The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 73% 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 5.2. In ZIP 10009, 59% of residential buildings hold an A and
6% 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 — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2018-05-10.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
14 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Overgrown Tree/Branches (2) · ELECTRIC (2) · Illegal Parking (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · DOOR/WINDOW (1) · PAINT/PLASTER (1).
Filed construction activity
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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 (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)
LESPMHA HDFC
Head officer
HERMAN HEWITT
Managing agent
LESPMHA INC
Last registered
2025-08-20
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
$4,466,000
$2,009,700
2026
$3,990,000
$1,795,500
2027
$3,387,000
$1,524,150
The city's market estimate has fallen
24% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI
Building systems
Heating fuel
NATURALGAS
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 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
2 Av — F · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Delancey St-Essex St — F J M Z · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Avenue A / East Houston St — M14A-SBS · 350 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi Bike
E 2 St & Ave A · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)
Elementary: Elementary schools in this district are not zoned. Confirm with the DOE's school search.
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.
14 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 of them about heat or hot water.
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: $4,848,592 on
1992-06-30 (lender: City Of New York Hpd), 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
1992-06-30
Mortgage $4,848,592 — from PEOPLE'S MUTUAL HSNGETC to CITY OF NEW YORK HPD
$4,848,592
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
43
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Housing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
19
2
3
24
2018
39
0
4
43
2019
14
0
4
18
2020
9
0
2
11
2021
23
0
6
29
2022
10
0
6
16
2023
11
0
3
14
2024
12
0
3
15
2025
2
1
4
7
2026
13
0
4
17
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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
2024-02-06Rodent inspection: Passed
2023
2023-08-07Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-07-26311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2023-06-27311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2018-12-28HPD class C: § 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FRO
2018-12-28HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REFIT COUNTER BALANCE AT LOWER SASH SECOND WINDOW AT SOUTH IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STOR
2018-12-28HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST
2018-12-28HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
2018-12-17311: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2018-12-17Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2018-12-06HPD class B: § 53,187,231 M/D LAW & DEPT RULES & REG. PROVIDE MEANS OF EGRESS FROM YARD TO STREET BY FIREPROOF PASSAGEWAY FOR WHICH APPLICATION MUST BE F
2018-12-06HPD class C: § 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF RODENTS RATS AT REAR YARD OF THE BUILDING
2018-06-04311: Dead/Dying Tree — Planted More Than 2 Years Ago
2018-06-04311: Dead/Dying Tree — Planted More Than 2 Years Ago
2018-05-10HPD 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 , AT
2018-05-10HPD 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
2018-05-10HPD 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
2018-05-10HPD 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
2018-05-10HPD 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
2018-05-10HPD 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
2018-05-10HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO H
2015-07-08HPD class A: SECTION 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVAILABILITY OF T
2015-06-17HPD class B: § 27-2010, 2011, 2012 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE AND/OR RUBBISH AND MAINTAIN IN A CLEAN CONDITION THE MATRESS ,WATER CLOSET,
2015-06-17HPD class B: § 27-2021 ADM CODE PROVIDE SUFFICIENT, PROPER AND SEPARATE METAL RECEPTACLES FOR THE DEPOSIT OF GARBAGE, RUBBISH AND OTHER WASTE MATERIAL AN
2015-06-17HPD 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
2015-05-11HPD 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
2014-12-20311: Indoor Air Quality — Other (Explain Below)
2014-08-19City emergency repair (HWO): apt : 2a: supply and install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) throughout the entire apartment
2014-07-02HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC:TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MOLD ... AT WEST WALL APPROX. 4 SQUARE FEET IN THE BATHROOM L
2014-07-02HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REFIT THE DOOR IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
2014-07-02HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CAULKING AROUND SINK AND COUNTERTOP IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED
2014-07-02HPD class C: § 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CI
2014-07-02HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION SYSTEM AT WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd
2014-06-01HPD class A: SECTION 27-2010, 2011, 2012 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE AND/OR RUBBISH AND MAINTAIN IN A CLEAN CONDITION THE GARBAGE AREA, AT
2014-05-29FDNY inspection (RISK)
2014-05-27311: Dead Tree — Dead/Dying Tree
2014-04-22Rodent inspection: Passed
2014-03-20311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2014-02-21Deed — from THE LOWER EAST SIDE PEOPLE'S MUTUAL to LESPMHA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COPORAT
2013
2013-11-08311: Indoor Air Quality — Ventilation
2013-10-26Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2013-10-19Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2013-10-12Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2013-10-11311: Indoor Air Quality — Ventilation
2013-10-11311: NONCONST — RUBBISH
2013-10-11311: NONCONST — RUBBISH
2013-10-11311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2013-10-11311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2013-10-11Tenant complaint: NONCONST — RUBBISH
2013-10-11Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2013-10-11Tenant complaint: NONCONST — RUBBISH
2013-10-11Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2013-10-05Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2013-09-30Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2013-09-10Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2013-09-04311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2013-09-04311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2013-09-04311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — VENTILATION SYSTEM
2013-09-04311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2013-09-04Tenant complaint: GENERAL — VENTILATION SYSTEM
2013-09-04Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2013-09-04Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2013-08-11311: Indoor Sewage — Sewage Odor
2013-08-07311: Indoor Air Quality — Other (Explain Below)
2013-08-07311: Indoor Air Quality — Other (Explain Below)
2013-08-02Rodent inspection: Passed
2013-07-17Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2013-04-08HPD class B: SECTION 27-2021 ADM CODE PROVIDE SUFFICIENT, PROPER AND SEPARATE METAL RECEPTACLES FOR THE DEPOSIT OF GARBAGE, RUBBISH AND OTHER WASTE MATER
2013-03-18311: NONCONST — RUBBISH
2013-03-18Tenant complaint: NONCONST — RUBBISH
2013-03-14Rodent inspection: Passed
2012
2012-06-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2012-05-23Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2012-02-02HPD class A: SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE SOUTH WALL, EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOC
2012-02-02HPD class A: SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING, 1st WALL CABINET FROM WEST AT NO
2012-02-02HPD class A: SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT E
2012-02-02HPD class A: SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE WEST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT W
2012-02-02HPD class C: SECTION 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF RODENTS RATS DROPS THROUGHOUT REAR YARD
2012-02-02HPD class C: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATE DOOR KNOB AT ROOM DOOR & OBSTRUCTING EGRESS TO FIRE ESCA
2012-01-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2011
2011-12-27HPD class C: SECTION 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF RODENTS RATS AT REAR YARD
2011-12-21Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2011-12-21HPD class B: § 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5E, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST A
2011-12-08311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2011-12-08311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2011-12-08311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2011-12-08Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2011-12-08Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2011-12-07311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2011-12-07311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2011-12-07Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2011-12-07Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2011-12-06311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2011-12-06Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2011-11-26311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2011-11-26Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2011-11-18HPD class C: SECTION 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF RODENTS RATS AT REAR NORTH SECTION YARD
2011-11-18HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES HOUSEHOLD ITEM A
2011-11-18HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES HOUSEHOLD ITEM AT 2 ST
2011-11-18HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES AIR CONDITIONERS
2011-11-02Rodent inspection: Passed
2011-11-02311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2011-11-02311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2011-11-02Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2011-08-24311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2011-04-14Rodent inspection: Passed
2011-02-23Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2010
2010-12-30311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2010-12-22311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2010-12-22311: NONCONST — RUBBISH
2010-12-22Tenant complaint: NONCONST — RUBBISH
2010-12-10311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2010-10-13Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2010-10-12311: APPLIANCE — REFRIGERATOR
2010-10-12311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-10-12311: PAINT - PLASTER — WALLS
2010-10-12311: PLUMBING — BATHTUB
2010-10-12311: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2010-10-12311: PLUMBING — WATER-LEAKS
2010-10-12311: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2010-10-12311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — CERAMIC-TILE
2010-10-06HPD class B: § 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5E, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST A
2010-09-29311: Rodent — Signs of Rodents
2010-09-29311: PAINT - PLASTER — WALLS
2010-09-29311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-09-29311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — CERAMIC-TILE
2010-09-29311: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2010-09-29311: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2010-09-29311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-09-29Tenant complaint: GENERAL — CERAMIC-TILE
2010-09-29Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-09-29Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2010-09-29Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2010-09-29Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-09-29Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2010-09-27311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-09-27311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-09-27Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-09-27Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-08-05311: Water System — Leak (Use Comments) (WA2)
2010-06-07311: Street Condition — Pothole
2010-05-29HPD class B: SECTION 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE
2010-05-29HPD class B: SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5E, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT
2010-05-29HPD class B: SECTION 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF BEDBUGS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5E, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FR
2010-05-26311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-05-26Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-04-08311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2010-04-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2010-03-25HPD class B: SECTION 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF BEDBUGS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5E, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FR
2010-03-12311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-03-12Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-03-04311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-03-04Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-02-05311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-02-05Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-01-29311: Water System — Dirty Water (WE)
2010-01-29311: HEATING — HEAT
2010-01-29Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2010-01-27311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2009
2009-10-02Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — WIRING
2009-10-02Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — WIRING
2007
2007-08-06Permit EQ — ISSUED
2007-07-26Job filed: INSTALLATION OF A HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED 65' DURING FACADE REPAIR. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. SHED TO COMPLY WITH LL33/91 AND TPPN 9/99.