A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 93% 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 33.3. In ZIP 11211, 58% of residential buildings hold an A and
7% 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
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
16 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Dirty Condition (5) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Illegal Dumping (2) · Noise (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · Indoor Air Quality (1).
Filed construction activity
$125,310 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (1 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 (1910)
No
Six or more residential units (4)
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)
314 SOUTH 4TH LLC
Head officer
ALAN MESSNER
Managing agent
NBM Management LLC
Last registered
2025-09-11
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
$1,259,000
$566,550
2026
$1,511,000
$679,950
2027
$1,813,000
$815,850
The city's market estimate has risen
44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since
2021 (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
Marcy Av — J M Z · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: S 4 St / Rodney St — B60 · 150 ft
Citi Bike
S 4 St & Rodney St · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)
Elementary: 319 (K-1), 414 (K-5). Confirm with the DOE's school search.
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.
16 311 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: $34,909 on
2023-11-17 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2023-11-17
Agreement $1,000,000 — from 314 SOUTH 4TH LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA
$1,000,000
2023-11-17
Mortgage $34,910 — from 314 SOUTH 4TH LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA
$34,910
2014-03-17
AL&R $1,200,000 — from 314 SOUTH 4TH, LLC to INVESTORS BANK
$1,200,000
2014-03-17
Mortgage $1,200,000 — from 314 SOUTH 4TH, LLC to INVESTORS BANK
$1,200,000
2004-01-12
Mortgage $30,620 — from MESSNER, ALAN to MERS
$30,620
2004-01-12
Agreement $30,620 — from MESSNER, ALAN to MERS
$30,620
2002-05-09
Mortgage $495,000 — from MESSNER, ALAN to FIRST FINANCIAL EQUITIES INC; MORTGAGE ELECTRONICREGISTRATION SYSTEMS
$495,000
2002-01-18
Mortgage $282,312 — from MESSNER, ALAN to FIRST FINANCIAL EQUITIES INC
$282,312
1996-08-29
Mortgage $188,000 — from WAGSCHAL, MEYER to CROSSLAND MORTGAGE CORP
$188,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
42
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
17
0
0
17
2018
0
0
40
0
2
42
2019
0
0
3
0
0
3
2020
0
0
5
0
0
5
2021
0
2
37
0
0
39
2022
1
0
6
0
0
7
2023
0
0
1
4
0
5
2024
0
0
6
0
0
6
2025
0
0
6
0
0
6
2026
0
0
12
0
2
14
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2024-05-12Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-05-12311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-04-15Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-04-11HPD 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
2023-11-17Agreement $1,000,000 — from 314 SOUTH 4TH LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA$1,000,000
2023-11-17Mortgage $34,910 — from 314 SOUTH 4TH LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA$34,910
2023-11-17Mortgage assigned — from INVESTORS BANK; CITIZENS BANK NA to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA
2023-11-17TL&R — from INVESTORS BANK; CITIZENS BANK NA to 314 SOUTH 4TH LLC
2023-11-17HPD 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
2022
2022-12-30Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-02-15Job filed: Renovate existing 2 story rear building and obtain new Certificate of Occupancy for Residential use.$125,310
2022-02-08311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2022-02-06311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2022-02-03311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2022-02-02Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-01-30311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021
2021-12-13City emergency repair (OMO): '' nyc hpd emerency operations division '' at public parts, vestibule door: public parts, vestibule door remove defectiv$250
2021-12-12311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-09-23311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-09-19311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-09-09311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2021-09-09DOB complaint, category ?
2021-09-09HPD class A: § 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES, BOTTOM
2021-09-09HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. ADJUST THE DROPLADDER SO THAT IT WILL SLIDE EASILY IN THE GUIDE RODS AT BUILDING REAR YARD AT FIRE
2021-09-09HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES FLOWER POTS AT 2ND AND
2021-09-09HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE AT BOILER ROOM AT CELLAR
2021-09-09HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIALS AT CEILING AT BOILER ROOM AT CELLA
2021-09-09HPD class A: § 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE AGE
2021-09-09HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007, 204.1 HMC CODE: ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2021-09-09HPD class B: § 27-2010, 2011, 2012 ADM CODE CLEANSE AND DISINFECT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AFTER REMOVING THE AT CELLAR FLOOR AT CELLAR
2021-09-09HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC: POST, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND MAINTAIN A NOTICE IN A COMMON AREA OF THE BUILDING REGARDING THE PROCEDURES
2021-09-09HPD class B: § 27-2087 ADM CODE - DISCONTINUE USE OF ROOMS FOR LIVING, DISCONNECT PLUMBING FIXTURES WHERE ILLEGAL AND PROPERLY SEAL PIPE CONNECTIONS , AT
2021-09-09ECB CLASS - 2 violation: OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY COFO AND/OR DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS RECORDS.PARTITION ERECTED AT CELLAR WALL.ILLEGAL ROOMS F
2015-10-14HPD class I: SECTION27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE ?27-2097 AND IS THER
2010-10-01HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR ENTIRE CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST L
2006-07-11City emergency repair (OMO): as per rc #2006001254204 (enviro-probe, inc.), perform total lead analysis of 10 dust wipe sample(s) via environmental p$38
2006-06-20City emergency repair (HWO): doh clean & dust wipe only: rm # 1 first floor public hallway from bldg entrance foyer-floor rm # 2 bldg entrance foyer $410
2006-02-01DOB complaint, category ?
2005
2005-12-18Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2005-11-01HPD 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
2005-10-31Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2005-10-31Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2004
2004-07-13HPD class A: SECTION 27-2011 ADM CODE CLEANSE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE FLOOR AND STAIRS ALL STORIES AT PUBLIC HALL