634 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 180 311 service requests, 177 HPD complaints, 160 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. More recorded distress than 59% 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 38.6. In ZIP 10029, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 12% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 35 total — 11 class C (immediately hazardous), 16 class B, 8 class A. Oldest open since 2009-07-10. |
| Active vacate order | 4 unit(s) under an unrescinded HPD vacate order |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
54 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 14 · winter 2024–25: 10 · winter 2025–26: 12). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
59 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (26) · Noise (15) · Consumer Complaint (4) · Drinking (3) · Vendor Enforcement (3) · Food Establishment (3).
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1910) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (28) |
| 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) | PEREZ BROTHER CORP |
| Head officer | SONIA M PEREZ |
| Managing agent | PEREZ BROTHER CORP |
| Last registered | 2024-11-19 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,406,000 | $1,082,700 |
| 2026 | $2,555,000 | $1,149,750 |
| 2027 | $2,659,000 | $1,196,550 |
The city's market estimate has risen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasteles Capy | Bakery Products/Desserts | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
3 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Temperature, Food Worker Hygiene, No Permit or License) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 4 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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 | 116 St — 6 · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 116 St / 2 Av — M116 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 118 St & 3 Ave · 800 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 155 William Paca. 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.
242 East 116 Street
| 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 |
59 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 26 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 | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 40 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 29 |
| 2020 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 2021 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 24 |
| 2022 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2023 | 1 | 39 | 6 | 46 |
| 2024 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 36 |
| 2025 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 51 |
| 2026 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
Every one of the 634 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
Explore: ZIP 10029 · Landlord rankings · How grades work · The map · The Mice Map