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257 West 11th Street

Walk-up · built around 1861 · 3 floors · 3 apartments City tax lot record

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None on recordHPD violations
0Heat or hot water complaints in the last two winters

One thing to know

  • The most recent deed (Dec 19, 1995) names Jewett, Ellen and Kauffman, L. Richard as buyer.

    Official recordSee the records

Good signs

  • No HPD violations on record.

    Official recordSee the records

  • No heat or hot water complaints in the last two heating seasons (2025–26 and 2024–25).

    Derived by PRASee the records

  • No executed evictions on record for this building.

    Official recordSee the records

Compared with West Village

  • About as many open HPD violations per apartment as most West Village buildings PRA has checked (0 here)

  • About as many open HPD violations rated hazardous or immediately hazardous per apartment as most West Village buildings PRA has checked (0 here)

  • About as many heat and hot water complaints in the last 12 months per apartment as most West Village buildings PRA has checked (0 here)

Derived by PRACompared with 1,835 other buildings PRA has loaded in West Village, as of Oct 26, 2026. Ranked per apartment, so building size doesn't decide the order.

Questions to ask the landlord

Built from this building's records. Bring them to the viewing or send them before you apply. You can bring these records up when you negotiate rent or repairs.

  • Is this apartment rent-stabilized, and can I see its rent history?

    PRA has no rent records yet. Rent stabilization limits how much rent can rise. Ask the landlord for the apartment's registered rent history; once you're the tenant, you can request it from NYS HCR yourself.

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Jewett, Ellen and Kauffman, L. Richard

Buyer on the Dec 1995 deed

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Living conditions

Violations are issued by inspectors. Complaints are what residents reported; a complaint alone does not mean a problem was found.

Living here and something needs fixing? Ask for a repair in writing.

HPD housing code violations

No recordsHPD has no violations on record for this building.

Mice, rats, roaches and bedbugs

  • City rat inspectors checked this property 3 times since Oct 2023 and found no signs of rats. Official record
Sources

Looks at records from 2023-10-27 on. Violations are what HPD inspectors found; rat inspections are the health department's checks of the property as a whole, not of one apartment; the bedbug filing is what the owner reported to HPD; complaints are what residents reported, and a complaint alone does not mean a problem was found. These overlap (a rat complaint usually leads to an inspection), so PRA never adds them together.

Source
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: Rodent Inspection (p937-wjvj)
Records
3 records: PC8688506:2026-04-07T12:28:24.000, PC8502828:2025-03-12T12:37:08.000, PC8305404:2024-04-16T11:40:49.000
Record date
Apr 7, 2026
Retrieved
Oct 23, 2026
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Heat and hot water

No recordsNo heat or hot water complaints were made to 311 in these seasons.
Heating season (Oct 1 to May 31)311 complaintsDistinct days
2026–27 (in progress)00
2025–2600
2024–2500
2023–2400

Derived by PRA Counted by PRA from 311 records. No “high” or “low” label is shown here; see “Compared with the neighborhood” near the top for how this building compares with others nearby.

Why am I seeing this?

Counts 311 HEAT/HOT WATER service requests whose created date falls in each heating season (October 1 to May 31). Each 311 request id is counted once. "Distinct days" counts calendar days with at least one request, since several tenants may call about the same outage. HPD's own complaint records overlap with 311 and are shown separately, never added to this count.

Method
derive:heat_season@1 with rule:nyc/heating-season@2026-10-06
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Complaints to HPD

HPD receives many housing complaints through 311, so these overlap with the 311 counts below. PRA never adds the two together.

No recordsHPD has no complaints on record for this building.

Complaints to 311

12 service requests since Aug 5, 2020, by category. They overlap with the HPD complaints above.

  • Other12
All 311 records
Source
NYC 311 (Office of Technology and Innovation): 311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present (erm2-nwe9)
Records
12 records: 69561979, 64880616, 64876655, 64333121, 63780470, 59568854, 56579832, 53390955, 52550293, 52544921, 47114664, 47123976
Record date
Jul 1, 2026
Retrieved
Oct 9, 2026
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Buildings Department violations, housing court cases and evictions

2 records

Department of Buildings violations

0 active of 2 on record.

  • Oct 17, 1984 · closed · Building-wide
    DOB violation (LANDMRK)
    LANDMRK-LANDMARK NONE
    Source
    Source
    NYC Department of Buildings: DOB Violations (3h2n-5cm9)
    Record
    109478
    Record date
    Oct 17, 1984
    Retrieved
    Oct 9, 2026
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  • Oct 17, 1984 · closed · Building-wide
    DOB violation (LANDMK)
    LANDMK-LANDMARK NONE
    Source
    Source
    NYC Department of Buildings: DOB Violations (3h2n-5cm9)
    Record
    497445
    Record date
    Oct 17, 1984
    Retrieved
    Oct 9, 2026
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Housing court cases brought by HPD

No recordsHPD's Housing Litigation Division has no cases on record for this building.

Executed evictions

Shown as yearly counts for the whole building only. PRA never shows which apartment, to protect households.

No recordsNo executed evictions are on record for this building.

Categories such as “Heat and hot water” are PRA's grouping of each agency's own complaint types; the original type is kept on every record.

Know your rights

Rules that apply to renters across New York City, not findings about this building. Each one names the law or rule it comes from.

Every renter

  • Your landlord has to keep it livable

    Every lease in New York, written or spoken, comes with a promise that the apartment and shared areas are fit to live in and not dangerous to your health or safety. You can't sign that promise away.

    Official recordNY Real Property Law §235-b, checked Oct 19, 2026

  • Put repair problems on the record

    A complaint to the city (311 in NYC) creates a dated record and can lead to an inspection. Those records are what PRA shows.

    Official recordNYC HPD / 311, checked Oct 19, 2026

  • There's public money for repairs

    Owners can apply to city programs for repairs. J-51 lowers property taxes for renovating apartment buildings. HPD's lead program offers loans that can be forgiven, averaging $10,000 per apartment, for buildings built before 1960. Each program has its own rules.

    Official recordNYC Finance (J-51); NYC HPD owner resources, checked Oct 19, 2026

If your apartment is rent-stabilized

PRA can't tell yet which apartments are rent-stabilized. Ask the landlord, or check your lease.

  • Apartment upgrades have a limit

    If your apartment is rent-stabilized, the owner can raise the rent to pay for work inside it, up to $30,000 of work. That's at most about $179 a month. For a vacant apartment the state approved first, the limit is $50,000, at most about $347 a month. These increases are permanent.

    Official recordNY HCR Fact Sheet 26 (rules since Oct 17, 2024), checked Oct 19, 2026

  • Ask for the receipts

    If your apartment is rent-stabilized and your new rent includes an increase for apartment improvements, you can ask the owner for proof of the work by certified mail, when you're offered the lease or within 60 days of signing. The owner has 30 days to send it.

    Official recordNY HCR Fact Sheet 26, checked Oct 19, 2026

  • Building-wide upgrades: 2% a year at most

    If your apartment is rent-stabilized, the state can approve a rent increase for work on the whole building, like a new boiler or roof. It's capped at 2% a year and comes off the rent after 30 years.

    Official recordNY HCR Fact Sheet 24, checked Oct 19, 2026

Ask for a repair

Fill in the blanks for a polite, dated message to the owner or manager. It names the problems, points to the law and asks for a date.

Problems

Your message

Subject: Repair request for 257 West 11th Street

Hi [owner or manager's name], I'm writing about these problems in my apartment or the building at 257 West 11th Street: - [problem], since [date] Under New York law (Real Property Law §235-b), the apartment and shared areas have to be kept fit to live in. Please let me know by [date] when the repairs will be done. If cost is a concern, there are public programs for repairs, such as NYC Finance's J-51 tax benefit (https://www.nyc.gov/site/finance/property/benefits-j51.page) and HPD's repair loans (https://www.nyc.gov/assets/hpd/downloads/pdfs/services/property-owner-landlord-resources.pdf). I'm keeping a copy of this message. Thank you, [your name]

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  • Send it in writing and keep a copy. A text or email has a date on it.
  • If nothing happens, you can file a complaint with 311, which creates a city record.
  • For the paperwork request, the rule is certified mail within 60 days of signing.

General information, not legal advice.

Who owns it

Who the records say owns and manages this building, how that changed, and what else those organizations appear on.

Owner of record

Jewett, Ellen and Kauffman, L. Richard

Official record Buyer on the most recent deed, dated Dec 19, 1995.

Deed record
Source
NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
Record
FT_1470004974347
Record date
Dec 19, 1995
Retrieved
Oct 9, 2026
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No sale price on the Dec 1995 deed. Official record Prices as written on the recorded deeds. A deed with no price is often a transfer between related parties.

Landlord registration

Source unreachableRegistration Contacts could not be reached, so PRA cannot say whether records exist. This is not the same as no records.

Connections, registration contacts and recorded documents

9 documents

Connections

Organizations connected to 257 West 11th Street, Manhattan, NY 10014Chase Manhattan Bank: Mortgage party; also on 184 other building(s). Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.: Mortgage party, Mortgage party; also on 18 other building(s). Dime Savings Bank Ofnew York: Mortgage party, Mortgage party; also on 89 other building(s)294 West 4th Street83 Charles Street22 Charlton Street321 West 12th Street77 Charles Street292 West 4th StreetChase Manhattan BankMortgage partyChase Manhattan Bank, N.A.Mortgage partyDime Savings Bank Ofnew Y…Mortgage partyThis257 West 11th Street

Connections link organizations to buildings only where a public record names them, such as a deed or an HPD registration. Another building that shares an owner name or managing agent is a lead worth checking, not proof that the same people control both. PRA compares exact organization names only, and only among buildings it has already retrieved.

Registration details

Source unreachableRegistration Contacts could not be reached, so PRA cannot say whether records exist. This is not the same as no records.

Sales and recorded documents

DateDocumentPartiesAmount
Dec 19, 1995Deed
Source
Source
NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
Record
FT_1470004974347
Record date
Dec 19, 1995
Retrieved
Oct 9, 2026
Seller (grantor): Beltran Andrea
Seller (grantor): Beltran, Javier
Buyer (grantee): Jewett, Ellen
Buyer (grantee): Kauffman, L. Richard
Not listed
Jun 3, 1991Deed
Source
Source
NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
Record
FT_1750000372375
Record date
Jun 3, 1991
Retrieved
Oct 9, 2026
Seller (grantor): Marbury, Jane M
Seller (grantor): Wellschlager, Earl
Buyer (grantee): Beltran, Andrea
Buyer (grantee): Berltran, Javier Dr.
Not listed
unknown dateAssignment of mortgage
Source
Source
NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
Record
FT_1800004258680
Retrieved
Oct 9, 2026
Party: Chase Manhattan Bank
Party: Citibank, NA
Not listed
unknown dateMISC
Source
Source
NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
Record
FT_1860008458086
Retrieved
Oct 9, 2026
Party: Greenwich Vllg Hstrcdst
Not listed
unknown datePAT
Source
Source
NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
Record
FT_1230004973123
Retrieved
Oct 9, 2026
Party: Jewett, Ellen
Party: Kauffman, Richard L.
Not listed
unknown dateMortgage
Source
Source
NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
Record
FT_1760000372376
Retrieved
Oct 9, 2026
Party: Beltran, Andrea
Party: Beltran, Javier
Party: Chase Manhattan Bank, NA
$704,000
unknown dateSatisfaction of mortgage
Source
Source
NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
Record
FT_1760006513776
Retrieved
Oct 9, 2026
Party: Jewett, Ellen
Party: Kauffman, Richard L.
Party: Dime Savings Bank Ofnew York
Not listed
unknown dateMortgage
Source
Source
NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
Record
FT_1830004973283
Retrieved
Oct 9, 2026
Party: Jewett, Ellen
Party: Kauffman, Richard L.
Party: Dime Savings Bank Ofnew York
$1.3M
unknown dateSatisfaction of mortgage
Source
Source
NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
Record
FT_1690005056669
Retrieved
Oct 9, 2026
Party: Baltran, Javier
Party: Beltran, Andrea
Party: Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
Not listed

Department of Finance owner name (via PLUTO): Kauffman, L. Richard. Owner name from the Department of Finance as published in PLUTO. It can lag behind recorded deeds.

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Asking rents

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More detail

The building's full records, for anyone who wants to check the details. Nothing here changes what's above.

Building

Basic facts from the city's tax lot record. Facts are shown only when a source reports them.

3
Residential units
3
Floors
1861
Built (est.)
C0
Building class
Total units (incl. commercial)3
Lot area1,383 sq ft
Building floor area3,520 sq ft
Tax lot (BBL)1006230044
Building ID (BIN)1011358

Official record Tax lot From PLUTO 26v2 (tax lot record). PLUTO's construction year is an estimate for older buildings. It is not a certificate of occupancy date.

Source
Source
NYC Department of City Planning: Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks)
Record
1006230044
Retrieved
Oct 9, 2026
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Building or apartment?

Most public records describe the whole building, not one apartment. Building-level records still matter for every unit (heat, pests and building-wide repairs affect everyone), but only records that name this unit say anything specific about it.

Turnover

Not yet availableObserved listing turnover needs licensed listing data, which PRA does not have yet. PRA will not estimate turnover from other records, and listing activity alone would not show that a tenant moved out.

Timeline

Every dated record PRA holds for this building, newest first, ordered by when the event happened.

  1. 2026
    1. Jul 1
      Complaints
      311 complaint: Street Sweeping Complaint
      Inadequate Sweeping
      Source
      Source
      NYC 311 (Office of Technology and Innovation): 311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present (erm2-nwe9)
      Record
      69561979
      Record date
      Jul 1, 2026
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
  2. 2025
    1. May 7
      Complaints
      311 complaint: Missed Collection
      Trash
      Source
      Source
      NYC 311 (Office of Technology and Innovation): 311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present (erm2-nwe9)
      Record
      64880616
      Record date
      May 7, 2025
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
    2. May 7
      Complaints
      311 complaint: Street Sweeping Complaint
      Street Not Swept
      Source
      Source
      NYC 311 (Office of Technology and Innovation): 311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present (erm2-nwe9)
      Record
      64876655
      Record date
      May 7, 2025
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
    3. Mar 12
      Complaints
      311 complaint: Missed Collection
      Compost
      Source
      Source
      NYC 311 (Office of Technology and Innovation): 311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present (erm2-nwe9)
      Record
      64333121
      Record date
      Mar 12, 2025
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
    4. Jan 15
      Complaints
      311 complaint: Missed Collection
      Compost
      Source
      Source
      NYC 311 (Office of Technology and Innovation): 311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present (erm2-nwe9)
      Record
      63780470
      Record date
      Jan 15, 2025
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
  3. 2023
    1. Nov 27
      Complaints
      311 complaint: Street Sweeping Complaint
      Street Not Swept
      Source
      Source
      NYC 311 (Office of Technology and Innovation): 311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present (erm2-nwe9)
      Record
      59568854
      Record date
      Nov 27, 2023
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
    2. Jan 20
      Complaints
      311 complaint: Sidewalk Condition
      Blocked - Construction
      Source
      Source
      NYC 311 (Office of Technology and Innovation): 311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present (erm2-nwe9)
      Record
      56579832
      Record date
      Jan 20, 2023
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
  4. 2022
    1. Feb 16
      Complaints
      311 complaint: Street Sweeping Complaint
      Street Not Swept
      Source
      Source
      NYC 311 (Office of Technology and Innovation): 311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present (erm2-nwe9)
      Record
      53390955
      Record date
      Feb 16, 2022
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
  5. 2021
    1. Nov 17
      Complaints
      311 complaint: Missed Collection
      Trash
      Source
      Source
      NYC 311 (Office of Technology and Innovation): 311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present (erm2-nwe9)
      Record
      52550293
      Record date
      Nov 17, 2021
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
    2. Nov 17
      Complaints
      311 complaint: Missed Collection
      Recycling - Paper
      Source
      Source
      NYC 311 (Office of Technology and Innovation): 311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present (erm2-nwe9)
      Record
      52544921
      Record date
      Nov 17, 2021
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
  6. 2020
    1. Aug 5
      Complaints
      311 complaint: Homeless Street Condition
      N/A
      Source
      Source
      NYC 311 (Office of Technology and Innovation): 311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present (erm2-nwe9)
      Record
      47114664
      Record date
      Aug 5, 2020
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
    2. Aug 5
      Complaints
      311 complaint: Homeless Person Assistance
      N/A
      Source
      Source
      NYC 311 (Office of Technology and Innovation): 311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present (erm2-nwe9)
      Record
      47123976
      Record date
      Aug 5, 2020
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
  7. 1995
    1. Dec 19
      Ownership
      Ownership transferred, no price stated
      Beltran Andrea, Beltran, Javier to Jewett, Ellen, Kauffman, L. Richard. Recorded Dec 28, 1995.
      Source
      Source
      NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
      Record
      FT_1470004974347
      Record date
      Dec 19, 1995
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
  8. 1991
    1. Jun 3
      Ownership
      Ownership transferred, no price stated
      Marbury, Jane M, Wellschlager, Earl to Beltran, Andrea, Berltran, Javier Dr.. Recorded Jun 5, 1991.
      Source
      Source
      NYC Department of Finance: ACRIS Real Property Master (bnx9-e6tj)
      Record
      FT_1750000372375
      Record date
      Jun 3, 1991
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
  9. 1984
    1. Oct 17
      Violations
      DOB violation (LANDMRK)
      LANDMRK-LANDMARK NONE · Status: closed
      Source
      Source
      NYC Department of Buildings: DOB Violations (3h2n-5cm9)
      Record
      109478
      Record date
      Oct 17, 1984
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
    2. Oct 17
      Violations
      DOB violation (LANDMK)
      LANDMK-LANDMARK NONE · Status: closed
      Source
      Source
      NYC Department of Buildings: DOB Violations (3h2n-5cm9)
      Record
      497445
      Record date
      Oct 17, 1984
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
  10. 1861
    1. Jan 1
      Construction
      Built around 1861
      Construction year from PLUTO, an estimate for older buildings.
      Source
      Source
      NYC Department of City Planning: Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks)
      Record
      1006230044
      Retrieved
      Oct 9, 2026
  11. Unknown

Sources

Each source's status for this building. A failed source is never shown as “no records”.

SourceStatusRetrievedRecords
2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTAs)
NYC Department of City Planning · 9nt8-h7nd · updated with each decennial census
Not retrievedNeverNone
Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO)
NYC Department of City Planning · 64uk-42ks · updated several releases per year
OKOct 23, 20261
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development · wvxf-dwi5 · updated daily
OKOct 23, 20260
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development · ygpa-z7cr · updated daily
OKOct 23, 20260
Multiple Dwelling Registrations
NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development · tesw-yqqr · updated daily
OKOct 23, 20260
Registration Contacts
NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development · feu5-w2e2 · updated daily
Not retrievedNeverNone
Housing Litigations
NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development · 59kj-x8nc · updated daily
OKOct 23, 20260
DOB Violations
NYC Department of Buildings · 3h2n-5cm9 · updated daily
OKOct 23, 20262
DOB NOW: Build – Job Application Filings
NYC Department of Buildings · w9ak-ipjd · updated daily
OKOct 23, 20260
311 Service Requests from 2020 to Present
NYC 311 (Office of Technology and Innovation) · erm2-nwe9 · updated daily
OKOct 23, 202612
ACRIS Real Property Legals
NYC Department of Finance · 8h5j-fqxa · updated monthly
OKOct 23, 20269
ACRIS Real Property Master
NYC Department of Finance · bnx9-e6tj · updated monthly
OKOct 23, 20269
ACRIS Real Property Parties
NYC Department of Finance · 636b-3b5g · updated monthly
OKOct 23, 202625
Evictions
NYC Department of Investigation (City Marshals) · 6z8x-wfk4 · updated periodic
OKOct 23, 20260
Rodent Inspection
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · p937-wjvj · updated daily
OKOct 23, 20264
Bedbug Reporting
NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development · wz6d-d3jb · updated as owners file (yearly per building)
OKOct 23, 20260

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