248 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 94 HPD complaints, 61 311 service requests, 14 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 87% 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 1.3. 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 | 2 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1989-10-05. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$280 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
18 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Obstruction (12) · Water System (1) · Real Time Enforcement (1) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (1) · Noise (1) · Illegal Parking (1).
$6,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (1901) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (8) |
| 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) | Esposito Realty LLC |
| Head officer | John Esposito |
| Managing agent | KIZNER ASSOCIATES INC. |
| Last registered | 2025-08-08 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,083,600 | $1,837,620 |
| 2026 | $4,900,000 | $2,205,000 |
| 2027 | $5,880,000 | $2,646,000 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steak Frites Bistro | French | A | 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 | Times Sq-42 St — 1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W · 900 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 9 Av / W 38 St — M11 M34A-SBS · 150 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | W 39 St & 9 Ave · 350 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.
496 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 |
18 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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 KIZNER ASSOCIATES INC. — 32 buildings, 390 units. Grades across the portfolio: A24 · B6 · C1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 831 West 176 Street | MN | 41 | A |
| 238 West 56 Street | MN | 23 | A |
| 321 West 21 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 319 West 21 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 317 West 22 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 317 West 21 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 319 West 22 Street | MN | 19 | A |
| 718 Amsterdam Avenue | MN | 18 | A |
| 1492 2 Avenue | MN | 16 | A |
| 500 9 Avenue | MN | 15 | A |
| 74 University Place | MN | 14 | A |
| 774 9 Avenue | MN | 13 | A |
| 430 Columbus Avenue | MN | 12 | A |
| 31 West 70 Street | MN | 10 | A |
| 130 West 80 Street | MN | 10 | A |
| 134 West 80 Street | MN | 10 | B |
| 332 West 89 Street | MN | 10 | A |
| 9 Gramercy Park South | MN | 10 | A |
| 132 West 80 Street | MN | 9 | A |
| 509 9 Avenue | MN | 8 | B |
| 496 9 Avenue | MN | 8 | A |
| 667 10 Avenue | MN | 8 | B |
| 507 9 Avenue | MN | 8 | A |
| 126 West 75 Street | MN | 8 | B |
| 138 West 72 Street | MN | 7 | B |
| 147 West 72 Street | MN | 7 | A |
| 307 West 47 Street | MN | 6 | A |
| 136 West 72 Street | MN | 6 | A |
| 143 West 95 Street | MN | 6 | A |
| 83 Mercer Street | MN | 4 | B |
| 134 West 72 Street | MN | 4 | C |
| 560 Amsterdam Avenue | MN | 0 | — |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,400,000 on 2004-12-11 (lender: Astoria Federal Savings & Loan Association), covering 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-12-11 | Deed $925,000 — from ESPOSITO , ANN to ESPOSITO REALTY LLC | $925,000 | |
| 2004-12-11 | Mortgage $1,400,000 — from ESPOSITO REALTY LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI | $1,400,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 40 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
Every one of the 248 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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