A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 82% 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 7. In ZIP 10013, 70% 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
1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2016-11-24.
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.
What 311 hears from this address
27 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (17) · Residential Disposal Complaint (2) · Consumer Complaint (1) · Real Time Enforcement (1) · Illegal Parking (1) · Illegal Dumping (1).
Filed construction activity
$62,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (1 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
No
Built before 1974 (2008)
No
Six or more residential units (5)
Yes
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
1 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. 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)
LILY & SAM CORP
Head officer
lily FONG
Managing agent
Lily FONG
Last registered
2025-07-10
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
$5,899,200
$2,654,640
2026
$6,624,000
$2,980,800
2027
$5,299,000
$2,384,550
The city's market estimate has fallen
10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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
Grand St — B D · 700 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Bowery — J Z · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Bowery / Grand St — M103 · 500 ft
Citi Bike
Grand St & Elizabeth St · 200 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.
27 311 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.
Sales, deeds & mortgages
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,247,461 on
2015-11-19 (lender: Investors 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
2026-01-27
Agreement $3,560,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to LILY & SAM INC.
$3,560,000
2015-11-19
Agreement $4,960,000 — from LILY & SAM INC. to INVESTORS BANK
$4,960,000
2015-11-19
Mortgage $2,247,462 — from LILY & SAM INC. to INVESTORS BANK
$2,247,462
2015-11-19
AL&R $4,960,000 — from LILY & SAM INC. to INVESTORS BANK
$4,960,000
2010-11-15
AL&R $3,250,000 — from LILY & SAM INC. to CATHAY BANK
$3,250,000
2010-11-15
Agreement $3,250,000 — from LILY & SAM INC. to CATHAY BANK
$3,250,000
2008-07-15
AL&R $3,450,000 — from LILY & SAM INC to CATHAY BANK
$3,450,000
2008-07-15
Mortgage $3,450,000 — from LILY & SAM INC to CATHAY BANK
$3,450,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
23
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
2
3
0
1
6
2018
1
2
0
1
4
2019
1
5
0
1
7
2020
0
23
0
0
23
2021
1
16
0
1
18
2022
3
10
0
2
15
2023
6
11
0
1
18
2024
0
19
0
3
22
2025
8
7
0
3
18
2026
1
2
3
1
7
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2024-10-05311: Residential Disposal Complaint — Trash or Recycling Not Secure
2024-09-10311: Obstruction — Trash or Recycling
2024-08-27Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-08-17311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2024-08-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-07-12311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2024-06-25311: Illegal Dumping — Removal Request
2024-05-30311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2024-04-16Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-02-02Restaurant inspection: THE CHAI SPOT — grade A
2023
2023-12-20Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-12-05311: Real Time Enforcement — Work Without A Permit - Occupied Multiple Dwelling
2023-12-05311: Consumer Complaint — Other Store (Non-Food)
2023-12-05DOB complaint, category ?
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
2023-10-10311: Encampment — N/A
2023-10-10311: Encampment — N/A
2023-09-23311: Encampment — N/A
2023-09-22311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2023-05-24311: Consumer Complaint — General Vendor
2023-04-19FDNY inspection (COM_OCPCY)
2023-04-19FDNY inspection (COM_OCPCY)
2023-04-17FDNY inspection (COM_OCPCY)
2023-04-17FDNY inspection (COM_OCPCY)
2023-04-17FDNY inspection (RISK)
2022
2022-12-21DOB complaint, category ?
2022-12-21ECB CLASS - 2 violation: OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED ON ROOF TOP A JACCUZI APROX 6FT ROUN
2022-03-10HPD 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
2021-04-20HPD 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
2021-04-09DOB violation E:
2021-04-02Elevator permit: Door Lock Monitoring System.$5,000
2020-07-29311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2020-07-26311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-07-14311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019
2019-11-04HPD 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
2017-09-15DOB violation EVCAT1: VIOLATION ISSUED TO ELEVATOR-FAILURE TO FILE CATEGORY 1 2016 INSPECTION/TEST
2017-08-01Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-04-07DOB violation E:
2017-03-25311: Broken Muni Meter — Out of Order
2016
2016-12-06311: Broken Muni Meter — Out of Order
2016-12-06311: Broken Muni Meter — Out of Order
2016-11-24HPD 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
2016-09-23Job filed: HEREWITH FILE PLANS FOR INTERIOR RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACE LOCATED ON FIRST FLOOR. WORK WILL INVOLVE GENERAL CONSTRUCTION FOR DEMO/N$62,000
2016-04-23311: Taxi Complaint — Driver Complaint
2016-03-09DOB violation E:
2015
2015-11-19Agreement $4,960,000 — from LILY & SAM INC. to INVESTORS BANK$4,960,000
2015-11-19Mortgage $2,247,462 — from LILY & SAM INC. to INVESTORS BANK$2,247,462
2015-11-19TL&R — from CATHAY BANK to LILY & SAM INC.
2015-11-19Mortgage assigned — from CATHAY BANK to INVESTORS BANK
2015-11-19TL&R — from CATHAY BANK to LILY & SAM INC.
2015-11-19AL&R $4,960,000 — from LILY & SAM INC. to INVESTORS BANK$4,960,000
2015-08-31311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2014
2014-08-31311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Talking
2013
2013-12-18311: Street Condition — Pothole
2013-11-09DOB violation E:
2013-11-03311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2013-10-21311: Broken Muni Meter — No Receipt
2013-08-21Permit EQ — ISSUED
2013-08-15Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF PIPE SCAFFOLD FOR REMEDIAL REPAIRS AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION.
2013-08-15Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF PIPE SCAFFOLD FOR REMEDIAL REPAIRS AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION.
2013-08-07Permit EQ — ISSUED
2013-08-05Job 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
2013-08-05Job 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
2013-08-05Job 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
2013-05-10311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2012
2012-10-01DOB violation EVCAT1: VIOLATION ISSUED TO ELEVATOR-FAILURE TO FILE CATEGORY 1 2011 INSPECTION/TEST
2010-11-15AL&R $3,250,000 — from LILY & SAM INC. to CATHAY BANK$3,250,000
2010-11-15Agreement $3,250,000 — from LILY & SAM INC. to CATHAY BANK$3,250,000
2010-08-18Permit PL — ISSUED
2010-08-18Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-08-18Permit EQ — ISSUED
2010-08-12Job filed: PROPOSE FILING TEMPORARY 12'X 8' NEW WOOD FENCE AT STORE FRONT,NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY.
2010-07-09Job filed: RENOVATION OF EXISTING STORE ON 1ST FLOOR AS PER PLAN. THIS IS A NEW BULIDNG WHICH IS FINISHED ON 2009. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY.$51,000
2010-07-09Job filed: RENOVATION OF EXISTING STORE ON 1ST FLOOR AS PER PLAN. THIS IS A NEW BULIDNG WHICH IS FINISHED ON 2009. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY.$51,000
2010-03-25Agreement — from LILY & SAM INC to CATHAY BANK
2010-02-18Rodent inspection: Passed
2010-01-05Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-01-05Permit PL — ISSUED
2010-01-05Permit PL — ISSUED
2009
2009-12-30Permit EQ — ISSUED
2009-12-30Permit NB — ISSUED
2009-09-29Permit EQ — ISSUED
2009-06-30Job filed: INSTALLATION OF NEW SPRINKLER ALARM AND SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITN NYC BUILDING CODE 27-957 AND PLANS ATTACHED. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUP$18,000
2009-06-30Job filed: INSTALLATION OF NEW SPRINKLER ALARM AND SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITN NYC BUILDING CODE 27-957 AND PLANS ATTACHED. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUP$18,000
2009-06-30Job filed: INSTALLATION OF NEW SPRINKLER ALARM AND SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITN NYC BUILDING CODE 27-957 AND PLANS ATTACHED. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUP$18,000
2009-05-08Permit EQ — ISSUED
2009-05-07Job filed: INSTALLATION OF A PIPE SCAFFOLD, 2 SECTIONS: 1)APPROXIMATELY 24' LONG X 60' HIGH ON THE EXISTING SIDEWALK SHED; 26' LONG X 60' HIGH FROM GRADE AS PER
2009-03-05DOB complaint, category ?
2009-01-13Permit EQ — ISSUED
2009-01-13Job filed: INSTALLATION OF A HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED 34' LONG X 8'-12' HIGH DURING NB CONSTRUCTION. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. SIDEWALK SHED TO COMP
2009-01-13Job filed: INSTALLATION OF A HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED 34' LONG X 8'-12' HIGH DURING NB CONSTRUCTION. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. SIDEWALK SHED TO COMP
2008
2008-12-26Permit AL — ISSUED
2008-12-22Permit EQ — ISSUED
2008-12-22Permit NB — ISSUED
2008-11-03Permit PL — ISSUED
2008-10-31Permit PL — ISSUED
2008-10-31Permit EW — ISSUED
2008-10-30Permit EW — ISSUED
2008-10-27DOB complaint, category ?
2008-10-17DOB complaint, category ?
2008-10-07DOB complaint, category ?
2008-08-28DOB complaint, category ?
2008-08-28DOB complaint, category ?
2008-08-27DOB violation C: STOP ALL WORK FAILURE TO PROVIDE APPROVED PLANS ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. NOTED: AN ACTIVE SITE FOOTINGS AND FOUNDATION W
2008-08-19ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO SAFEGUARD ALL PERSONS AND PROPERTY AFFECTED BY CONSTRUCTIONOPERATIONS. NOTED: CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS FOR NEW BUILDING
2008-07-21Job filed: FILE SPRINKLER WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH NB# 104858021. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS & OCCUPANCY.$2,000
2008-07-15AL&R $3,450,000 — from LILY & SAM INC to CATHAY BANK$3,450,000
2008-07-15Mortgage $3,450,000 — from LILY & SAM INC to CATHAY BANK$3,450,000
2008-07-01Permit AL — ISSUED
2008-06-27Permit NB — ISSUED
2008-06-24Job filed: FILING PLUMBING WORK AND MECHANICAL WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH NB# 104858021. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS & OCCUPANCY.$35,000
2008-06-13Permit EQ — ISSUED
2008-06-11Permit EQ — ISSUED
2008-06-10Job filed: FILING STRUCTUAL PLAN IN CONJUNCTION WITH NB# 104858021. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$1,000
2008-06-10Job filed: FILING STRUCTUAL PLAN IN CONJUNCTION WITH NB# 104858021. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$1,000
2008-06-06Permit EW — ISSUED
2008-06-06Job filed: INSTALL TEMPORARY WOOD FENCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH NB# 104858021. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY.
2008-05-22CERT — from FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPAN
2008-05-22ZONE — from LILY & SAM INC.
2008-05-14Job filed: FILING EXCAVATION FOUNDATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH NB# 104858021. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$1,000
2008-04-25Permit EQ — ISSUED
2008-04-25Permit DM — ISSUED
2008-04-21Permit EQ — ISSUED
2008-04-17Job filed: INSTALL SIDEWALK SHED A TOTAL OF 25 L.F AT 156 MOTT STREET. DURING REMEDIAL REPAIRS, WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH LL 33/91. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCU
2008-04-17Job filed: INSTALL SIDEWALK SHED A TOTAL OF 25 L.F AT 156 MOTT STREET. DURING REMEDIAL REPAIRS, WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH LL 33/91. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCU
2008-03-17Job filed: DEMOLITION
2008-03-05Job filed: FILE EZ BPP WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH NEW BUILDING #104858021. TOTAL 25 LF FRONTAGE.
2008-03-05Job filed: FILE EZ BPP WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH NEW BUILDING #104858021. TOTAL 25 LF FRONTAGE.
2007
2007-08-06Job filed: NB
2003
2003-08-27DTL — from THE BANK OF NEW YORK
2003-08-27DTL — from THE BANK OF NEW YORK
2003-05-12DTL — from THE BANK OF NEW YORK
2002
2002-08-30Deed — from C & D DISANTIS REALTY CORP to LILY & SAM, INC.
2002-08-30Mortgage satisfied — from DESANTIS, DOMINICK; DESANTIS, CARMINE to DESANTIS, ANNA
2000
2000-07-27TLS — from BANK OF NEW YORK to BANK OF NEW YORK
2000-05-15ATL — from NYCTL 1998-1 TRUST to BANK OF NEW YORK
1999
1999-01-20ATL — from NYCTL 1998-1 TRUST to BANK OF NEW YORK
1998
1998-07-29TLS — from CITY OF NEW YORK to NYCTL 1998-1 TRUST
1974
1974-03-05Deed — from DE SANTIS, CARMINE; DE SANTIS, DOMINICK to C & D DI SANTIS RTYCORP
1973
1973-04-13Mortgage — from DE SANTIS, CARMINE; DE SANTIS, DOMINICK to DE SANTIS, ANNA
1973-04-13Deed — from CINQVEGRAVA, LUCY; CINQVEGRAVA, BENNY to DE SANTIS, CARMINE; DE SANTIS, DOMINICK