327 recorded events, 1978–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 88 311 service requests, 66 HPD housing violations, 50 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 50% 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 16.7. In ZIP 10028, 79% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% 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 | 8 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 1996-04-18. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$3,120 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
12 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (4) · Consumer Complaint (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (1) · Illegal Parking (1) · Food Establishment (1).
$267,694 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (6 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 (1920) |
| 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) | 1661 FIRST AVE LLC C/O VENTURA |
| Head officer | ANTONIO VENTURA |
| Managing agent | ANTONIO VENTURA |
| Last registered | 2025-09-05 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,375,000 | $1,518,750 |
| 2026 | $3,600,000 | $1,620,000 |
| 2027 | $3,796,000 | $1,708,200 |
The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunkin | Donuts | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contains Foreign Object) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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 | 86 St — Q · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 86 St — 4 5 6 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown local only) |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 1 Av / E 86 St — M15 M15-SBS · 100 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | E 88 St & 1 Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: Yorkville Community School Middle: J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner. 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.
1661 1 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 |
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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $17,895 on 2019-08-02 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-02 | Mortgage $17,896 — from 1661 FIRST AVE LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $17,896 | |
| 2019-08-02 | Agreement $1,800,000 — from 1661 FIRST AVE LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $1,800,000 | |
| 2014-08-20 | Mortgage $1,718,118 — from 1661 FIRST AVE LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $1,718,118 | |
| 2014-08-20 | Agreement $2,000,000 — from 1661 FIRST AVE LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $2,000,000 | |
| 2014-08-20 | AL&R $2,000,000 — from 1661 FIRST AVE LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $2,000,000 | |
| 2014-08-20 | SPRD $4,300,000 — from 312 E 83 LLC; 1661 FIRST AVE LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $4,300,000 | |
| 2008-03-10 | Deed $1,200,000 — from VENTURA, GEORGE to VENTURA, VINCENT | $1,200,000 | |
| 2001-06-06 | Mortgage $499,999 — from VENTURA, VINCENT; VENTURA, GEORGE to FOURTH FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | $499,999 | |
| 1986-10-21 | Mortgage $499,000 — from MOINIAN, MORRIS to TOVIN PROPERTIES INC | $499,000 | |
| 1983-10-25 | Mortgage $50,000 — from TOVIN PROPERTIES, INC. to V.PONTE & SONS INC.ETC. | $50,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 52 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 59 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Every one of the 327 recorded events, 1978–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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