The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. 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
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
25 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Damaged Tree (5) · Lost Property (3) · Illegal Parking (2) · Noise (2) · General Construction/Plumbing (2) · Smoking or Vaping (2).
Filed construction activity
$100,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (5 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 (1817)
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).
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$7,986,000
$479,160
2026
$7,246,000
$434,760
2027
$6,159,000
$369,540
The city's market estimate has fallen
23% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Letter Grading) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Flood exposure
In the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary flood
maps) — lenders typically require flood insurance here.
Hurricane evacuation zone 1 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
9 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since
2010 (0 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 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Spring St / Greenwich St — M21 · 150 ft
Citi Bike
Spring St & Hudson St · 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.
25 311 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: $65,000 on
1999-04-09 (lender: New York City Historic Properties Fund, INC.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2004-08-25
DEVR $250,000 — from JAMES BROWN HOUSE, LLC to GREENWICH STREET PARTNERS LLC
$250,000
1999-04-09
Mortgage $65,000 — from JAMES BROWN HOUSE, LLC to NEW YORK CITY HISTORIC PROPERTIES FUND,
$65,000
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
13
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
1
1
2
2018
0
0
1
1
2
2019
5
1
6
1
13
2020
0
0
4
0
4
2021
0
0
13
0
13
2022
0
0
8
3
11
2023
0
1
8
1
10
2024
0
1
7
1
9
2025
0
0
6
3
9
2026
0
0
12
1
13
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2007-01-04Agreement — from JAMES BROWN HOUSE, LLC to GLASS HOUSE DEVELOPMENT, LLC
2006
2006-09-25DOB complaint, category ?
2005
2005-12-05Permit EW — ISSUED
2005-11-17Job filed: Application Filed to install a Fire Surppression at Ear In Cafe on the First Floor. No change in Occupancy, Use or Egress.$3,000
2004
2004-11-04Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-10-05Job filed: Emergency alterations and repairs done to West facade of building, as per plans filed herewith to comply with violations #344-397-56M. No change in $10,000
2004-08-25SAGE — from FANNIE MAE
2004-08-25ZONE — from JAMES BROWN HOUSE, LLC; EVANGELOU, VICTORIA; PAUL RAQUEL LLC; GREENWICH STREET PARTNESR LL
2004-08-25EASE — from PAUL RAQUEL LLC to JAMES BROWN HOUSE, LLC
2004-08-25SAGE — from NEW YORK CITY HISTORIC PROPERTIES FUND,
2004-08-25DEVR $250,000 — from JAMES BROWN HOUSE, LLC to GREENWICH STREET PARTNERS LLC$250,000
2004-08-12ECB Hazardous violation: WORK W/OUT A PERMIT VIOLATION NOTED:CONTRACTOR FAILED TO OBTAIN VALID WORK PERMIT FOR ALTERATION/REPAIR AND REMOVAL EXTERIOR FACAD$800
2004-08-12ECB Non-Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE APPROVED PLANS AT TIME OF INSPECTION VIOLATION NOTED:CONTRACTOR FAILED TO PROVIDE APPROVED PLANS (DRAWINGS) FOR$130
2002
2002-10-31CNTR — from JAMES BROWN HOUSE LLC to VENDOME, ANTONIO NINO
2001
2001-05-03Permit EW — ISSUED
1999
1999-11-10Mortgage satisfied — from LUNDBORG, CHRISTI; HAYMAN, RICHARD to CHANIN, HERMINE ANN
1999-04-09Mortgage $65,000 — from JAMES BROWN HOUSE, LLC to NEW YORK CITY HISTORIC PROPERTIES FUND, $65,000
1999-01-15Deed — from HAYMAN, RICHARD to JAMES BROWN HOUSE, LLC
1994
1994-03-11Permit EW — ISSUED
1993
1993-08-30DOB complaint, category ?
1980
1980-04-16Deed — from LUNDBORG, CHRISTINA to HAYMAN, RICHARD
1979
1979-02-22Deed — from CHANIN, HERMINE ANN to LUNGBERG, CHRISTINA; HAYMAN, RICHARD
1979-02-22Mortgage — from LUNDBERG, CHRISTINA to CHANIN, HERMINE ANN