The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 83% 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 2.1. In ZIP 10014, 69% 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
Open HPD violations
3 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 1996-12-26.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
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
33 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Street Condition (26) · Sewer (2) · Lead (2) · PLUMBING (1) · Noise (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1).
Filed construction activity
$20,000 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 (1949)
Yes
Six or more residential units (16)
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)
26 BEDFORD ST OWNERS INC
Head officer
SCOTT MOYER
Managing agent
REM RESIDENTIAL
Last registered
2025-08-24
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
$1,778,000
$800,100
2026
$2,062,000
$927,900
2027
$2,199,000
$989,550
The city's market estimate has risen
24% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op
as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $395,850 a year
($56.55 per sq ft), operating expenses $142,030
($20.29 per sq ft), net operating income $253,820. These are the
city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance
charges.
Building systems
Heating fuel
NATURALGAS
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 4 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since
2010 (1 in the last three years).
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps
(cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
Getting around
Subway
Houston St — 1 · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none W 4 St-Wash Sq — A B C D E F M · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 6 Av / West Houston St — M55 · 400 ft
Citi Bike
Carmine St & 6 Ave · 500 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.
33 311 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: $50,000 on
2025-07-03 (lender: National Consumer Cooperative 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
2026-08-18
RPTT&RET $355,000 — from LANGE, JEAN C to SABBAGH, OMAR
$355,000
2026-08-11
Sold for $355,000
$355,000
$22,188
2026-05-19
RPTT&RET $405,000 — from YVONNE TRUST to SABAGH, OMAR
$405,000
2026-05-07
Sold for $405,000
$405,000
$25,313
2025-07-03
Mortgage $50,000 — from 26 BEDFORD STREET OWNERS, INC. to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK
$50,000
2025-07-03
AL&R $500,000 — from 26 BEDFORD STREET OWNERS, INC. to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK
$500,000
2025-07-03
AL&R $50,000 — from 26 BEDFORD STREET OWNERS, INC. to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK
$50,000
2025-07-03
Mortgage $500,000 — from 26 BEDFORD STREET OWNERS, INC. to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK
$500,000
2025-05-12
RPTT&RET $450,000 — from MOYER, SCOTT W to MALINAK, LUCIA
$450,000
2025-05-07
Sold for $450,000
$450,000
$28,125
2023-02-07
RPTT&RET $505,000 — from MERCK, JULIETTE to BOUCARD, ALIXE; BOUCARD, OLIVIER
$505,000
2023-01-31
Sold for $505,000
$505,000
$31,563
2020-06-11
RPTT&RET $355,000 — from BEHLING, JOHN to GRUENER, NORMAN
$355,000
2020-06-05
Sold for $355,000
$355,000
$22,188
2015-06-25
Agreement $335,000 — from 26 BEDFORD STREET OWNERS, INC. to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK, N.A.
$335,000
Ten-year activity
100500
2017
2018
2019
2020
57
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
14
0
2
16
2018
0
0
16
0
2
18
2019
2
0
15
0
2
19
2020
0
0
8
2
1
11
2021
0
0
54
1
2
57
2022
0
0
21
0
3
24
2023
0
0
5
2
2
9
2024
0
1
2
3
2
8
2025
0
0
29
14
3
46
2026
0
0
6
4
0
10
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RPTT&RET $355,000 — from LANGE, JEAN C to SABBAGH, OMAR
2026-08-11
Sold for $355,000
2026-05-19
RPTT&RET $405,000 — from YVONNE TRUST to SABAGH, OMAR
2026-05-08
311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2026-05-07
Sold for $405,000
2026-05-04
Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2026-04-29
HPD 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
2026-02-06
HPD class A: § 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES, BOTTOM
2026-02-01
311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-02-01
Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-12-29
Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-12-02
311: Noise — Noise: Alarms (NR3)
The full timeline
2026
2026-08-18RPTT&RET $355,000 — from LANGE, JEAN C to SABBAGH, OMAR$355,000
2026-08-11Sold for $355,000$355,000
2026-05-19RPTT&RET $405,000 — from YVONNE TRUST to SABAGH, OMAR$405,000
2026-05-08311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2026-05-07Sold for $405,000$405,000
2026-05-04Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2026-04-29HPD 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
2026-02-06HPD class A: § 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES, BOTTOM
2026-02-01311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-02-01Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025
2025-12-29Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-12-02311: Noise — Noise: Alarms (NR3)
2025-08-12Boiler inspection
2025-07-14311: Street Condition — Defective Hardware
2025-07-13311: Street Condition — Defective Hardware
2025-07-12311: Street Condition — Defective Hardware
2025-07-12311: Street Condition — Defective Hardware
2025-07-10311: Street Condition — Defective Hardware
2025-07-09311: Street Condition — Defective Hardware
2025-07-09311: Street Condition — Defective Hardware
2021-04-01HPD 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
2021-03-30311: Street Condition — Defective Hardware
2015-05-06311: Street Condition — Defective Hardware
2015-05-05311: Street Condition — Defective Hardware
2015-04-16311: Street Condition — Defective Hardware
2015-04-14311: Street Condition — Defective Hardware
2015-02-20Permit EW — ISSUED
2015-02-20Permit PL — ISSUED
2015-02-18Job filed: REPLACE OIL BURNER WITH GAS BURNER ON NYC BOILER NO MD23045-01. INSTALL NEW GAS SERVICE, METER AND PIPING. INSTALL METAL CHIMNEY LINER. REMOVE 1500$46,975
2014
2014-05-29311: General Construction/Plumbing — Debris - Falling Or In Danger Of Falling
2014-05-29DOB complaint, category ?
2014-02-04FDNY inspection (RISK)
2013
2013-11-08311: Air Quality — Air: Dust, Construction/Demolition (AE4)
2013-06-25311: Street Condition — Rough, Pitted or Cracked Roads
2010-09-22Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2010-08-13311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2010-04-27311: Street Condition — Rough, Pitted or Cracked Roads
2010-03-29311: Water System — Leak (Use Comments) (WA2)
2010-02-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2008
2008-06-10Mortgage assigned — from CENTURY 21 MORTGAGE to J.P. MORGAN CHASE BANK, NA
2006
2006-04-18DOB complaint, category ?
2006-02-01Mortgage assigned — from FOURTH FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
2006-02-01Mortgage $89,815 — from 26 BEDFORD STREET OWNER, INC. to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK$89,815
2006-02-01TL&R — from FOURTH FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
2006-02-01Agreement $295,000 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to 26 BEDFORD STREET OWNER, INC.$295,000
2006-02-01Mortgage assigned — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to FANNIE MAE
2006-02-01AALR — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to FANNIE MAE
2006-02-01AL&R — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to 26 BEDFORD STREET OWNER, INC.
2005
2005-09-22RPTT&RET $312,000 — from KARGMAN, LAWRENCE M; KARGMAN, RITA to LANGE, JEAN C$312,000
2005-08-29RPTT&RET — from SWINK, THERESA to BEHLING, JOHN C
2005-07-12RPTT&RET $545,000 — from RAD, CYRUS K to LAH, CYNTHIA STEPPLING; LAH, ROBERT DALE$545,000
2005-07-12RPTT&RET $545,000 — from RAD, CYRUS K to LAH, CYNTHIA STEPPLING; LAH, ROBERT DALE$545,000
2003
2003-09-18DOB complaint, category ?
2002
2002-08-30Agreement — from 26 BEDFORD STREET OWNERS INC. to FOURTH FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
2002-08-30Mortgage assigned — from 26 BEDFORD STREET OWNERS, INC. to FOURTH FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
2002-03-26DOB violation LL6291:
1999
1999-03-10Permit EW — ISSUED
1999-03-10Permit EW — ISSUED
1999-03-10Permit EW — ISSUED
1998
1998-12-02DOB complaint, category ?
1997
1997-05-29Agreement — from 26 BEDFORD STREET OWNERS, INC. to FOURTH FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
1996
1996-12-26HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRES EAST WALL & CEILING CELLAR CENTER
1996-12-26HPD class B: SECTION 185, 240 M/D LAW PROPERLY FIRE RETARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CELLAR CEILING SOUTH CENTE
1996-12-26HPD class A: SECTION 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE
1987
1987-01-13Mortgage assigned — from BEDFORD DOWNING ASSOC to FOURTH FED S&L ASSNNY
1987-01-13Mortgage $55,000 — from 26 BEDFORD ST OWNERSINC to FOURTH FEDS&L ASSN NY$55,000
1987-01-13Agreement — from 26 BEDFORD ST OWNERSINC to FOURTH FED S&L ASSNNY
1983
1983-05-27Mortgage satisfied — from 26 BEDFORD ASSOCIATES to KOCATHBI TDG.CO.LTD.
1983-05-27CERT — from BEDFORD DOWNING ASSOC.
1983-05-27Deed — from 26 BEDFORD ASSOCIATES to 26 BEDFORD ST.OWNERS,INC
1981
1981-12-10Mortgage assigned — from POPPIS KINDER INC; KOCATHBI TRADING COLTD to KOCATHBI TRADING COLTD
1981-12-10Mortgage assigned — from KOCATHBI TRADING COLTD to STERLING INVESTORS INC
1981-06-10Mortgage — from 26 BEDFORD ASSOCIATES to KOCATHBI TRADING COLTD
1981-06-10Mortgage — from 26 BEDFORD ASSOCIATES to BEDFORD DOWNING ASSOCS
1981-06-10Deed — from BEDFORD DOWNING ASSOCS to 26 BEDFORD ASSOCIATES
1981-06-10Mortgage assigned — from KOCATHBI TRADING COLTD to POPPI'S KINDER INC
1979
1979-03-12Deed — from DOWNING BEDFORD INC to BEDFORD-DOWNING ASSOC
1979-02-27MISC — from WERTHAMER, REBECCA; WERTHAMER, I DECD TR; LANGBERG, GEORGE TR
1971
1971-07-27Mortgage assigned — from AMERICAN BPTST HM ETAL to WERTHAMER, IRVING DECD; WERTHAMER, REBECCA; LANGBERG, GEORGE TR