A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 95% 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 44.7. In ZIP 10001, 68% of residential buildings hold an A and
6% 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
Open HPD violations
7 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2018-06-27.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
13 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Establishment (5) · Noise (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (1) · Food Poisoning (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (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 (1920)
No
Six or more residential units (3)
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)
338 Ninth Avenue llc
Head officer
Ismail Alomari
Managing agent
Mohamed Alomari
Last registered
2025-11-19
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
$2,221,000
$999,450
2026
$2,665,000
$1,199,250
2027
$3,198,000
$1,439,100
The city's market estimate has risen
44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick) 5 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Letter Grading, Food Contaminated) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since
2011 (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
34 St-Penn Station — A C E · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 9 Av / W 30 St — M11 · 150 ft
Citi Bike
W 29 St & 9 Ave · 150 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.
13 311 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.
Sales, deeds & mortgages
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $181,337 on
1991-02-14 (lender: Korea First Bank Ofny). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
1991-02-14
Mortgage $181,337 — from 338 ESTATES CORP to KOREA FIRST BANK OFNY
$181,337
1990-06-11
Mortgage $3,000,000 — from 338 ESTATES CORP to KOREA FIRS BANK NY
$3,000,000
1987-12-09
Mortgage $70,000 — from 338 ESTATES CORP to KOREA FIRST BK NY
$70,000
1987-01-14
Mortgage $250,000 — from 338 ESTATES CORP to KOREA FIRST BK/NY
$250,000
1986-10-09
Mortgage $110,000 — from 338 ESTATES CORP. to KOREA FIRST BANK/NY
$110,000
Ten-year activity
20100
14
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
6
5
3
14
2018
0
2
2
4
2019
0
4
2
6
2020
0
4
1
5
2021
0
3
4
7
2022
0
2
2
4
2023
0
6
2
8
2024
1
8
5
14
2025
0
6
3
9
2026
0
4
2
6
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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
2026-04-16
Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-12-15
Restaurant inspection: AARON'S CHINESE AND THAI — grade B
2025-11-17
HPD 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
2026-08-01311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2026-07-03311: Missed Collection — Bulky Trash
2026-05-05Boiler inspection
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
2026-04-16Rodent inspection: Passed
2025
2025-12-15Restaurant inspection: AARON'S CHINESE AND THAI — grade B
2025-11-17HPD 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
2025-06-04HPD 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
2025-05-09311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2025-04-08Restaurant inspection: AARON'S CHINESE AND THAI
2025-03-10311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2024
2024-11-22HPD 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
2024-11-04311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2024-10-22Restaurant inspection: AARON'S CHINESE AND THAI — grade C
2024-10-20311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Building
2024-10-20DOB complaint, category ?
2024-10-15Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-09-24Boiler inspection
2024-09-20311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2024-09-20311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2024-09-10Restaurant inspection: AARON'S CHINESE AND THAI · mice evidence
2024-04-01HPD 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
2024-02-26Restaurant inspection: AARON'S CHINESE AND THAI
2024-01-16311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-01-16Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023
2023-12-14311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2023-11-18311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2023-11-15HPD 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
2023-11-02Boiler inspection
2023-10-14311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2023-10-11311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2023-03-15HPD 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
2023-01-31Restaurant inspection: AARON'S CHINESE AND THAI — grade C
2022
2022-11-28Boiler inspection
2022-11-02HPD 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
2022-03-02Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-02-15HPD 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
2021-12-01Boiler inspection
2021-11-02Boiler inspection
2021-10-14311: Consumer Complaint — Retail Store
2021-08-06Rodent inspection: Passed
2021-07-08Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2021-04-01HPD 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
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
2020
2020-12-08Boiler inspection
2020-02-04HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE 1st ENTIRE APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 3FL, 3rd STORY,
2020-02-03311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-02-03Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-01-06311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2019
2019-12-20Boiler inspection
2019-08-03311: Noise — Noise: Construction Equipment (NC1)
2019-04-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-04-02311: Street Condition — Rough, Pitted or Cracked Roads
2019-03-19311: Street Condition — Rough, Pitted or Cracked Roads
2019-01-22311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018
2018-10-05HPD 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
2018-08-23Boiler inspection
2018-06-28Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-06-27HPD class B: § 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNS
2017
2017-12-26Boiler inspection
2017-11-16311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2017-11-06HPD 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
2017-10-12311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint
2017-08-30Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-03-08ECB CLASS - 3 violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT. WORK NOTED AT REAR OF BUILDING/BACKYARD OBSERVED WOODEN SHED WAS ERECTED W/O PERMIT. SIZE OF SHED APPRX10'LX5$200
2017-03-08ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. USE OF PROHIBITED DOOR AND/OR HARDWARE PER BC 1008.1.8, 27-371(J) NOTED: IN TH$500
2017-03-06311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2017-02-27311: General Construction/Plumbing — Failure To Maintain
2017-02-27DOB complaint, category ?
2017-02-27DOB complaint, category ?
2017-02-24FDNY inspection (SPECIAL-OTH)
2017-02-16FDNY inspection (RISK)
2017-01-10Rodent inspection: Passed
2016
2016-06-25311: Water System — NO WATER - WNW
2016-06-03311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2016-05-26311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2016-03-03Rodent inspection: Passed
2016-02-01311: Broken Muni Meter — Coin or Card Did Not Register
2016-01-15311: Broken Muni Meter — Out of Order
2015
2015-10-01HPD 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
2015-07-01311: Bike/Roller/Skate Chronic — N/A
2015-01-23311: Water System — NO WATER - WNW
2014
2014-10-29311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2010-12-23Job filed: INSTALLATION OF KITCHEN EXHAUST HOOD FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN CONJUNCTION OF MAIN JOB APPLICATION (JOB#:120532762). NO CHANGE TO EXISTING USE, EGRES$3,000
2010-12-06Permit PL — ISSUED
2010-11-19Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-11-19Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-11-16Job filed: RENOVATION OF EXISTING STORE TO A CHINESE TAKE-OUT RESTAURANT,MINOR PARTITIONS,COUNTER, WALL AND FLOOR FINISHES,PLUMBING FIXTURES , NEW BATHROOM AND K$74,730
2010-11-16Job filed: RENOVATION OF EXISTING STORE TO A CHINESE TAKE-OUT RESTAURANT,MINOR PARTITIONS,COUNTER, WALL AND FLOOR FINISHES,PLUMBING FIXTURES , NEW BATHROOM AND K$74,730
2010-06-22Rodent inspection: Passed
2009
2009-08-21DOB complaint, category ?
2009-06-29Deed — from ALO-MARI REALTY CORP. to 338 NINTH AVE., LLC
2003
2003-08-11Permit SG — ISSUED
2003-03-27DOB complaint, category ?
2003-03-06ECB Non-Hazardous violation: HAVING SIGNAGE (DOUBLE OR MULTIFACED) PROJECTING MORE THAN 18 IN ACROSS THE STREET LINE. REMEDY: REMOVE ILLEGAL SIGNAGE.
2003-03-06ECB Non-Hazardous violation: HAVING INSTALLED AN AWNING WITHOUT A PERMIT. REMEDY: REMOVE ILLEGAL WORK.
2003-03-06ECB Non-Hazardous violation: HAVING AN ILLUMINATED SIGN LARGE THAN 8 SQ FT. IN A WINDOW IN MI-5 DISTRICT.
2003-03-06ECB Non-Hazardous violation: HAVING ILLUMINATED AWNING/CANOPY SIGNAGE. HAVING AWNING/CANOPY SIGNAGE WITH A SURFACE AREA EXCEEDING 12 SQ FT. HAVING AWNING/CANOP
2003-02-13DOB complaint, category ?
2003-02-04DOB complaint, category ?
2002
2002-03-26DOB violation LL6291:
2001
2001-10-05Permit EW — ISSUED
2001-09-26Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY.$2,000
2001-02-27DOB violation LL6291:
1999
1999-03-16DOB violation LL6291:
1999-03-15Permit EW — ISSUED
1999-02-19Permit PL — ISSUED
1998
1998-08-25Permit EW — ISSUED
1998-08-25Permit EW — ISSUED
1998-07-10Deed — from 338 ESTATES CORP. to ALO-MARI REALTY CORP.
1998-07-10REL — from 338 ESTATES CORP. to KOREA FIRST BANK OFNEW YORK
1998-07-10Mortgage assigned — from KOREA FIRST BANK OFNEW YORK to SHAHRAN PROPERTY CORP.
1998-07-10Mortgage assigned — from KOREA FIRST BANK OFNEW YORK to SHAHRAN PROPERTY CORP.
1998-07-10SAGE — from KOREA FIRST BANK OFNEW YORK
1997
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1997-02-10DOB violation LL6291:
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1994
1994-03-18DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-03-18DOB violation LL6291:
1991
1991-06-22ECB Non-Hazardous violation: 32 CEILING NOT COVERED WITH FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL
1991-02-14Agreement — from KOREA FIRST BANK OFNY to KOREA FIRST BNK/NEWYORK
1991-02-14Mortgage assigned — from 338 ESTATES CORP to KOREA FIRST BK/NEW YORK
1991-02-14Mortgage satisfied — from 338 ESTATES CORP. to KOREA FIRST BANK N.Y.
1991-02-14Agreement — from 338 ESTATES CORP to KOREA FIRST BK/NEW YORK
1991-02-14Mortgage $181,337 — from 338 ESTATES CORP to KOREA FIRST BANK OFNY$181,337
1991-01-22DOB violation ES:
1990
1990-06-11Mortgage $3,000,000 — from 338 ESTATES CORP to KOREA FIRS BANK NY$3,000,000
1990-06-11Mortgage satisfied — from 338 ESTATES CORP. to KOREA FIRST BANK N.Y.
1990-06-11Mortgage assigned — from 338 ESTATES CORP to KOREA FIRST BK NY
1987
1987-12-09Mortgage $70,000 — from 338 ESTATES CORP to KOREA FIRST BK NY$70,000
1987-01-14Mortgage satisfied — from 338 ESTATES CORP to MGN RLTY CORP
1987-01-14Mortgage $250,000 — from 338 ESTATES CORP to KOREA FIRST BK/NY$250,000
1987-01-14Mortgage satisfied — from 338 ESTATES CORP to MGN RLTY CORP
1986
1986-10-09Mortgage satisfied — from MGM REALTY CORP to 338 9TH AVE RLTY CORP
1986-10-09Mortgage $110,000 — from 338 ESTATES CORP. to KOREA FIRST BANK/NY$110,000
1984
1984-03-28Mortgage assigned — from NUNEZ, MARIA to MEDALLION FUNDING CORP.
1982
1982-12-17Mortgage assigned — from 338 9TH AVENUE RLTYCORP to VAISMAN, MARTIN
1981
1981-05-28Mortgage assigned — from M G N REALTY CORP to NUNEZ, MARIA
1981-05-28Mortgage — from 338 ESTATES CORP to M G N REALTY CORP
1981-05-28Deed — from M G N REALTY CORP to 338 ESTATES CORP
1978
1978-06-09Mortgage — from M G N REALTY CORP to TARI FUNDING CORP
1977
1977-10-04Mortgage — from M G R REALTY CORP to 338 9TH AVE REALTY CORP
1977-10-04Deed — from 338 9TH AVE REALTY CORP to M G R REALTY CORP
1967
1967-02-06Mortgage — from 338 9TH AVE REALTY CORP to PELLEGRINI, LORENZO
1967-02-06Deed — from PELLEGRINI, LORENZO to 338 9TH AVE REALTY CORP