328 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 144 311 service requests, 47 rodent inspections, 38 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
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A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 77% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 67.3. In ZIP 10009, 59% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 1 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2026-07-27. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
13 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
2 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
84 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (58) · HEAT/HOT WATER (5) · Obstruction (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · GENERAL (2) · Panhandling (2).
$60,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1900) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (12) |
| 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) | TRIBOROUGH PRESERVATION LLC |
| Head officer | HERMINIO TORRES |
| Managing agent | C&C APARTMENT MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2025-07-03 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,445,000 | $2,000,250 |
| 2026 | $4,186,000 | $1,883,700 |
| 2027 | $3,961,000 | $1,782,450 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9) |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 2 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | 2 Av — F · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Delancey St-Essex St — F J M Z · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 12-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Avenue C / E 5 St — M9 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 5 St & Ave C · 300 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.
279 East 4 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 |
84 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 5 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 C&C APARTMENT MANAGEMENT — 215 buildings, 23,722 units. Grades across the portfolio: A53 · B80 · C52 · D24 · F4. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 215 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $141,117,864 on 2015-01-09 (lender: New York City Housing Authority), covering 9 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-09 | Mortgage $158,882,136 — from TRIBOROUGH PRESERVATION LLC; NYCHA TRIBOROUGH PRES. HOUSING DEV. FUND to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $158,882,136 | |
| 2015-01-09 | Mortgage $235,000,000 — from NYCHA TRIBOROUGH PRES. HOUSING DEV. FUND; TRIBOROUGH PRESERVATION LLC to FANNIE MAE | $235,000,000 | |
| 2015-01-09 | Mortgage $141,117,864 — from TRIBOROUGH PRESERVATION LLC; NYCHA TRIBOROUGH PRES. HOUSING DEV. FUN to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY | $141,117,864 | |
| 2015-01-09 | Mortgage $69,531,058 — from TRIBOROUGH PRESERVATION LLC; NYCHA TRIBOROUGH PRES. HOUSING DEV. FUND to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $69,531,058 | |
| 2015-01-09 | Deed $8,571,429 — from NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY to NYCHA TRIBOROUGH PRESERVATION HDFC | $8,571,429 | |
| 2015-01-09 | Mortgage $6,586,806 — from NYCHA TRIBOROUGH PRES. HOUSING DEV. FUND; TRIBOROUGH PRESERVATION LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $6,586,806 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 41 |
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 1 | 3 | 74 |
Every one of the 328 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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