961 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 377 HPD complaints, 258 311 service requests, 150 HPD housing violations.
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A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 89% 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 175.4. In ZIP 10018, 62% of residential buildings hold an A and 8% 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 | 34 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 22 class B, 7 class A. Oldest open since 1991-10-31. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 1 case(s) pending in housing court |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2025–26: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
69 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (11) · GENERAL (5) · PLUMBING (5) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (4) · Obstruction (4) · General Construction/Plumbing (4).
$153,500 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 (1940) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (18) |
| 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) | 486 NINTH AVENUE, LLC |
| Head officer | JUNG P CHUN |
| Managing agent | ALAN CHUN |
| Last registered | 2025-08-27 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,458,000 | $1,106,100 |
| 2026 | $2,720,000 | $1,224,000 |
| 2027 | $2,655,000 | $1,194,750 |
The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.50 Pizza Store | Pizza | Grade Pending | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
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 | 34 St-Penn Station — A C E · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Times Sq-42 St — 1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 9 Av / W 38 St — M11 M34A-SBS · 250 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | W 36 St & 9 Ave · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 051 Elias Howe Middle: M.S. 297. 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.
486 9 Avenue
| 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
69 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 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.
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 42 |
| 2018 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 17 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 35 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 19 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 39 |
| 2023 | 2 | 7 | 183 | 1 | 193 |
| 2024 | 0 | 8 | 62 | 2 | 72 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 3 | 58 |
| 2026 | 3 | 6 | 54 | 4 | 67 |
Every one of the 961 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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