The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 81% 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 2.6. In ZIP 10003, 67% of residential buildings hold an A and
4% 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
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1).
Filed construction activity
$2,000 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 (1895)
Yes
Six or more residential units (19)
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)
COOPER SQUARE MHA II HDFC
Head officer
DAVID POWELL
Managing agent
Legacies of Cooper Square Unido
Last registered
2025-11-05
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
$2,854,000
$1,284,300
2026
$3,034,000
$1,365,300
2027
$3,158,000
$1,421,100
The city's market estimate has risen
11% 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).
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
2 Av — F · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Bleecker St — 6 B D F M · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 2 Av / E 3 St — M15 · 250 ft
Citi Bike
E 4 St & 2 Ave · 200 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.
2 311 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: $490,000 on
1999-02-08 (lender: NYC Hpd), covering 10 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
2026-06-11
RPTT&RET $1,800 — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION to RABINOVICH, KEVIN
$1,800
2026-06-05
Sold for $1,800
$1,800
$95
2026-05-22
RPTT&RET $1,800 — from COOPER SQUARE HOUSING ASSOCIATION II HOU to MCRAE, MICHAEL
$1,800
2026-05-18
Sold for $1,800
$1,800
$95
2023-02-24
RPTT&RET $1,800 — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION to LESTER, TARYME
$1,800
2023-02-22
Sold for $1,800
$1,800
$95
2023-01-27
RPTT&RET $1,800 — from COOPER SQUARE HOUSING ASSOCIATION II HDF to IDELS, RONALD
$1,800
2023-01-18
Sold for $1,800
$1,800
$95
2017-03-10
RPTT&RET $1,825 — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION to VOSS, PARKER
$1,825
2015-10-01
RPTT&RET $1,825 — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION to VARGAS, FRANCISCA; ANCORINI, EMANUELE
$1,825
2015-06-29
RPTT&RET $1,800 — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION to CHEN, YAN P
$1,800
2003-12-23
Agreement $12,492,529 — from COOPER SQUARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND; COOPER SQUARE MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION to THE CITY OF NEW YORK - DEPT OF HPD
$12,492,529
2003-12-23
Agreement $7,278,212 — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION; COOPER SQUARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to THE CITY OF NEW YORK - DEPT OF HPD
$7,278,212
1999-02-08
Mortgage $490,000 — from COOPER SQUARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND C; COOPER SQUARE MUTUALHOUSING ASSOCIATION to NYC HPD
$490,000
1996-08-08
Mortgage $7,278,212 — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUALHOUSING ASSOCIATION ; COOPER SQUARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND E to NYC HPD
$7,278,212
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
13
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
2
3
1
1
7
2018
0
0
1
1
2
4
2019
0
0
4
0
2
6
2020
0
0
2
5
1
8
2021
2
0
0
0
1
3
2022
3
0
3
1
2
9
2023
1
1
4
5
2
13
2024
0
0
3
0
3
6
2025
0
0
1
0
2
3
2026
0
0
3
4
2
9
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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
2023-11-15HPD 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
2023-08-31ECB CLASS - 2 violation: 5 STORY BUILDING WITH SIDEWALK SHED(SWS) AND SCAFFOLD AT EXP1. I OBSERVED SWS HORIZONTAL BRACING INFRONT OF MAIN ENTRANCE, IS INST$2,400
2023-07-13Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-05-25SMIS — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION
2023-04-17Permit Sidewalk Shed — Signed-off
2023-02-24RPTT&RET $1,800 — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION to LESTER, TARYME$1,800
2023-02-22Sold for $1,800$1,800
2023-01-27RPTT&RET $1,800 — from COOPER SQUARE HOUSING ASSOCIATION II HDF to IDELS, RONALD$1,800
2023-01-18Sold for $1,800$1,800
2023-01-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-01-03Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022
2022-11-16Agreement — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION; COOPER SQUARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND C to THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ACTING BY AND THRO
2022-10-26Permit Supported Scaffold — Signed-off
2022-10-25Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY PIPE SCAFFOLD AS PER PLANS. WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF THE NYC BUILDING CODE. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANC$1,000
2022-02-15HPD 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
2022-01-24Rodent inspection: Passed
2021
2021-07-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2021-04-13Permit Sidewalk Shed — Signed-off
2021-04-10Job filed: INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF THE NYC BU$1,000
2018-07-18RPTT&RET — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION to COOK, CATHERINE
2018-07-16Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-01-25311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018-01-22Rodent inspection: Passed
2017
2017-10-23Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-09-20311: Homeless Encampment — N/A
2017-08-23311: Construction Safety Enforcement — SST Tracking Complaint
2017-08-23ECB CLASS - 2 violation: BC3307.6.5.11:FAILURE TO NOTIFY THE DEPT AFTER REMOVAL OF SWS.NOTE:AT TIME OF INSPECTION I OBSERVED SWS WAS REMOVED FROM SITE.RESP
2017-03-10RPTT&RET $1,825 — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION to VOSS, PARKER$1,825
2017-02-22DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2017-02-21311: General Construction/Plumbing — Debris - Falling Or In Danger Of Falling
2016
2016-12-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2016-12-06Permit EQ — ISSUED
2016-12-06Permit EQ — ISSUED
2016-11-23Job filed: INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. LIVE LOAD 300 PSF. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF THE 2014 CODE NO CHANGE TO US
2016-10-17ECB CLASS - 1 violation: WORK W.O PERMIT.@TIME OF INSPECTION (1:15PM)I OBSERVED 2GAS FIRED WATER HEATERS INSTALLED IN BASEMENT/CELLAR.ALSO GAS FIRED BOILER$400
2016-09-07311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2016-06-09HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF AIRCONDITIONING UNIT INSTALLED IN THE WINDOW WITH FIRE ESCAPE ACCESS IN TH
2016-04-21311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Other (complaint details)
2016-03-21311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Vehicle Idling (AD3)
2015-11-06ECB CLASS - 2 violation: PERMANENT RESIDENCE USED/CONVERTED FOR OTHER THAN PERMANENT RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES DOBINDICATES BUILDING TO BE LEGALLY APPROVED AS A$1,600
2015-10-01RPTT&RET $1,825 — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION to VARGAS, FRANCISCA; ANCORINI, EMANUELE$1,825
2015-06-29RPTT&RET $1,800 — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION to CHEN, YAN P$1,800
2015-04-07Rodent inspection: Passed
2014
2014-04-23Rodent inspection: Passed
2013
2013-04-13HPD 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
2013-03-22Rodent inspection: Passed
2013-01-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2012
2012-08-15SMIS — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOC II HO; COOPER SQUARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND C to THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF HOUSI
2012-06-11Rodent inspection: Passed
2012-05-29Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2007-07-09HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING & WEST WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM N
2004-06-16Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2003
2003-12-23Agreement $12,492,529 — from COOPER SQUARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND; COOPER SQUARE MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION to THE CITY OF NEW YORK - DEPT OF HPD$12,492,529
2003-12-23Agreement $7,278,212 — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION; COOPER SQUARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to THE CITY OF NEW YORK - DEPT OF HPD$7,278,212
1999
1999-11-18Agreement — from COOPER SQUARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND C; COOPER SQUARE MUTUALHOUSING ASSOCIATION to NYC HPD
1999-11-18Agreement — from COOPER SQUARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND C; COOPER SQUARE MUTUALHOUSING ASSOCIATION to NYC HPD
1999-03-08Permit EQ — ISSUED
1999-02-08Mortgage $490,000 — from COOPER SQUARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND C; COOPER SQUARE MUTUALHOUSING ASSOCIATION to NYC HPD$490,000
1998
1998-04-01EASE — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUALHOUSING ASSOCIATION to NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY
1996
1996-08-08DECL — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUALHOUSING ASSOCIATION ; COOPER SQUARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND E
1996-08-08Mortgage $7,278,212 — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUALHOUSING ASSOCIATION ; COOPER SQUARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND E to NYC HPD$7,278,212
1996-08-08Agreement — from NYC HPD to COOPER SQUARE MUTUALHOUSING ASSOCIATION
1996-08-08Agreement — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUALHOUSING ASSOCIATION ; COOPER SQUARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND E to NYC HPD
1996-08-08Mortgage $12,492,529 — from COOPER SQUARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND E; COOPER SQUARE MUTUALHOUSING ASSOCIATION to NYC HPD$12,492,529
1996-08-08Deed — from NYC HPD to COOPER SQUARE MUTUALHOUSING ASSOCIATION
1996-08-08Deed — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUALHOUSING ASSOCIATION to COOPER SQUARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND E
1996-07-26DECL — from COOPER SQUARE MUTUALHOUSING ASSOCIATION ; COOPER SQUARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND E
1985
1985-02-04Mortgage satisfied — from 82 CANNON ST. CORP. to HAYDOCK, EDMUND