A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 87% 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 20. In ZIP 11206, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and
17% 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
1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2019-05-13.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
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
2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (1) · Illegal Parking (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 (1931)
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)
WEST SOUTH REALTY,LLC
Head officer
SHLOMO KARPEN
Managing agent
KEREN STAR MANAGEMENT
Last registered
2025-12-02
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
$3,582,000
$214,920
2026
$3,660,000
$219,600
2027
$4,812,000
$288,720
The city's market estimate has risen
34% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 3 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
Lorimer St — J M · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Broadway — G · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Lorimer St / Harrison Av — B48 · 200 ft
Citi Bike
Lorimer St & Harrison Ave · 250 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.
2 311 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: $1,124,000 on
2019-07-05 (recorded via MERS, the industry registry; the lender is not named on the record). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2019-07-05
Mortgage $1,124,000 — from KARPEN, ESTHER to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEM,
$1,124,000
1998-03-04
Mortgage $260,000 — from ACKERMAN, SOLOMON to NORWEST MORTGAGE OFNEW YORK INC
$260,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
23
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & money
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Total
2017
0
0
0
0
2018
0
2
0
2
2019
14
5
4
23
2020
3
1
0
4
2021
1
2
0
3
2022
0
3
0
3
2023
0
1
0
1
2024
3
2
0
5
2025
0
3
0
3
2026
0
1
0
1
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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
2025-11-18HPD 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
2025-06-10HPD 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
2024-05-22DOB complaint, category ?
2024-05-21DOB complaint, category ?
2024-05-21DOB violation C: FOUNDATION WALL ON EXP 4 IS BULGING
2023-03-23HPD 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
2022
2022-11-07HPD 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
2022-03-08Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-02-25HPD 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
2021-04-09HPD 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
2021-01-11ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTAINED IN SUMMONS/VIOLATION#35502220J ISSUED ON 9/15/2020 AND TO FILE A CERTIFI
2021-01-08311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020
2020-12-09DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2020-11-27311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-09-15ECB CLASS - 1 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT.NOTED:OBSERVED AT EXPOSURE#1,A FIRE ESCAPED WAS INSTALLED AT THE ILLEGAL 4TH FLOOR LEVEL WITH DROP LADDER DE
2020-03-18ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COMMISSIONERS ORDER CONTAINED IN SUMMONS/VIOLATION #39002925Y ISSUED ON 05-14-2019,AND TO FILE A CERTIFICAT
2019
2019-12-12ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY W/ THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTAINED IN SUMMONS/VIOLATION#39002927H ISSUED ON 5/14/19 AND TO FILE A CERTIFICATE
2019-12-12ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY W/ THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTAINED IN SUMMONS/VIOLATION#39002925Y ISSUED ON 5/14/19 AND TO FILE A CERTIFICATE
2019-11-20ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONERS ORDER CONTAINED IN SUMMONS/VIOLATION #39002925Y ISSUED ON 05-14-2019 AND TO FILE A CERTIF
2019-10-25ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COMMISSIONERS ORDER CONTAINED IN SUMMONS/VIOLATION #390029271H ISSUED ON 05-14-2019 AND TO FILE A CERTIFICA
2019-09-18ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTAINED IN SUMMONS/VIOLATION#39002925Y ISSUED ON 5/14/19 AND TO FILE A CERTIFICA
2019-09-18ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTAINED IN SUMMONS/VIOLATION#39002927H ISSUED ON 5/14/19 AND TO FILE A CERTIFICA
2019-08-07DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2019-08-07DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2019-07-19Mortgage satisfied — from ACKERMAN, SOLOMON to NORWEST MORTGAGE OF NEW YORK, INC.
2019-07-18ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTAINED IN SUMMONS/VIOLATION #39002927H ISSUED ON 5/14/19,AND TO FILE A CERT.OF
2019-07-18ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTAINED IN SUMMONS/VIOLATION #39002925Y ISSUED ON 5/14/19,AND TO FILE A CERT.OF
2019-07-05Mortgage $1,124,000 — from KARPEN, ESTHER to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEM,$1,124,000
2019-07-05Deed — from WEST SOUTH REALTY, LLC to KARPEN, ESTHER
2019-06-20Deed transfer (nominal price)
2019-05-16DOB violation C: COMMISIONERS REQUEST FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION NOTED: ECB VIO # 35135665K FAILURE TO PROVIDE REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS, WITH FIRE GUARD
2019-05-15311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-05-14ECB CLASS - 1 violation: IN A FULLY OCCUPIED BUILDING NOTED REAR FIRE ESCAPE REMOVED AT 2ND AND 3RD FLOOR LEAVING BUILDING WITHOUT ADEQUATE EGRESS FOR 2ND,
2019-05-14ECB CLASS - 1 violation: NOTED 4TH FLOOR AND Q DECK PATIOS FRONT AND REAR ADDED TO BUILDING WITHOUT PERMIT. DEPARTMENT RECORDS INDICATE 3 STORY BUILDING. A
2019-05-13311: General Construction/Plumbing — Egress - Doors Locked/Blocked/Improper/No Secondary Means
2019-05-13DOB complaint, category ?
2019-05-13HPD class C: § 231 M/D LAW PROVIDE LEGAL SECOND MEANS OF EGRESS AND FILE APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL BEFORE DOING THE WORK AT 2ND AND 3RD STORY APARTMENTS
2019-05-13HPD class B: § 300, 301, 302, M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE PREMISES TO PRIOR
2019-05-11311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018
2018-10-24311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-10-18HPD 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
2016
2016-02-10DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2015
2015-11-16DOB complaint, category ?
2015-10-23ECB CLASS - 1 violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT.DOB RECORDS INDICATE BLDG AS A CLASS 4 WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE.AT TIME OF INSP.FOUND A 4 STORY MASONRY(CMU)BLOCK ST$500
2012-02-21311: Sanitation Condition — 12 Dead Animals
2011
2011-12-09Permit EQ — ISSUED
2011-12-09Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 25 LINEAR FEET OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED FOR BUILDING ALTERATION, FILED SEPARATELY. LIVE LOAD 300 PSF. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WI
2011-12-09Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 25 LINEAR FEET OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED FOR BUILDING ALTERATION, FILED SEPARATELY. LIVE LOAD 300 PSF. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WI
2010
2010-10-11311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2010-10-11311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2007
2007-12-05Deed — from SOUTHWEST PROPERTIES, INC. to WEST SOUTH REALTY, LLC
2007-12-03HPD 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
2002
2002-02-20Deed — from ACKERMAN, SOLOMON to SOUTHWEST PROPERTIESINC
2001
2001-08-30Permit PL — ISSUED
2001-07-20Permit AL — ISSUED
2001-07-20Permit EQ — ISSUED
2001-04-19ECB Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ENTIRE BLDG NOTE: A SEMI - DETACHED 2 STORY 35 FEET HIGH WOOD FRAMED BLDG HAS 3 EXTERIOR WALLS REMOVED CREATIN$800
2001-04-19DOB violation C: HAZARDOUS
2000
2000-11-06Job filed: NB
2000-11-06Job filed: NB
2000-09-28DOB complaint, category ?
2000-09-28DOB violation C:
2000-09-28ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK DOES NOT CONFORM TO APPROVED PLANS.NONCONFORMING WORK NOTED.BEARING WALL AT BLDG WEST COMPLETELY DEMOLISH.N/S EXTERIOR WALLS $2,500
2000-09-28Permit EQ — ISSUED
2000-09-08Job filed: ERECT TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION FENCE IN CO NJUNCTION WITH ALT:301047588
2000-09-08Job filed: ERECT TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION FENCE IN CO NJUNCTION WITH ALT:301047588
2000-08-07Permit AL — ISSUED
2000-07-20Permit AL — ISSUED
2000-07-11Job filed: Propose to convert existing store & 3 family dwelling to 3 family dwelling; cons truct interior partitions; install plumbing fixtures and related $20,000
2000-07-11Job filed: Propose to convert existing store & 3 family dwelling to 3 family dwelling; cons truct interior partitions; install plumbing fixtures and related $20,000
2000-02-08DOB complaint, category ?
2000-02-08DOB violation C:
1999
1999-05-09HPD 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
1998
1998-03-04Deed — from UNION AND LORIMER CORP to ACKERMAN, SOLOMON
1998-03-04Deed — from LUCAS, ANA; LUCAS, ALEJANDRO to UNION AND LORIMER CORP
1998-03-04PAT — from ACKERMAN, SOLOMON to KARP, SHLOM
1998-03-04Mortgage $260,000 — from ACKERMAN, SOLOMON to NORWEST MORTGAGE OFNEW YORK INC$260,000
1975
1975-05-15Deed — from AMARO HIPOLITO to LUCAS ANA; LUCAS ALEJANDRO
1969
1969-11-06Deed — from AMADO HIPOLITO to AMARO HIPOLITO