Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.
The building
1900
Built
6
Floors
43
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
HPD housing-maintenance violations
30
Open now
47
On record
9
Open Class C
11
Open Class B
10
Open Class A
Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2AIssued 2024-11-21
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF SCALDING HOT WATER EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM ALLOW TEMPERATURE OF 130F DEGREES. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3CIssued 2023-10-11
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC TILES AT EAST, SOUTH ,NORTH AND SOUTH WALLS IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3C, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3CIssued 2023-10-11
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE VINYL FLOOR TILES AT THROUGHOUT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3C, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3CIssued 2023-10-11
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3C, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 8 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 38 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 43 apartments.
18
19
20
21
22
23
2018 — 38 units registered2023 — 38
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.
Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.
No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
DOB building violations
0
Active
2
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
No active DOB violations.
311 complaints from tenants
32
All time
1
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water12
Plumbing4
Paint/Plaster4
Water Leak3
Unsanitary Condition3
Flooring/Stairs2
General2
Safety1
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-01-25 · closed
Paint/PlasterWall2025-05-26 · closed
Flooring/StairsFloor2025-05-26 · closed
Neighborhood crime
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
411
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
34
≈ per month
Felony106
Misdemeanor225
Violation80
NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.
Unpaid city fines
$625
Balance due (active)
1
Active violations
0
Lost by default
DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.
ConstructionClass 22022-12-28$625 due
Concern level3 of 4
High
019 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
033 open rent-impairing violation(s)
How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
170 HENRY STREET REALTY CORP
Head officer
KIN LAU
Managing agent
KIN LAU
1 other building share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
borrower 170 HENRY ST.REALTYCORP · lender HUNAM INN REAL EST ETC.
Sale1982-10-06no recorded price
HUNAM INN REAL EST ETC. → 170 HENRY ST.REALTYCORP
Sale1981-09-25no recorded price
CHIN, JAMES WA SUI, CHIN, PUI JUNG → HUNAM INN REAL ESTATE CO
Mortgage1981-09-25no recorded price
borrower HUNAM INN REAL ESTATE CO · lender CHIN, PUI JUNG, CHIN, JAMES WA SUI
Sale1981-02-09no recorded price
WA JUNG REALTY CORP → CHIN, JAMES WA SUI, CHIN, PUI JUNG
From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.
Neighborhood noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
1178
Noise reports · last 12 mo
98
≈ per month
63
% from neighbors
Residential744
Street/Sidewalk177
Commercial114
Unspecified87
Vehicle56
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.