224 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 89 311 service requests, 33 HPD housing violations, 28 HPD complaints.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 85% 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 1.7. In ZIP 10011, 68% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% 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 | 33 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 16 class B, 12 class A. Oldest open since 1986-06-30. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
12 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Homeless Person Assistance (2) · Dirty Condition (2) · Noise (2) · Encampment (1) · Residential Disposal Complaint (1) · Missed Collection (1).
$237,980 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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 (6) |
| 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) | JBE CORP |
| Head officer | JOE DOREN |
| Managing agent | METRO MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT |
| Last registered | 2025-09-11 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,448,000 | $1,551,600 |
| 2026 | $3,678,000 | $1,655,100 |
| 2027 | $3,878,000 | $1,745,100 |
The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2020 (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 | 23 St — C E · 150 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 23 St — 1 · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 23 St / 8 Av — M23-SBS · 200 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | W 22 St & 8 Ave · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 011: The Sarah J. Garnet Elementary School 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.
240 8 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
12 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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 METRO MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT — 178 buildings, 46,381 units. Grades across the portfolio: A122 · B48 · C4 · D1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 178 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $280,000 on 1994-08-10 (lender: Emigrant Funding Corp). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-08-10 | Mortgage $280,000 — from J.B.E. CORPORATION to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORP | $280,000 | |
| 1984-12-04 | Mortgage $48,000 — from HALPERN, EDGAR A. to SCHECHTER, CORRINE M. | $48,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 45 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Every one of the 224 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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