The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 50% 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 16.3. In ZIP 10012, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and
5% 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
14 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 10 · winter 2025–26: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
10
’24–25
4
’25–26
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
23 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · Street Condition (6) · Missed Collection (2) · WATER LEAK (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · Lost Property (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 (1904)
Yes
Six or more residential units (23)
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)
Castega- 40-42 MacDougal Street LLC
Head officer
Carolyn Coplan
Managing agent
BRONSTEIN PROPERTIES LLC
Last registered
2025-07-16
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
$2,820,000
$1,269,000
2026
$3,249,000
$1,462,050
2027
$3,295,000
$1,482,750
The city's market estimate has risen
17% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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
Spring St — C E · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only) Houston St — 1 · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 6 Av / Prince St — M21 M55 · 200 ft
Citi Bike
MacDougal St & Prince St · 100 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.
23 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 7 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: $237,800 on
1987-05-22 (lender: 40 Macdougal Assocs). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
1987-05-22
Mortgage $237,800 — from MOUNT WILSON PARTNERS to 40 MACDOUGAL ASSOCS
$237,800
1986-05-12
Mortgage $591,051 — from 40 MACDOUGAL ASSOCIATES to LEVINE, HARVEH L.
$591,051
1984-05-31
Mortgage $255,000 — from LEVINE, HARVEY L. to BANKERS FEDL SV&LN ASSN
$255,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
27
2026
Housing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
2
0
1
3
2018
9
0
3
12
2019
16
0
4
20
2020
8
1
3
12
2021
10
0
3
13
2022
3
0
4
7
2023
1
0
4
5
2024
5
0
3
8
2025
15
0
3
18
2026
23
0
4
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HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING AND WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCAT
2026-06-02
HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING AND WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT AP
2026-06-02
HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK CEILING AND EAST WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED
2026-06-02
HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING AND EAST WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLW
2026-05-29
311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-05-29
311: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2026-05-29
Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-05-29
Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2026-05-15
311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-05-15
311: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2026-05-15
Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2026-05-15
Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-04-08
311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-04-08
Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-02-10
Boiler inspection
2026-02-10
Boiler inspection
2026-02-05
HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MIS
2026-02-05
HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LATCH SET AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR
2026-06-02HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING AND WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCAT
2026-06-02HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING AND WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT AP
2026-06-02HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK CEILING AND EAST WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED
2026-06-02HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING AND EAST WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLW
2026-04-08Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-02-10Boiler inspection
2026-02-10Boiler inspection
2026-02-05HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MIS
2026-02-05HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LATCH SET AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR
2026-01-31311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-01-31Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-04-16Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-04-02311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-04-02Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-04-01311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-04-01Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-03-31HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN, DEFECTIVE AND/OR MISSING METAL TREAD 4TH UP FROM BOTTOM AT 4TH STORY
2025-03-30311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-03-30Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-03-26311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-03-26Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-01-29Boiler inspection
2025-01-29Boiler inspection
2025-01-16Rodent inspection: Passed
2024
2024-12-09Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-12-01311: Street Light Condition — Street Light Out
2014-01-25311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Building
2014-01-25DOB complaint, category ?
2013
2013-03-01DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2011 INSPECTION REPORT
2013-01-07HPD class C: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF INSTALLED PLEXI GLASS AT BUILDING DOOR FROM VESTIBULE TO 1ST STORY P
2013-01-07HPD class C: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF INSTALLED PLEXI GLASS AT BUILDING FRONT DOOR FROM STREET TO VESTIBUL
2013-01-02311: HEATING — HEAT
2013-01-02Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2012
2012-07-20311: Water System — Defective Street Cut (WZZ1)
2012-07-18311: Water System — Defective Street Cut (WZZ1)
2009-09-03ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER: CELLAR. 1- FIRE STOPPING THROUGHOUT MECHANICAL ROOMS. 2- MECHANICAL ROOMS DOOR,$1,000
2009-09-03ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT - WORK NOTED: CELLAR. 1- ERECTED PARTITIONS TO CREATE INDIVIDUAL CELLAR ROOMS. 2- ERECTED PARTITIONS AND INSTALL$800
2009-03-13DOB complaint, category ?
2009-02-23DOB complaint, category ?
2009-02-23DOB complaint, category ?
2009-02-03ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE UNOBSTRUCTURED FIRE ESCAPES EXIT EXTERIOR 1-WIRE HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY HANGING FROM FRONT FACADE 2-FLOWER$1,200
2008
2008-10-31DOB complaint, category ?
2008-09-05ECB CLASS - 2 violation: OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR BUILDING DEPARTMENT RECORDS. C OF O #55799 STATE CELLAR FOR
2008-08-25ECB CLASS - 3 violation: OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY NOTED: IN THE CELLAR THERE IS A DEN, SUPER'S OFFICE, TOILET & $200
2008-08-21DOB complaint, category ?
2008-04-14ECB Non-Hazardous violation: ILLEGAL USE IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT NOTED 3 MUSIC STUDIOS LOCATED AT CELLAR LEVEL IN R7-2 GENERAL RESIDENCE DISTRICTS REMEDY: DISC
2008-04-14ECB Non-Hazardous violation: OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY THE C OF O 55799 C OF O INDICATES CELLAR TO BE OCCUPIED AS BOILER AND STORAGE ROOM ILLEGAL O
2008-03-19DOB complaint, category ?
2008-01-02Tenant complaint: CONSTRUCTION — ROOF
2008-01-02Tenant complaint: GENERAL — FIRE-ESCAPE
2007
2007-01-14DOB complaint, category ?
2007-01-12DOB complaint, category ?
2007-01-04DOB complaint, category ?
2006
2006-12-14DOB complaint, category ?
2004
2004-12-28Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-12-28Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-08-26Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-08-11Job filed: VAULT REPAIR. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$15,000
2004-07-13DOB complaint, category ?
2004-07-04Mortgage satisfied — from GOODMAN, STEVEN to THE UPSTATE NATIONAL BANK
2004-07-04Mortgage assigned — from THE UPSTATE NATIONAL BANK to WILSHIRE CREDIT CORPORATION
2002
2002-06-06Mortgage satisfied — from LEVINE, HARVEY L. to BANKERS FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
2001
2001-11-01DOB complaint, category ?
2000
2000-02-01Deed — from PRINCE OPERATING CORP. to 124 HOLDINGS INC
1999
1999-04-15Deed — from CASTEGA REALTY ASSOCIATES to CASTEGA-40-42 MACDOUGAL STREET, LLC
1999-01-19Mortgage satisfied — from LEVINE, HARVEY L. to BANKERS FEDERAL SAVINGS LOAN ASSOCIATION
1996
1996-05-29EASE — from CASTEGA REALTY ASSOCIATES to NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY
1995
1995-06-19DOB complaint, category ?
1992
1992-10-30Deed — from DO CAMPO, JAMES REF; MOUNT WILSON PRTNS DEF; TROBY ASSOCIATES DEF to CASTERA REALTY ASSOC
1992-10-06Permit PL — ISSUED
1992-05-11Permit EW — ISSUED
1988
1988-12-23Mortgage assigned — from 40 MACDOUGAL ASSOCS to TROBY ASSOCIATES
1987
1987-05-22Mortgage $237,800 — from MOUNT WILSON PARTNERS to 40 MACDOUGAL ASSOCS$237,800
1987-05-22Deed — from 40 MACDOUGAL ASSOCS to MOUNT WILSON PARTNERS
1986
1986-05-12Deed — from LEVINE, HARVEY L to 40 MACDOUGAL ASSOCIATES
1986-05-12Mortgage $591,051 — from 40 MACDOUGAL ASSOCIATES to LEVINE, HARVEH L.$591,051
1984
1984-06-08Mortgage assigned — from LEVINE, HARVEY L. to BANKERS FED SV&LN ASSN
1984-05-31Mortgage $255,000 — from LEVINE, HARVEY L. to BANKERS FEDL SV&LN ASSN$255,000
1981
1981-03-19Deed — from LAURENCE ASSOCIATES to LEVINE, HARVEY L