A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 86% 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 16.7. In ZIP 11220, 69% 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
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: Noise (9) · Vendor Enforcement (4) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (4) · Building/Use (3) · Food Establishment (3) · Illegal Parking (2).
Filed construction activity
$575,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (14 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 (1931)
No
Six or more residential units (2)
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)
8 AVE PROPERTY INC
Head officer
SHUHUA WU
Managing agent
SHUHUA WU
Last registered
2025-07-09
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
$2,129,000
$127,740
2026
$2,286,000
$137,160
2027
$3,006,000
$180,360
The city's market estimate has risen
41% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
3 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food, Food Spoiled, Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
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
8 Av — N · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 8 Av / 58 St — B70 · 50 ft
Citi Bike
57 St & 7 Ave · 850 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: $2,900,000 on
2024-10-17 (lender: Cathay 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
2024-10-17
Deed $4,980,000 — from M&L CHAN CORP. to 8 AVE PROPERTY INC.
$4,980,000
2024-10-17
Mortgage $2,900,000 — from 8 AVE PROPERTY INC. to CATHAY BANK
$2,900,000
2024-10-17
AL&R $2,900,000 — from 8 AVE PROPERTY INC. to CATHAY BANK
$2,900,000
2024-10-07
Sold for $4,980,000
$4,980,000
$2,490,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
28
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
2
3
4
0
1
10
2018
0
3
6
0
1
10
2019
0
0
2
0
1
3
2020
0
0
4
0
1
5
2021
0
0
4
0
1
5
2022
0
0
1
0
1
2
2023
0
0
5
0
2
7
2024
16
0
7
4
1
28
2025
6
8
10
0
3
27
2026
0
1
12
0
3
16
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2025-06-06311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Building
2025-06-06311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2025-06-06DOB complaint, category ?
2025-06-06DOB complaint, category ?
2025-05-21Boiler inspection
2025-05-09311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Advertising Sign/Billboard/Posters/Flexible Fabric - Illegal
2025-05-09DOB complaint, category ?
2025-04-10Permit Sign — Signed-off
2025-03-15311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Building
2025-03-15DOB complaint, category ?
2025-02-24Job filed: Propose interior renovation at cellar & 1st floor commercial space of eating & drinking establishment with new partition work and finish work as per p$104,000
2025-02-24Job filed: Propose plumbing work at cellar & 1st floor commercial space of eating & drinking establishment as per plan. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.$15,000
2025-02-12311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2025-01-13Job filed: PROPOSED BOILER WORK TYPE IN CONJUNCTION WITH DOB JOB# B01130773. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$8,000
2025-01-12Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-01-08Job filed: Propose interior renovation at cellar & 1st floor commercial space of eating & drinking establishment with new partition work and finish work as per p$104,000
2025-01-08Job filed: Propose plumbing work at cellar & 1st floor commercial space of eating & drinking establishment as per plan. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.$15,000
2024
2024-12-26Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2024-12-26Permit Mechanical Systems — Permit Issued
2024-12-04HPD 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
2024-12-02Job filed: RENOVATION ON 2ND, 3RD FLOOR AND CELLAR BOILER ROOM. REPAIR FLOOR, WALL AND PAINTING AS REQUIRED. PLUMBING AND BOILER WORK TYPE WILL BE FILED UNDER SE$80,000
2024-11-27Job filed: INSTALL AN NEW ILLUMINATED SIGN READ "JIAN BAO INC"AS PER PLAN. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, AND OCCUPANCY.$2,000
2024-11-08Permit Boiler Equipment — Signed-off
2024-11-06Permit Plumbing — Signed-off
2024-11-05Job filed: PROPOSED BOILER WORK TYPE IN CONJUNCTION WITH DOB JOB# B01130773. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$8,000
2024-10-29Permit Mechanical Systems — Permit Issued
2024-10-28Permit General Construction — Signed-off
2024-10-28Permit Plumbing — Permit Issued
2024-10-25Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2024-10-24Job filed: RENOVATION ON 2ND, 3RD FLOOR AND CELLAR BOILER ROOM. REPAIR FLOOR, WALL AND PAINTING AS REQUIRED. PLUMBING AND BOILER WORK TYPE WILL BE FILED UNDER SE$80,000
2024-10-24Job filed: PROPOSED PLUMBING WORK TYPE IN CONJUNCTION WITH DOB JOB# B01130773. GAS AND PLUMBING WORK AS PER PLAN. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$30,000
2024-10-23Job filed: Propose interior renovation at cellar & 1st floor commercial space of eating & drinking establishment with new partition work and finish work as per p$104,000
2024-10-23Job filed: Propose plumbing work at cellar & 1st floor commercial space of eating & drinking establishment as per plan. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.$15,000
2024-10-23Job filed: Propose mechanical work at existing commercial space of eating & drinking establishment as per plan. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.$5,000
2024-10-17Deed $4,980,000 — from M&L CHAN CORP. to 8 AVE PROPERTY INC.$4,980,000
2024-10-17Mortgage $2,900,000 — from 8 AVE PROPERTY INC. to CATHAY BANK$2,900,000
2024-10-17AL&R $2,900,000 — from 8 AVE PROPERTY INC. to CATHAY BANK$2,900,000
2017-11-01Job filed: INSTALL NEW AWNING AT EXISTING STOREFRONT. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, AND OCCUPANCY.$5,000
2017-09-15311: Noise — Noise: lawn care equipment (NCL)
2017-09-14311: Noise — Noise: lawn care equipment (NCL)
2017-09-13311: Noise — Noise: lawn care equipment (NCL)
2017-08-28ECB CLASS - 3 violation: WORK W/O PERMIT.MULTIPLE SIGNS INSTALLED ON FACADE OF BLDG ALL IN CHINESE WRITING.AWNING INSTALLED 20'X 3'.SIGNS INSTALLED ON 1ST
2017-08-02ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE UNOBSTRUCTED EXIT PASSAGEWAY.NOTE:AT EXPO#1 FIRE ESCAPE IS OBSTRUCTED BY/WITH SIGNS.PREVENTING FIRE SERVICES AC$1,200
2017-08-02ECB CLASS - 3 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT.NOTE:AT EXPO#1 BUSINESS SIGN ERRECTE APPROXIMATELEY 3FT HIGH,10FT LONG,WITH METAL FRAME,SIGN IN CHINESE RED,
2017-02-07311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2016
2016-08-19311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign/Awning/Marquee - Illegal/No Permit
2016-08-19DOB complaint, category ?
2016-07-10311: Building/Use — Illegal. Commercial Use In Resident Zone
2010-10-21311: General Construction/Plumbing — Failure To Maintain
2010-10-21DOB complaint, category ?
2010-10-18ECB CLASS - 2 violation: BC1704.1.1 & 27-132 FAILURE TO FILE A SPECIAL INSP STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY PRIOR TO PERMIT ISSUANCE AND PRIOR TO START OF WORK
2010-10-03311: Other Enforcement — E6 Commercial Waste Disposal
2010-09-25311: Other Enforcement — E6 Commercial Waste Disposal
2010-09-08Permit EQ — ISSUED
2010-09-08Permit AL — ISSUED
2010-09-08Permit FO — ISSUED
2010-09-08Permit FO — ISSUED
2010-07-22CERT — from FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPAN