The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 55% 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 13.1. 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
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
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
2
’23–24
2
’24–25
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$2,530 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
What 311 hears from this address
24 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (9) · Dead/Dying Tree (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Animal (2) · Real Time Enforcement (2) · Illegal Dumping (2).
Filed construction activity
$76,075 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 (1905)
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)
CASTEGA-76-78 Horatio 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
$2,961,000
$1,332,450
2026
$3,017,000
$1,357,650
2027
$3,297,000
$1,483,650
The city's market estimate has risen
11% 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 2 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
14 St — A C E L · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 14 St — 1 2 3 F L M · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Greenwich St / Horatio St — M11 · 200 ft
Citi Bike
Washington St & Gansevoort St · 350 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.
24 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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: $100,000 on
1987-08-27 (lender: Ensign 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
1987-08-27
Mortgage $100,000 — from SMITH, MAXINE J to ENSIGN BANK
$100,000
1983-12-08
Mortgage $102,500 — from SMITH, MAXINE J. to LEVINE, HARVEY L.
$102,500
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
29
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
3
4
2
9
2018
0
10
14
3
27
2019
0
5
10
3
18
2020
2
1
3
1
7
2021
0
0
6
3
9
2022
0
0
3
3
6
2023
0
3
9
3
15
2024
0
4
21
4
29
2025
0
3
10
1
14
2026
9
5
0
1
15
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Job filed: FACADE REPAIRS AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.
2026-05-01
FDNY inspection (E-CIDS)
2026-04-28
Boiler inspection
2026-02-20
Permit Sidewalk Shed — Permit Issued
2026-02-19
Job filed: INSTALLATION OF HEAVY-DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH
2026-02-19
Job filed: INSTALLATION OF HEAVY-DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH
2026-01-20
ECB CLASS - 1 violation: UNLAWFUL ACTS; FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COMMISSIONER'S ORDER: DOB SECONDNOTICE OF VIOLATION #010626PI10201HZ, FOR FAILING TO PERFORM
2026-01-12
DOB complaint, category ?
2026-01-06
DOB violation C: FTC W/COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTROL#348058 VIO#123025PI10201HZ DATED 12/30/2025 REQUIRING OWNER TO PERFORM EMERGENCY WORK AS REQ'
2026-01-02
DOB complaint, category ?
2025-12-30
DOB violation C: EMERGENCY WORK ORDER-REAR FIRE ESCAPE SHERED 76 AND 78 HORATIO ST BLDGS, DISCHARGES SOWN TO REAR YARD @ 76 HORATION ST & IS OB
2025-12-30
DOB violation C: FTM BLDG IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER-OBSVD UP TO 4 WINDOW SILLS & 1 WINDOW HEADER IN DISREPAIR W/CRACKS OR MISSING PARTS @ FRONT
2025-12-17
Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-12-17
Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
The full timeline
2026
2026-09-28Permit Sidewalk Shed — Permit Issued
2026-09-28Permit Sidewalk Shed — Permit Issued
2026-07-28Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2026-07-01Permit Sidewalk Shed — Permit Issued
2026-06-30Permit Sidewalk Shed — Permit Issued
2026-06-05Job filed: FACADE REPAIRS AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$66,075
2026-05-01FDNY inspection (E-CIDS)
2026-04-28Boiler inspection
2026-02-20Permit Sidewalk Shed — Permit Issued
2026-02-19Job filed: INSTALLATION OF HEAVY-DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH $2,500
2026-02-19Job filed: INSTALLATION OF HEAVY-DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH $2,500
2026-01-20ECB CLASS - 1 violation: UNLAWFUL ACTS; FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COMMISSIONER'S ORDER: DOB SECONDNOTICE OF VIOLATION #010626PI10201HZ, FOR FAILING TO PERFORM$2,530
2026-01-12DOB complaint, category ?
2026-01-06DOB violation C: FTC W/COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTROL#348058 VIO#123025PI10201HZ DATED 12/30/2025 REQUIRING OWNER TO PERFORM EMERGENCY WORK AS REQ'
2026-01-02DOB complaint, category ?
2025
2025-12-30DOB violation C: EMERGENCY WORK ORDER-REAR FIRE ESCAPE SHERED 76 AND 78 HORATIO ST BLDGS, DISCHARGES SOWN TO REAR YARD @ 76 HORATION ST & IS OB
2025-12-30DOB violation C: FTM BLDG IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER-OBSVD UP TO 4 WINDOW SILLS & 1 WINDOW HEADER IN DISREPAIR W/CRACKS OR MISSING PARTS @ FRONT
2025-12-17Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-12-17Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-10-07311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Building
2025-10-07DOB complaint, category ?
2025-09-19311: Dead/Dying Tree — Planted More Than 2 Years Ago
2025-09-11311: Dead/Dying Tree — Planted More Than 2 Years Ago
2025-09-11311: Dead/Dying Tree — Planted More Than 2 Years Ago
2025-09-02311: Damaged Tree — Tree Alive - in Poor Condition
2024-12-12HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM N
2024-12-12HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY,
2024-12-12Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-12-09Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-12-09Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-12-03311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Building
2024-09-12311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2024-09-07311: Noise — Noise: Jack Hammering (NC2)
2024-09-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-09-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-07-17311: Noise — Noise: Construction Equipment (NC1)
2024-07-11Boiler inspection
2024-05-13311: Real Time Enforcement — Work Without A Permit - Occupied Multiple Dwelling
2024-05-13ECB CLASS - 3 violation: ELECTRICAL WORK WITHOUT PERMIT. AT TIME OF INSPECTION, OBSERVED WORKERS INSTALLING FLOOR TILES HEATING CABLES/WIRES MEASURING APPR
2024-03-30311: Animal-Abuse — Other (complaint details)
2024-01-17311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-01-17Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023
2023-12-12Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-12-12Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-12-07311: Noise — Noise: Construction Equipment (NC1)
2023-10-05Boiler inspection
2023-09-13311: Hazardous Materials — Chemical Odor (HD1)
2023-09-13311: Hazardous Materials — Chemical Odor (HD1)
2023-09-11311: Indoor Air Quality — Chemical Vapors/Gases/Odors
2023-08-30FDNY inspection (E-CIDS)
2023-08-29311: Real Time Enforcement — Work Without A Permit - Occupied Multiple Dwelling
2023-08-29DOB complaint, category ?
2023-05-24Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-05-24Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-04-18311: Noise — Noise: Construction Equipment (NC1)
2023-03-03311: Real Time Enforcement — Work Without A Permit - Occupied Multiple Dwelling
2023-03-03DOB complaint, category ?
2022
2022-12-13Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-12-13Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-08-20311: Dead/Dying Tree — Planted More Than 2 Years Ago
2022-07-27Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-07-27Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-02-24Boiler inspection
2021
2021-12-13Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-12-13Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-11-30311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2021-11-13311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2021-09-08311: Noise — Noise: Alarms (NR3)
2021-08-29311: Noise — Noise: Alarms (NR3)
2021-08-26Rodent inspection: Passed
2021-08-26Rodent inspection: Passed
2021-04-16Boiler inspection
2020
2020-12-23Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-12-23Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-09-03Boiler inspection
2020-05-09311: COVID-19 Non-essential Construction — Construction
2020-05-09DOB complaint, category ?
2020-02-24Permit Supported Scaffold — Signed-off
2020-02-21Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY PIPE SCAFFOLD AS PER PLANS. WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF THE NYC BUILDING CODE. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANC$5,000
2019
2019-12-26Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-12-26Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-12-21311: Emergency Response Team (ERT) — After Hours Work - Illegal
2019-12-21DOB complaint, category ?
2019-12-17311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2019-12-17DOB complaint, category ?
2019-09-30311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2010-02-09311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — VENTILATION SYSTEM
2010-02-09311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — FLOOR
2010-02-09311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — FLOOR
2010-02-09Tenant complaint: GENERAL — VENTILATION SYSTEM
2010-02-09Tenant complaint: GENERAL — FLOOR
2010-02-09Tenant complaint: GENERAL — FLOOR
2010-01-06ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK W/O PERMIT.NOTED:@ THE REAR COURT YARD A 7FT HIGH CONCRETE WALL APPROX 7'HIGH X 9'THICK X 18'LONG HAS BEEN BUILT & BUILT W/O
2008
2008-08-01DOB complaint, category ?
2008-03-27DOB complaint, category ?
2008-03-15ECB Non-Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE AGUARDRAILS THRU OUT 2ND LEVEL TO ATTIC UNDER APPL 103392847 DEMOLITION WORK IN PROGRESS FALL GREATER THAN 10FT
2008-03-15DOB violation C:
2008-03-15DOB complaint, category ?
2008-03-15DOB complaint, category ?
2008-03-14DOB complaint, category ?
2007
2007-12-29ECB Hazardous violation: EXIT PASSAGE OR CORRIDOR REQ WIDTH DECREASED BY OBSTRUCTION OBSTRUCTION NOTED:EXIT PASSAGEWAY FROM REAR BLDG OBSTRUCTED BY CONSTRU
2007-12-27DOB complaint, category ?
2007-12-10Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2007-09-29DOB complaint, category ?
2007-09-29DOB complaint, category ?
2007-04-02DOB complaint, category ?
2006
2006-12-18Agreement — from CONSTANTINE FOTOS to CASTEGA-76-78 HORATIO STREET, LLC
2006-08-16Agreement — from CONSTANTINE FOTOS to CASTEGA-76-78 HORATIO STREET, LLC
2006-06-16DOB complaint, category ?
2006-06-16DOB complaint, category ?
2006-06-12DOB complaint, category ?
2006-06-12DOB complaint, category ?
2005
2005-10-03DOB complaint, category ?
2005-09-15DOB complaint, category ?
2005-08-22ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK W/O PERMIT. WORK NOTED: HAVING ERECTED A PIPE SCAFFOLD APPROX. 30' H X 18' W W/O FIRST OBTAINING ALL NECESSARY APPROVALS AND
2005-08-17DOB complaint, category ?
2005-08-17DOB complaint, category ?
2005-05-16ECB Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT PERMIT WORK NOTED (1) ERECTED CORRUGATED STEEL & STEEL BEAMS FOR REPLACEMENT OF(3)NEW FLOORS INCLUDING ROOF (2) REMOV$500
2005-05-11DOB complaint, category ?
2005-03-30Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2005-03-30Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — BELL-BUZZER/INTERCOM
2005-01-03ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT.L NOTED:BLDG. AT REAR OF PREMISES ON WESTERN SIDE (1)REMOVED APPROX.15'-0"X12'-0" AREA OF RATED EXTERNAL MASONRY
2003-06-25ECB Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO SAFE GUARD PUBLIC PROPERTY AFFECTED BY CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS ALL WORK SITE IS NOW PERMITTED NOTED COMPLETE INTERIOR D
2003-06-05ECB Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG: NOTED:PREMISES HAS HAD COMPLETE DEMOLITION OF INTERIOR WINDOWS REMOVED LARGE APPROX 12X10 OPENING CUT IN
2003-06-05ECB Hazardous violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT NOTED:REAR BLDG 78 HORATIO STREET HAS HAD COMPLETE DEMOLITION OF INTERIOR APPROX 12' OPENING CUT IN FRONT BRICK
2003-06-03DOB complaint, category ?
2002
2002-12-03DOB complaint, category ?
2002-10-30ECB Hazardous violation: WORK W/O PERMIT HAZARDOUS NOTED: B ASSEMENT OF SAID STRUCTOR HAS BEEN EXCVATED NEW FOUNDATION WORK DONE LARGE SECTION APPROX 16X9
2002-10-30ECB Hazardous violation: WORK W/O PERMIT/ NOTED BASEMENT OF STRUCTURE HAS BEEN EXCAVATED, NEW FOUDATION WORK DONE. LARGE SECTION APPROX. 16X9 OF FRONT BRIC
2002-10-16DOB complaint, category ?
2002-10-15DOB complaint, category ?
2001
2001-10-03DOB complaint, category ?
2001-10-03DOB complaint, category ?
2000
2000-05-08DOB violation LANDMK:
1999
1999-04-15Deed — from CASTEGA REALTY ASSOCIATES to CASTEGA-76-78 HORATIO STREET, LLC
1996
1996-03-12DOB complaint, category ?
1995
1995-06-13DOB complaint, category ?
1995-04-24DOB complaint, category ?
1992
1992-04-01Deed — from LEVINE, HARVEY L. to CASTEGA RLTY ASSOC
1991
1991-08-05Mortgage assigned — from ENSIGN BANK F.S.B. to NATIONAL STATE BK
1987
1987-08-27Mortgage $100,000 — from SMITH, MAXINE J to ENSIGN BANK$100,000
1987-07-27Mortgage satisfied — from SMITH, MAXINE J. to LEVINE, HARVEY L.
1984
1984-03-22CERT — from LEVINE, HARVEY L.
1984-03-22CERT — from ROYAL ABSTRACT CORP
1983
1983-12-08Deed — from LEVINE, HARVEY L. to SMITH, MAXINE J.
1983-12-08Mortgage $102,500 — from SMITH, MAXINE J. to LEVINE, HARVEY L.$102,500
1983-04-25SAGE — from LEVIN, HARVEY L.
1982
1982-06-25Mortgage satisfied — from TEN W. 28TH ST.RLTYCORP to EAST RIVER SAVINGS BANK
1982-06-11Deed — from SULZBERGER, EDWARD; GOLD, ROBERT to LEVINE, HARVEY L.
1979
1979-02-28Deed — from TEN WEST 28 STREET RLTY to GOLD, ROBERT; SULZBERGER, EDWARD
1978
1978-03-15Agreement — from TEN WEST 28 STREET RLTY to EAST RIVER SAVINGS BANK
1972
1972-08-18Agreement — from TEN WEST 28 STREET RLTY to EAST RIVER SAVINGS BANK
1969
1969-04-29MISC — from GREENWICH VLLG HSTRCDST
1967
1967-11-22Agreement — from TEN WEST 28TH STRT RLTY to EAST RIVER SAVINGS BANK