The owner filed 9 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
City debt & tax-lien sale
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.
Housing court
No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
1
Open now
4
On record
0
Open Class C
1
Open Class B
0
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 B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2009-09-245+ YRS OLD
SECTION 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNSET EVERY DAY TO SUNRISE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING 200 WATTS MINIMUM REQUIRED. AT FRONT AREAWAY
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 15 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 8 apartments.
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19
20
21
22
23
2018 — 15 units registered2023 — 15
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.
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.
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
311 complaints from tenants
1
All time
0
Last 12 months
Safety1
SafetyFire Escape2022-04-20 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Unpaid city fines
$0
Balance due (active)
5
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.
UnknownClass 22015-04-18$400 penalty
ConstructionClass 12015-02-25$1,600 penalty
ConstructionClass 22015-02-25$250 penalty
ConstructionClass 22008-08-09$1,200 penalty
Concern level2 of 4
Moderate
011 active DOB violation(s)
021 open HPD 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.
DOB building violations
1
Active
1
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
ACTIVE · P-PLUMBING NONE1990-12-12
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
BEST CHOW REALTY INC
Head officer
LEAI CHOW
Managing agent
BEST CHOW REALTY
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
This building and the landlord's others
This building
Ownership & money
4
Recorded sales
4
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale1999-03-12 · no recorded price
Most recent mortgage1999-07-26 · $114,833.28
Mortgage1999-07-26$114,833.28
borrower BEST CHOW REALTY, INC. · lender UNITED ORIENT BANK
Sale1999-03-12no recorded price
AI, LE, CHOW, AI-LE, CHOW, CHEUNG YUK → BEST CHOW REALTY INC.
Mortgage1990-05-15$300,000
borrower CHOW, AL-LE, CHOW, CHEUNG-YUK · lender UNITED ORIENT BANK
Sale1990-05-02no recorded price
ROM SUPPLY CO INC → CHOW, AI-LE AKA, CHOW, CHEUNG YUK, AI, LE
Mortgage1974-11-13no recorded price
borrower ROM SUPPLY CO INC · lender HERSZFELD, SAM
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
2495
Noise reports · last 12 mo
208
≈ per month
22
% from neighbors
Commercial1053
Residential555
Street/Sidewalk554
Vehicle180
Unspecified134
Park18
Helicopter1
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly commercial) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. 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.