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735 9 Avenue

1,330Records
20City systems
104Open violations
172.6Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10019 · Neighborhood: Hell's Kitchen
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1,330 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 418 311 service requests, 221 HPD complaints, 203 HPD housing violations.

BoroughManhattan 10019
Built1900
Floors8
Res. units25
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)735-739 NINTH AVENUEREALTY CORP.
BBL1010590036
BIN1082398, 1082399, 1082400, 1082401

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 88% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 172.6. In ZIP 10019, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

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B
C

Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations104 total — 15 class C (immediately hazardous), 74 class B, 15 class A. Oldest open since 2005-03-16.
Pending HPD litigation1 case(s) pending in housing court

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
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2
’25–26

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$625 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

98 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (60) · Non (3) · New Tree Request (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · Food Establishment (3) · DOOR/WINDOW (2).

Filed construction activity

$5,786,245 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (38 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1900)
YesSix or more residential units (25)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)735-739 NINTH AVENUE REALTY CORP.
Head officerGIUSEPPE GALVANO
Managing agent735-739 9th Avenue Realty Corp.
Last registered2026-06-25

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$7,008,000 $3,153,600
2026$7,591,000 $3,415,950
2027$8,571,000 $3,856,950

The city's market estimate has risen 22% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
HK Boxers NYCAmericanAMice evidence
Il DivinoMexicanA—
Omakase BY KoramiJapaneseA—
Shaking CrabSeafoodAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

4 restaurants · 2 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

2 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick), shared by 4 restaurants
3 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Worker Hygiene, Handwashing, No Permit or License), shared by 4 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

Flood exposure

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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2015 (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.

Getting around

Subway50 St — C E · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only)
50 St — 1 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: W 50 St / 9 Av — M50 · 50 ft
Citi BikeW 50 St & 9 Ave · 50 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 111 Adolph S. Ochs
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.

Report a problem to 311

735 9 Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

98 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,118,905 on 2015-09-19 (lender: The Dime Savings Bak Of Williamsburgh). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2015-09-19Agreement $3,000,000 — from 735-739 NINTH AVENUE REALTY CORP to THE DIME SAVINGS BAK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $3,000,000
2015-09-19AL&R $3,000,000 — from 735-739 NINTH AVENUE REALTY CORP to THE DIME SAVINGS BAK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $3,000,000
2015-09-19Mortgage $1,118,905 — from 735-739 NINTH AVENUE REALTY CORP to THE DIME SAVINGS BAK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $1,118,905
2013-07-09RPTT $1,810,281 — from METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC to T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH; T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH $1,810,281
2013-07-09RPTT $1,810,281 — from METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC to T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH; T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH $1,810,281
2012-04-03Mortgage $275,601 — from 735-739 NINTH AVENUE REALTY CORP. to DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $275,601
2012-04-03Agreement $2,000,000 — from 735-739 NINTH AVENUE REALTY CORP. to DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $2,000,000
2012-04-03AL&R $2,000,000 — from 735-739 NINTH AVENUE REALTY CORP. to DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $2,000,000
2012-04-03Mortgage $500,000 — from 735-739 NINTH AVENUE REALTY CORP. to DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $500,000
2005-09-26Mortgage $1,112,148 — from 735-739 NINTH AVENUE REALTY CORP. to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB $1,112,148
2005-09-26Agreement $1,900,000 — from FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB to 735-739 NINTH AVENUE REALTY CORP. $1,900,000
2005-09-26AL&R $1,900,000 — from FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB to 735-739 NINTH AVENUE REALTY CORP. $1,900,000
1998-10-06Mortgage $303,507 — from 735-739 NINTH AVENUEREALTY CORP. to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK $303,507
1995-01-19Mortgage $70,000 — from 735-739 NINTH AVENUEREALTY CORP to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK $70,000
1994-05-16Mortgage $575,000 — from 735-739 NINTH AVENUEREALTY CORP to KATZ, GILBERT; GALLANT, STANLY $575,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201774310345
2018815101070
2019187260455
202028142127
20211426530497
202234144903100
2023211410906150
2024689305112
20256111407128
202682820597
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The full timeline

Construction 190Enforcement 184Housing & tenants 867Ownership & money 35Health & systems 54

Every one of the 1,330 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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