Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-06-07Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2024-05-22311: Building/Use — No Certificate Of Occupancy/Illegal/Contrary To CO
2024-05-22DOB complaint, category ?
2024-04-11Job filed: INSTALL NEW AWNING AT 1ST FLOOR STORE OF EXISTING 5-STORY BUILDING WITH GENERAL CONSTRUCTION WORK AS PER PLAN FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS$3,000
2024-04-01HPD 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
2024-03-19Permit General Construction — Signed-off
2024-03-13Job filed: INSTALL NEW AWNING AT 1ST FLOOR STORE OF EXISTING 5-STORY BUILDING WITH GENERAL CONSTRUCTION WORK AS PER PLAN FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS$3,000
2024-01-31Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2024-01-17Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2024-01-10Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2024-01-05Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
2023
2023-12-07Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-12-05Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2023-11-28Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2023-11-21Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2023-11-13Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
2023-10-03Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
2023-09-29311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2023-08-23Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2023-08-09Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2023-08-02Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2023-08-02Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2023-07-28Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2023-07-27311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2023-07-19Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
2023-07-17HPD 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
2023-07-17HPD 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
2023-07-17HPD class A: § 27-2053 ADM CODE POST SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY BEARING NAME, ADDRESS INCLUDING APARTMENT NUMBER IF ANY, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF SUPE
2023-07-17HPD class A: § 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE AGE
2023-07-17HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE AT BASEMENT
2023-07-17HPD class A: § 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES, BOTTOM
2023-07-17HPD class A: § 27-2014 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. SCRAPE AND REMOVE RUST SCALES AND PAINT WITH 2 COATS OF PAINT AT ALL BALCONIES, ALL COMP
2023-07-17HPD 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
2023-07-17HPD class A: § 27-2011 ADM CODE CLEANSE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE FLOOR AT BUILDING FRONT
2023-06-07Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2023-05-30Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
2023-04-28Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2023-04-12311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
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
2023-01-05Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
2022
2022-12-06Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
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
2022-07-22311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2022-07-06311: Dead Animal — Rat or Mouse
2022-06-02Rodent inspection: Passed
2021
2021-12-31Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-12-13Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2021-11-22Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2021-11-15Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2021-11-08Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2021-11-04Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2021-07-06311: Water System — No Water (WNW)
2021-06-11Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2021-04-13Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
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
2020
2020-09-15Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-06-11311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-05-19Rodent inspection: Passed
2019
2019-12-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-12-04Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2019-12-04Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-11-27Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2019-11-20Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2019-11-15Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2019-10-28Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
2019-10-09311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2019-08-29Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2019-08-28311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2019-07-15311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2019-07-15DOB complaint, category ?
2019-06-23311: Rodent — Mouse Sighting
2019-06-15311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2019-06-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-05-24Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-05-11311: Air Quality — Air: Smoke, Chimney or vent (AS1)
2019-04-18Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2019-04-10Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2019-04-03Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2019-03-27Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2019-03-19Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2019-03-08Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2019-01-15Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2018
2018-12-12Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
2018-07-20Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-06-14Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2018-04-30Agreement $450,446 — from E B 149 CORP. to AMERASIA BANK$450,446
2017
2017-09-27Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017-09-12Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017-09-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-08-24Rodent inspection: Monitoring visit
2017-07-29Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017-06-06FDNY inspection (RISK)
2017-06-01Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2017-04-27Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2017-03-29Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017-03-04Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017-02-22Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017-02-11Rodent inspection: Monitoring visit
2017-01-17Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2016
2016-12-20Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2016-11-14HPD class B: § 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNS
2016-10-25HPD 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
2016-09-09Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-09-02Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-08-22Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-08-07Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-07-17Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016-06-20Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2016-05-09Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2015
2015-06-29Rodent inspection: Passed
2015-04-08Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2015-03-27Rodent inspection: Passed
2014
2014-12-12311: Broken Muni Meter — Coin or Card Did Not Register
2014-10-28Rodent inspection: Passed
2014-09-26Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2014-09-11311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2014-07-01Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2014-06-17Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2014-06-03Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2014-05-20Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2014-05-09Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2014-04-08311: Street Condition — Pothole
2014-04-03Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2014-01-05311: Water System — No Water/Low Pressure (WA5)
2014-01-05311: Water System — No Water/Low Pressure (WA5)
2013
2013-12-31311: Street Condition — Failed Street Repair
2013-05-21Mortgage $418,351 — from EB 149 CORP. to AMERASIA BANK$418,351
2013-05-21AL&R $600,000 — from EB 149 CORP. to AMERASIA BANK$600,000
2013-05-21Agreement $600,000 — from EB 149 CORP. to AMERASIA BANK$600,000
2013-04-10Rodent inspection: Passed
2013-03-12311: Sewer — Sewer Odor (SA2)
2013-02-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2013-01-23Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2012
2012-11-30311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2012-02-13Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2012-02-03Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2012-01-27ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT ILLEGAL WORK NOTED: AT 1ST FL COMMERCIAL SPACE HAVING ERECTED AN APPROX 30 LINEAR FT OF WOOD FRAMED FULL HEIGHT
2012-01-25311: Noise — Noise: Construction Equipment (NC1)
2012-01-25311: General Construction/Plumbing — Egress - Doors Locked/Blocked/Improper/No Secondary Means
2012-01-25DOB complaint, category ?
2012-01-11Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2011-12-29Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2011-11-29311: General Construction/Plumbing — Illegal Conversion Of Commercial Bldg/Space To Other Uses
2011-11-29DOB complaint, category ?
2011-06-29Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2011-06-05Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2011-05-21Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2011-05-12Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2011-04-20Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2010
2010-09-22Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2010-08-31311: Street Condition — Plate Condition - Noisy
2010-08-23Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2010-08-04Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2010-07-21Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2010-06-07311: Street Condition — Pothole
2010-06-02Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2010-04-29Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2010-03-29Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2010-02-11311: Snow — E9 Snow / Icy Sidewalk
2009
2009-03-30Permit EW — ISSUED
2009-03-27Job filed: THIS IS A TENANT FIT-OUT WITH INSTALLATION OF NON-BEARING PARTITIONS, NEW FLOORING AND DROP CEILING PER PLAN FILED. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPA$55,000
2009-03-27Job filed: THIS IS A TENANT FIT-OUT WITH INSTALLATION OF NON-BEARING PARTITIONS, NEW FLOORING AND DROP CEILING PER PLAN FILED. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPA$55,000
2008
2008-07-22Agreement $307,371 — from E B 149 CORP. to AMERASIA BANK$307,371
2007
2007-09-04DOB complaint, category ?
2007-02-15DOB complaint, category ?
2003
2003-08-14AL&R — from EB 149 CORP to AMERASIA BANK
2003-08-14Mortgage $400,000 — from EB 149 CORP to AMERASIA BANK$400,000
2003-08-14Mortgage satisfied — from LEE, MAN TAK; LEE, FUNG NUI to EB 149 CORP
2001
2001-05-08ECB Non-Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN EXTERIOR BUILDING WALL.NOTED:9 FT WIDE(APPROX)STEEL ENTRANCE STAIRS OVER VAULT FROM SIDEWALK UP 5 STEPS TO RES
2001-05-04DOB complaint, category ?
2000
2000-06-27ECB Hazardous violation: OPERATION OF HOISTING EQUIPMENT IN AN UNSAFE MANNER. A)INSUFFICIENT COUNTERWEIGHTS USED 6FT OUT, 10FT BACK 450LBS USED 2,400 LBS N$3,750
2000-05-18Permit EQ — ISSUED
2000-05-10Job filed: INSTALLATION OF A HEAVY DUTY SHED 26' DURING FACADE REPAIR NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY SHED TO COMPLY WITH LL33/91
1997
1997-05-20Permit EW — ISSUED
1997-05-20Permit EQ — ISSUED
1996
1996-07-16Mortgage $400,000 — from EB 149 CORP. to LEE, MAN TAK; LEE, FUNG NUI$400,000
1996-06-05Deed — from LEE, MAN TAK; LEE, FUNG NUI to EB 149 CORP.
1983
1983-01-21Mortgage satisfied — from LEE, MAN TAK ET UX to HOM, GAR DOON ET UX
1979
1979-06-21PAT — from GROSSMAN, LILLIAN to ZUCKERMAN, HOWARD J
1979-06-21MISC — from GROSSMAN, LILLIAN
1973
1973-04-17Mortgage — from LEE, MAN TAK; LEE, FUNG NUI to HOM, LAI FONG; HOM, GAR DOON
1973-04-17MISC — from GROSSMAN, LILLIAN
1973-04-17Deed — from HOM, LAI FONG; HOM, GAR DOON to LEE, FUNG NUI; LEE, MAN TAK
1971
1971-06-23Mortgage — from HOM GAR DOON; HOM LAI FONG to GROSSMAN LILLIAN
1971-06-23Deed — from 149 EAST BROADWAY CORP to HOM GAR DOON; HOM LAI FONG
1968
1968-08-27Deed — from ROTH ISAAC; ROTH LEAH to 149 E. BDWY CP
1968-08-27RTXL — from ROTH ISAAC
1968-08-27RTXL — from ROTH ISAAC
1967
1967-10-30Deed — from J.I&R RLTY CP to ROTH LEAH; ROTH ISAAC