161 Attorney Street

Manhattan · 10002 · BBL 1003500067

19.2/100LOW AREA PRESSURE

161 Attorney Street is a multi-family walk-up in Chinatown, Manhattan, ZIP 10002. City records date it to 1910 and count 18 residential units. The city's property file lists the owner of record as SJ 161 LLC. Its most recent total assessed value is $1.1M.

What the eviction record shows

No executed eviction is on record at 161 Attorney Street in the citywide marshal file, which runs from April 2024.

Rent stabilization at this address

No DHCR rent-stabilization registration is on file for 161 Attorney Street in the years PulseCities holds. Absence is not proof: an owner who stops registering leaves the same gap as a building that never had stabilized units. Checking your own apartment starts with the free rent history. How to check rent-stabilized status →

Open violations

HPD and DOB inspectors have written 17 violations against this building, of which 2 remain unresolved. The most serious open grade here is non-hazardous, with 2 open violations.

Classes run A (non-hazardous) to C (immediately hazardous); DOB class I carries a vacate order. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through August 26, 2026.

Building permits

WorkFiledType
ALPROPOSED INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY PIPE SCAFFOLD AS PER PLANS. WORK SHALL COMPLYJul 13, 2026AL
ALFeb 3, 2026AL
PLM+SPRINSTALLATION OF NEW SPRINKLER SYSTEM WITH PLUMBING WORK ON FLOORS CELLAR, 01 THRJan 8, 2026AL
PLNov 6, 2025PL

DOB job filings on this lot, past 12 months. Source: NYC DOB job filings, current through August 26, 2026.

311 housing complaints

11 complaints in the past 12 months

NYC 311 housing and building complaints logged for this address. Source: NYC 311, current through August 26, 2026.

How 161 Attorney Street compares in 10002

PulseCities tracks 1,672 lots in 10002, of which 90 carry an executed eviction from the marshal record, which starts in April 2024, and 51 carry a deed from the shorter ACRIS window. 10002 scores 19.2 out of 100 for displacement pressure, 144 of 177 scored NYC ZIP codes. The full signal breakdown for Chinatown →

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Questions about 161 Attorney Street

Who owns 161 Attorney Street?

The most recent deed on file for 161 Attorney Street names SJ 161 LLC. Deeds record the party that took title, which is often a holding company rather than the operator managing the building.

Has 161 Attorney Street changed hands recently?

No deed for 161 Attorney Street appears in the ACRIS records PulseCities holds. That means no transfer has been published for this lot in the current window, not that the building has never been sold.

Have there been evictions at 161 Attorney Street?

No executed eviction at 161 Attorney Street appears in the NYC evictions dataset, which PulseCities holds from April 2024 forward. Executed evictions are the end of the process, so a building with none may still have active housing court cases.

Is 161 Attorney Street rent stabilized?

No DHCR registration for 161 Attorney Street appears in the years PulseCities holds. That is a gap in the registration record rather than an answer about any apartment, and the free rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal is what settles it.

What is the displacement risk around 161 Attorney Street?

10002 (Chinatown) scores 19.2 out of 100 on the PulseCities displacement index. The score reads five ZIP-level signals: eviction rate, LLC acquisition rate, permit intensity, assessment spikes, and 311 complaint volume. It describes the area around the building, not the building itself.

Sourced from NYC public records: ACRIS deeds, DOB permits, the NYC evictions dataset, and 311. Records reflect what agencies have published and can lag events.