The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 75% 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 4.8. In ZIP 10010, 74% 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
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
4 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (1) · Homeless Person Assistance (1) · Animal (1) · Rodent (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)
Yes
Six or more residential units (20)
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-211-213 East 21st Street, LLC
Head officer
Richard M Rubel
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
$2,605,000
$1,172,250
2026
$3,041,000
$1,368,450
2027
$3,414,000
$1,536,300
The city's market estimate has risen
31% 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 5 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
23 St-Baruch College — 6 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 3 Av — L · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 3 Av / E 21 St — M101 M102 M103 · 250 ft
Citi Bike
E 22 St & 2 Ave · 550 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.
4 311 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: $199,072 on
1983-08-02 (lender: Seamen's Bank For Svgs), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
1983-08-02
Mortgage $199,072 — from LEVINE, HARVEY L. to SEAMEN'S BANK FOR SVGS
$199,072
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
2019
2020
12
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
4
2
6
2018
0
5
3
8
2019
0
4
1
5
2020
0
4
1
5
2021
0
9
3
12
2022
0
9
1
10
2023
1
4
1
6
2024
0
3
2
5
2025
0
2
3
5
2026
0
1
6
7
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2020-08-06311: Damaged Tree — Tree Leaning/Uprooted
2020-03-12311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-03-09311: Damaged Tree — Tree Alive - in Poor Condition
2019
2019-12-26Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-12-08311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-12-08Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-05-03Boiler inspection
2019-01-21Bedbug filing: 1 infested units
2018
2018-10-24Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-10-11Boiler inspection
2018-06-18311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-05-10HPD 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
2018-04-30311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-02-15311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2018-01-03Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-01-01311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2017
2017-12-21311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2017-12-17311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2012-08-09HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE WASH BASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
2012-08-08HPD class B: SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR THAT IS MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APAR
2012-08-08HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CREAMIC FLOOR TILES IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1A
2012-08-08HPD class B: SECTION 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE
2012-08-08HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005, 2006, 2037 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR AND ABATE UNSAFE ELECTRIC WIRING CONDITION CONSISTING OF EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRING EAST WAL
2012-08-08HPD class A: SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT AP
2012-08-08HPD class A: SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL WALLS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT
2012-07-30311: PAINT - PLASTER — CEILING
2012-07-30311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — STAIRS
2012-07-30311: NONCONST — CARBON MONOXIDE
2012-07-30311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — CERAMIC-TILE
2012-07-30Tenant complaint: GENERAL — CERAMIC-TILE
2012-07-30Tenant complaint: GENERAL — STAIRS
2012-05-25Mortgage satisfied — from 213 EAST 21ST STREET CORP.; MELTZER, HAROLD; LEVINE, HARVEY L; SECOND CORONA CORPORATION; to CAROLYN E. COPLAN, EXECUTOR; MATTHEW LEVINE, EXECUTOR; ESTATE OF HARVEY L. LEVIN