A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 85% 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 13.3. In ZIP 10014, 69% 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
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
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
10 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Graffiti (8) · Missed Collection (2).
Filed construction activity
$159,200 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (4 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 (1910)
No
Six or more residential units (1)
No
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. 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)
224 VARICK STREET LLC
Head officer
MARISA V KINSEY
Managing agent
KINSEY EQUITIES LLC
Last registered
2026-07-17
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
$5,109,000
$306,540
2026
$5,119,000
$307,140
2027
$4,804,000
$288,240
The city's market estimate has fallen
6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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.
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
Houston St — 1 · 150 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Spring St — C E · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only)
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 7 Av South / Clarkson St — M20 · 100 ft
Citi Bike
King St & Varick St · 450 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.
10 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $224,852 on
2026-08-11 (lender: Nassau Financial Federal Credit Union). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2026-08-11
AL&R $1,100,000 — from 224 VARICK STREET LLC to NASSAU FINANCIAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
$1,100,000
2026-08-11
Agreement $875,147 — from 224 VARICK STREET LLC to NASSAU FINANCIAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
$875,147
2026-08-11
Mortgage $224,853 — from 224 VARICK STREET LLC to NASSAU FINANCIAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
$224,853
2019-09-19
Mortgage $307,525 — from 224 VARICK STREET LLC to DIME COMMUNITY BANK F/K/A THE DIME SAVIN
$307,525
2019-09-19
Agreement $1,000,000 — from 224 VARICK STREET LLC to DIME COMMUNITY BANK F/K/A THE DIME SAVIN
$1,000,000
2019-09-19
AL&R $1,000,000 — from 224 VARICK STREET LLC to DIME COMMUNITY BANK F/K/A THE DIME SAVIN
$1,000,000
2016-01-11
Mortgage $374,299 — from 224 VARICK STREET LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH
$374,299
2016-01-11
AL&R $750,000 — from 224 VARICK STREET LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH
$750,000
2016-01-11
Agreement $750,000 — from 224 VARICK STREET LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH
$750,000
2013-04-29
Agreement $398,077 — from THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH to 224 VARICK STREET LLC
$398,077
2010-05-27
AL&R $414,000 — from 224 VARICK STREET LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH
$414,000
2010-05-27
Mortgage $50,860 — from 224 VARICK STREET LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH
$50,860
2010-05-27
Agreement $414,000 — from THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH to 224 VARICK STREET LLC
$414,000
2004-05-14
Mortgage $74,481 — from 224 VARICK STREET LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH
$74,481
2001-08-02
Mortgage $103,982 — from 224 VARICK STREET LLC to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH
$103,982
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
19
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
1
1
0
1
3
2018
0
1
3
0
2
6
2019
0
1
9
3
3
16
2020
0
0
1
0
0
1
2021
0
0
4
0
1
5
2022
0
0
3
0
1
4
2023
0
11
5
0
1
17
2024
0
2
5
0
1
8
2025
0
1
3
0
1
5
2026
8
0
4
7
0
19
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Job filed: Modification to existing Plumbing system as per plans filed herewith. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.
2026-02-03
Job filed: Modification to existing HVAC system as per plans filed herewith. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.
2026-01-21
Job filed: Removal and installation of interior non bearing partitions and related finishes as per plans filed herewith. No change in use, egress or occupancy un
2025-12-29
Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-12-01
Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-11-14
DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
The full timeline
2026
2026-09-30311: Missed Collection — Recycling - Paper
2026-09-30311: Missed Collection — Trash
2026-08-24311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2026-08-11AL&R $1,100,000 — from 224 VARICK STREET LLC to NASSAU FINANCIAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION$1,100,000
2026-08-11Mortgage assigned — from DIME COMMERCIAL BANK to NASSAU FINANCIAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
2026-08-11Agreement $875,147 — from 224 VARICK STREET LLC to NASSAU FINANCIAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION$875,147
2026-08-11Mortgage $224,853 — from 224 VARICK STREET LLC to NASSAU FINANCIAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION$224,853
2026-08-11TL&R — from DIME COMMERCIAL BANK to 224 VARICK STREET LLC
2026-08-11TL&R — from DIME COMMERCIAL BANK to 224 VARICK STREET LLC
2026-08-11TL&R — from DIME COMMERCIAL BANK to 224 VARICK STREET LLC
2026-02-05Permit General Construction — Signed-off
2026-02-03Job filed: Modification to existing Plumbing system as per plans filed herewith. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.$20,500
2026-02-03Job filed: Modification to existing HVAC system as per plans filed herewith. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.$26,500
2026-01-21Job filed: Removal and installation of interior non bearing partitions and related finishes as per plans filed herewith. No change in use, egress or occupancy un$110,150
2023-04-14ECB CLASS - 1 violation: BC 907.2.8 FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED FIRE ALARM SYSTEM FOR TRANSIENT AT 2ND FLOOR DUPLEX.REM:DISCONTINUE ILLEGAL OCCUPANCY.$2,500
2023-04-14ECB CLASS - 1 violation: OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY COFO#1029361913.ILLEGAL OCCUPANCY NOTED:AT 2ND FLOOR DUPLEX OCCUPIED TRANSIENTLY.HAVING 2 GU$2,500
2023-04-14ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER.FAILURE TO PROVIDE NUMBER OF REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS FOR EVERY FLOOR PER BC$2,500
2023-04-14DOB complaint, category ?
2023-04-14ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE A SYSTEM OF AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS WHERE REQUIRED AS PER BC 903.2 AND 27-954 FOR TRANSIENT USE AT 2ND FLOOR DUPLE$1,250
2023-02-02311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign/Awning/Marquee - Illegal/No Permit
2019-11-08DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2017 INSPECTION REPORT
2019-11-08HPD 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
2018-04-06DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2016 INSPECTION REPORT
2018-01-12HPD 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
2004-11-12Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-05-14Agreement — from THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH to 224 VARICK STREET LLC
2004-05-14Mortgage $74,481 — from 224 VARICK STREET LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH$74,481
2001
2001-12-28ECB Non-Hazardous violation: ALTERED BUILDING OCCUPIED WITHTOU VALID C OF O NOTED:BUILDING ALTERED FOR ADDITION OF 3RD FLOOR SPACE FOR OCCUPANCY OF 1 FAMILY DW$180
2001-08-02Agreement — from 224 VARICK STREET LLC to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH
2001-08-02Mortgage $103,982 — from 224 VARICK STREET LLC to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH$103,982
2001-08-02Mortgage assigned — from SHANE, NATHAN to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH
2001-03-21Permit PL — ISSUED
2001-01-25Permit EQ — ISSUED
2001-01-23Permit EQ — ISSUED
2001-01-23Permit AL — ISSUED
2001-01-23Job filed: INSTALL HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED:20' LONG WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH LL33/91 NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY
2001-01-04Job filed: Change of C of O from Commercial to Commercial and residential uses. Addition of third floor, partition and plumbing work all as per plans and applica$150,000
2001-01-04Job filed: Change of C of O from Commercial to Commercial and residential uses. Addition of third floor, partition and plumbing work all as per plans and applica$150,000
1999
1999-10-06Mortgage assigned — from M.C. VARICK, INC. to SHANE, NATHAN
1999-05-06Deed — from M.C. VARICK, INC. to 224 VARICK STREET L.L.C.
1999-05-06Mortgage $275,000 — from 224 VARICK ST. L.L.C. to M.C. VARICK, INC.$275,000
1997
1997-04-04Permit AL — ISSUED
1997-04-04Permit PL — ISSUED
1993
1993-10-22DOB complaint, category ?
1993-10-14DOB complaint, category ?
1990
1990-04-23Mortgage assigned — from NORTHEASTERN SECTY ETAL to 224 VARICK ST ASSOC.
1990-04-23Mortgage satisfied — from M.C. VARICK INC to 224 VARICK STREET ASSOC.
1990-04-23Mortgage assigned — from DOMINION FINANCIAL CORP to NORTHEASTERN SECURTYETC
1989
1989-03-09Mortgage assigned — from NORTHEASTERN SECTY DEV to DOMINION FINANCIAL CORP
1989-02-14Mortgage assigned — from 224 VARICK ST ASSOCS to NORTHEASTERN SECRTYETC
1983
1983-06-30Deed — from 224 VARICK ST.ASSOC. to M.C. VARICK, INC.
1983-06-30Mortgage $150,000 — from M.C. VARICK, INC. to 224 VARICK STREET ASSOC.$150,000
1983-04-12Deed — from BATTAGLIA, ENDOR to 224 VARICK ST.ASSOCIATES