3,376 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,259 HPD complaints, 1,210 311 service requests, 499 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 95% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 95.2. In ZIP 10002, 64% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 155 total — 82 class C (immediately hazardous), 53 class B, 20 class A. Oldest open since 2019-03-25. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
253 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 99 · winter 2024–25: 113 · winter 2025–26: 33). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
6 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
360 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (123) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (59) · PLUMBING (44) · Noise (23) · APPLIANCE (16) · DOOR/WINDOW (15).
$781,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (10 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1898) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (124) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | Gouverneur Court Housing Development Fund Corp |
| Head officer | Cal Hedigan |
| Managing agent | Community Access |
| Last registered | 2026-03-13 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $12,964,000 | $5,833,800 |
| 2026 | $13,157,000 | $5,920,650 |
| 2027 | $13,482,000 | $6,066,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
| Energy grade (LL33) | F — did not submit required benchmarking data, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
In the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary flood maps) — lenders typically require flood insurance here.
Hurricane evacuation zone 2 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2018 (0 in the last three years).
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | East Broadway — F · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Delancey St-Essex St — F J M Z · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 14-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Madison St / Gouverneur St — M22 · 750 ft |
| Citi Bike | Madison St & Montgomery St · 850 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: Elementary schools in this district are not zoned. Confirm with the DOE's school search. |
Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.
621 Water Street
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Anything else | Anything else |
360 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 123 of them about heat or hot water.
311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.
Managed by COMMUNITY ACCESS — 19 buildings, 1,314 units. Grades across the portfolio: A2 · B5 · C5 · D2 · F1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1169 River Avenue | BX | 245 | B |
| 985 Bruckner Boulevard | BX | 215 | C |
| 111 East 172 Street | BX | 126 | C |
| 621 Water Street | MN | 124 | C |
| 1854 Cedar Avenue | BX | 106 | C |
| 1750 Davidson Avenue | BX | 74 | B |
| 1022 Rev James Polite Ave | BX | 68 | B |
| 1363 Franklin Avenue | BX | 67 | B |
| 1710 Vyse Avenue | BX | 65 | B |
| 772 East 168 Street | BX | 60 | D |
| 29 East 2 Street | MN | 54 | C |
| 258 East 4 Street | MN | 51 | A |
| 107 Avenue D | MN | 45 | A |
| 904 DeKalb Avenue | BK | 9 | D |
| 202 West 108 Street | MN | 5 | F |
| 190 Stanton Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 220 East 7 Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 255 East Broadway | MN | 0 | — |
| 315 2 Avenue | MN | 0 | — |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,426,557 on 2016-10-21 (lender: The Community Preservation Corporation). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-21 | Mortgage $1,426,557 — from GOUVERNEUR COURT HOUSING DEV. FUND CORPO to THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION | $1,426,557 | |
| 2014-11-06 | Mortgage $196,477 — from GOUVERNEUR COURT HOUSING DEV. FUND CORPO to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $196,477 | |
| 2012-07-17 | Agreement $8,180,548 — from GOUVERNEUR COURT HOUSING DEV. FUND CORPO to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $8,180,548 | |
| 2012-07-17 | RPTT&RET $8,131,137 — from NATIONAL EQUITY FUND 1991 LIMITED PARTNE to GOUVERNEUR COURT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN | $8,131,137 | |
| 2012-07-17 | Deed $81,805 — from GOUVERNEUR COURT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to GOUVERNEUR COURT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN | $81,805 | |
| 1993-01-29 | Mortgage $250,000 — from COUVERNEUR COURT L.P. to COMMUNITY ACCESS, INC. | $250,000 | |
| 1992-11-16 | Mortgage $250,000 — from GOUVERNEUR COURT LP to COMMUNITY ACCESS INC | $250,000 | |
| 1992-07-06 | Mortgage $6,368,724 — from 107-109 AVE D HDFC to CITY OF NEW YORK HDF | $6,368,724 | |
| 1991-07-15 | Mortgage $1,884,645 — from 107-109 AVE D HSG ETC to CITY OF NEW YORK HPD | $1,884,645 | |
| 1988-07-19 | Mortgage $3,000,000 — from 621 WATER ST CORP to YORKVILLE FED S&L ASSN | $3,000,000 | |
| 1987-05-05 | Mortgage $1,000,000 — from 621 WATER ST CORP to 421 WATER RLTY CORP | $1,000,000 | |
| 1987-03-02 | Mortgage $2,200,000 — from 621 WATER ST. CORP. to YORKVILLE FED S&L ASSN | $2,200,000 | |
| 1985-06-11 | Mortgage $90,074 — from 421 WATER RLTY CORP to GELLER, ARTHUR | $90,074 | |
| 1984-04-18 | Mortgage $159,926 — from 421 WATER REALTY CORP to EVANGELISTA, LOUIS | $159,926 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | 139 | 0 | 13 | 162 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 186 | 0 | 10 | 203 |
| 2019 | 0 | 10 | 163 | 0 | 12 | 185 |
| 2020 | 2 | 9 | 165 | 0 | 4 | 180 |
| 2021 | 1 | 4 | 92 | 1 | 7 | 105 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5 | 161 | 0 | 7 | 176 |
| 2023 | 4 | 2 | 234 | 0 | 10 | 250 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 342 | 0 | 13 | 357 |
| 2025 | 1 | 7 | 269 | 0 | 8 | 285 |
| 2026 | 4 | 6 | 139 | 0 | 6 | 155 |
Every one of the 3,376 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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