The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 89% 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 1.1. 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 17,252 25-99-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
9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Graffiti (7) · Panhandling (1) · Sidewalk Condition (1).
Filed construction activity
$229,300 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 (38)
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)
CHINATOWN PRESERVATION HDFC INC
Head officer
THOMAS YU
Managing agent
STANTON NORFOLK INC
Last registered
2025-10-02
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
$2,783,000
$1,252,350
2026
$2,539,000
$1,142,550
2027
$2,703,000
$1,216,350
The city's market estimate has fallen
3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
Building systems
Heating fuel
NATURALGAS
Flood exposure
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.
Getting around
Subway
East Broadway — F · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Grand St — B D · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Essex St / Canal St — M9 · 350 ft
Citi Bike
Allen St & Hester 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.
9 311 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: $14,900,000 on
2013-02-11 (lender: Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC), covering 6 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2013-02-11
Mortgage $14,900,000 — from CHINATOWN PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVLOPMEN to BELLWETHER ENTERPRISE REAL ESTATE CAPITA
$14,900,000
2010-02-22
Mortgage $667,748 — from SHINATOWN PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPME to THE CITY OF NEW YORK
$667,748
2007-11-30
Mortgage $3,800,000 — from CHINATOWN PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPME to DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D; CITY OF NEW YORK
$3,800,000
2007-05-21
Deed $8,600,000 — from ELM ASSOCIATES to CHINATOWN PRESERVATION HDFC
$8,600,000
2007-05-21
Mortgage $4,700,000 — from CHINATOWN PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPME to CATHAY BANK
$4,700,000
2007-05-21
Mortgage $3,000,000 — from CHINATOWN PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPME to ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND, INC.
$3,000,000
2002-04-02
Mortgage $564,946 — from ELM ASSOCIATES to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH
$564,946
1988-01-12
Mortgage $374,121 — from ELM ASSOCIATES to EASTBANK N.A.
$374,121
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
24
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
1
6
0
3
10
2018
0
1
0
0
3
4
2019
0
2
1
0
6
9
2020
0
0
5
0
3
8
2021
0
0
11
0
4
15
2022
0
1
13
0
7
21
2023
4
7
6
0
7
24
2024
1
4
5
0
5
15
2025
2
1
3
1
6
13
2026
0
0
3
0
4
7
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2023-05-16Permit General Construction — Signed-off
2023-05-10Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-05-01Job filed: FILED PLUMBING WORK FOR INTERIOR RENOVATION FOR APT. D7, E4 AND E7 ON 5TH &6TH FLOOR. NO CHANGE TO EXIST. USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$15,000
2023-05-01Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION FOR APT. D7, E4& E7 ON 5TH AND 6TH FLOOR, NO CHANGE TO EXISTING USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$83,100
2014-05-15DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT
2014-04-17HPD 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
2012-01-18311: Construction Safety Enforcement — SST Tracking Complaint
2012-01-18DOB complaint, category ?
2012-01-18ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE/POST SIGN AT JOB SITE PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION. NOTED: NO JOB SITE POSTED AT SIDEWALK SHED ERECTED AT EXPOSURE #1$400
2012-01-18ECB CLASS - 2 violation: SIDEWALK SHED DOES NOT MEET DOB CODE SPECIFICATIONS. NOTED: MISSING ( ) BRACES. PICTURES DATED. STOP ALL WORK RELATED TO $2,400
2012-01-18HPD class A: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALLS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LO
2012-01-18HPD class A: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT A1,
2012-01-13311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — FLOOR
2012-01-13311: PAINT - PLASTER — WALLS
2012-01-13Tenant complaint: GENERAL — FLOOR
2012-01-13Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2012-01-11Rodent inspection: Passed
2012-01-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2011
2011-12-13DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT
2011-12-13DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT
2011-12-13DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT
2011-12-12311: PAINT - PLASTER — WALLS
2011-12-12311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — FLOOR
2011-12-12Tenant complaint: GENERAL — FLOOR
2011-12-12Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2011-10-28Permit AL — ISSUED
2011-10-28Permit EQ — ISSUED
2011-10-25Job filed: INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY PIPE SCAFFOLD 50' HIGH ORIGINATING OFF SHED FOR REMEDIAL REPAIRS AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. PIPE S
2011-10-25Job filed: PROP. BRICK CHANGE AND BRICK POINTING WORK AS PER PLAN. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY. SIDEWALK SHED FILED SEPARATELY.$10,900
2011-10-25Job filed: INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY PIPE SCAFFOLD 50' HIGH ORIGINATING OFF SHED FOR REMEDIAL REPAIRS AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. PIPE S
2011-09-20Permit EQ — ISSUED
2011-09-19Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED FILED FOR REMEDIAL REPAIRS AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION
2011-05-20Job filed: FILE THE ARCHITECTURAL LAYOUT FOR MINOR RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING APARTMENT#F2 ON THE 6TH FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANC$10,950
2011-05-11Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2011-04-15Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2010-11-30311: Noise — Noise: Air Condition/Ventilation Equip, Residential (NJ1)
2010-10-29311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2010-08-17311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2010-07-28Permit PL — ISSUED
2010-07-27Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-06-14Job filed: FILE THE ARCHITECTURAL LAYOUT FOR MINOR RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING APARTMENT#C3 AS PER PLAN. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY UNDER THIS APPLICAT$29,850
2010-06-14Job filed: FILE THE ARCHITECTURAL LAYOUT FOR MINOR RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING APARTMENT#C3 AS PER PLAN. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY UNDER THIS APPLICAT$29,850
2010-05-06311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2010-05-06311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2010-02-22Rodent inspection: Passed
2010-02-22Mortgage $667,748 — from SHINATOWN PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPME to THE CITY OF NEW YORK$667,748
2009
2009-12-31DOB violation LBLVIO:
2009-12-29Permit EW — ISSUED
2009-11-25Job filed: FILE THE ARCHITECTURAL LAYOUT TO REMOVE THE ILLEGAL PARTITIONS FOR APT# B1 AT 2ND FLOOR, F1 & F2 AT 6TH FLOOR. REMEDY THE ECB VIOLATION NO.:348084$6,160
2009-10-06DOB complaint, category ?
2009-09-22ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK DOES NOT CONFORM TO APPROVED CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS & OR APPROVED AMENDMENTS. NOTED: AT APTS #F-1,F-2 AT 6TH FLR & APT #B1 2N$250
2009-09-17DOB complaint, category ?
2009-08-20Permit PL — ISSUED
2009-08-03Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009-06-22ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE UNOBSTRUCTED EXIT PASSAGEWAY NOTED AT APT B1 2ND FL DOOR TO BDRM LOCKED BLOCKING EGRESS TO REAR FIRE ESCAPE NO
2009-06-15DOB complaint, category ?
2009-05-28DOB complaint, category ?
2009-04-28DOB complaint, category ?
2009-04-27Permit EW — ISSUED
2009-04-27Permit PL — ISSUED
2009-04-14Job filed: INSTALL ONE NEW BOILER IN THE CELLAR. NO CHANGE THE USE, EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY.$63,000
2009-04-14Job filed: INSTALL ONE NEW BOILER IN THE CELLAR. NO CHANGE THE USE, EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY.$63,000
2009-04-14Job filed: INSTALL ONE NEW BOILER IN THE CELLAR. NO CHANGE THE USE, EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY.$63,000
2009-03-19DOB complaint, category ?
2009-03-08Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009-01-21Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2008
2008-10-06ECB CLASS - 3 violation: B354,50,50A,50B,50C,50D,50E,50F. 50 OIL LEAK AT PUMP. 50A SHUT OFF VALVE AND ANTI SYPHON VALVE ON JUCTION LINE AT OIL TANK. 50B OI$100
2008-08-07Permit EW — ISSUED
2008-08-07Permit PL — ISSUED
2008-05-22Job filed: INSTALL NEW LOW PRESSURE GAS FIRED DHW BOILR AND 2 STORAGE TANKS. INSTALL NEW GAS METER AND PIPING. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY INVOLVED UND$18,000
2008-01-21Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2008-01-03DOB violation LL6291:
2007
2007-12-02Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2007-11-30Mortgage $3,800,000 — from CHINATOWN PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPME to DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D; CITY OF NEW YORK$3,800,000
2007-11-30Agreement — from CITY OF NEW YORK; DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D to CHINATOWN PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPME
2007-11-30Agreement — from CITY OF NEW YORK; DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D to CHINATOWN PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPME
2007-11-26Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2007-10-02Mortgage satisfied — from CHINATOWN PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPME to ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND, INC.
2007-06-13Permit EW — ISSUED
2007-06-12Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2007-06-12Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2007-06-01Permit EW — ISSUED
2007-05-29Job filed: FILING ARCHITECTURAL LAYOUT FOR RENOVATE THE EXISTING APARTMENT No. B5, E3 & F3 AS PER PLAN. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY UNDER THIS APPL$30,000
2007-05-21Deed $8,600,000 — from ELM ASSOCIATES to CHINATOWN PRESERVATION HDFC$8,600,000
2007-05-21Mortgage $4,700,000 — from CHINATOWN PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPME to CATHAY BANK$4,700,000
2007-05-21Mortgage $3,000,000 — from CHINATOWN PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPME to ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND, INC.$3,000,000
2007-05-15Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2007-05-15Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2007-01-19DOB violation LL6291:
2006
2006-01-06DOB violation LL6291:
2005
2005-12-07Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-11-12Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-07-25Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2005-01-31DOB violation LL6291:
2005-01-31DOB violation LL6291:
2004
2004-02-13DOB violation LL6291:
2004-02-13DOB violation LL6291:
2003
2003-03-19DOB violation LL6291:
2002
2002-04-02Mortgage assigned — from ELKO MANAGEMENT LTD. to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH
2002-04-02Mortgage assigned — from FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH
2002-04-02Agreement — from ELM ASSOCIATES to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH
2002-04-02Mortgage $564,946 — from ELM ASSOCIATES to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH$564,946
2002-04-02SAGE — from FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP.
2001
2001-08-21DOB complaint, category ?
2000
2000-02-07DOB violation LL6291:
1999
1999-08-13Permit EW — ISSUED
1999-08-12Permit PL — ISSUED
1999-07-29Permit EW — ISSUED
1999-07-29Permit EW — ISSUED
1993
1993-03-18DOB violation LL6291:
1988
1988-01-12Mortgage assigned — from EASTBANK, N.A. to FEDERAL HOME LN MTGECP
1988-01-12Mortgage assigned — from ELM ASSOCIATES to EASTBANK, N.A.
1988-01-12Mortgage assigned — from OSTROWITZ, RACHEL to EASTBANK, N.A.
1988-01-12Agreement — from ELM ASSOCIATES to EASTBANK N.A.
1988-01-12Mortgage $374,121 — from ELM ASSOCIATES to EASTBANK N.A.$374,121
1985
1985-02-28Mortgage assigned — from MARGOLIS, ABRAHAM to OSTROWITZ, RACHEL
1981
1981-05-04Mortgage — from ELM ASSOCIATES to MARGOLIS, ABRAHAM
1981-05-04Deed — from MARGOLIS ROSE; MARGOLIS, ABRAHAM to ELM ASSOCIATES
1972
1972-10-31Deed — from 60 HESTER ST REALTYCORP to MARGOLIS, ROSE; MARGOLIS, ABRAHAM
1900
1900-01-01Air permit (CERTIFICATE TO OPERATE), fuel: NO4FUEL