163 Mott Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00471-0048BIN 1006989

Concern level3 of 4

High

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
024 open rent-impairing violation(s)
032 DOB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 14 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 16 apartments.

2018 — 13 units registered2023 — 14

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1920

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building2 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2015-11-195+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR TO CELLAR LOCKED AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 15Issued 2015-11-195+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 15, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 9Issued 2008-06-125+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

D26-17.07 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES APT 9 4 STY SOUTHEAST KITCHEN & BATHROOM. , SECTION '' ''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 15Issued 2015-11-195+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 15, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1477

Noise reports · last 12 mo

123

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Commercial485

Residential423

Street/Sidewalk349

Unspecified139

Vehicle74

Park5

Helicopter2

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.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

731

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony286

Misdemeanor360

Violation85

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.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No annual bedbug report on file. Owners of buildings with three or more apartments must file one each year — its absence can mean a smaller building, or an owner that has not filed.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2015-12-22

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

KEN MAY CORP

Head officer

DANNY YEE

Managing agent

DANNY YEE

2 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

32 MOTT STREETMANHATTAN 83 ELIZABETH STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

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.

DEFAULTZoningClass 22023-08-02$6,250 penalty

DEFAULTConstructionClass 22023-08-02$6,250 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1970-01-23 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1970-01-23 · no recorded price

Sale1970-01-23no recorded price

JAFS REALTY CO → KEN-MAY CORP

Mortgage1970-01-23no recorded price

borrower KEN-MAY CORP · lender JAFS REALTY CO

Sale1966-05-11no recorded price

JAFS REALTY CO → JAFS REALTY CO

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.

Ownership & money

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.

City debt & tax-lien sale