140 recorded events, 1975–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 40 311 service requests, 22 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 19 rodent inspections.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 82% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 10. In ZIP 10037, 35% of residential buildings hold an A and 13% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 3 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1978-05-19. |
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.
19 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (16) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Consumer Complaint (1) · Sidewalk Condition (1).
$14,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1910) |
| No | Six or more residential units (3) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | VALENTINE & FORDHAM LLC |
| Head officer | JOSEPH KALIMIAN |
| Managing agent | VALENTINE & FORDHAM LLC |
| Last registered | 2026-01-21 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $473,600 | $213,120 |
| 2026 | $379,000 | $170,550 |
| 2027 | $455,000 | $204,750 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
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.
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 | 135 St — 2 3 · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Malcolm X Blvd / W 132 St — M7 M102 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lenox Ave & W 133 St · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet. 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.
434 Lenox 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 |
19 311 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 VALENTINE & FORDHAM LLC — 3 buildings, 10 units. Grades across the portfolio: B1 · C2. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 438 Lenox Avenue | MN | 4 | C |
| 436 Lenox Avenue | MN | 3 | C |
| 434 Lenox Avenue | MN | 3 | B |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,900,000 on 2015-06-08 (lender: Signature Bank), covering 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-02 | AL&R $3,000,000 — from VALENTINE & FORDHAM LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $3,000,000 | |
| 2017-06-02 | Agreement $3,000,000 — from VALENTINE & FORDHAM LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $3,000,000 | |
| 2015-06-08 | Mortgage $1,900,000 — from VALENTINE & FORDHAM LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $1,900,000 | |
| 2015-06-08 | AL&R $1,900,000 — from VALENTINE & FORDHAM LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $1,900,000 | |
| 2014-12-20 | Deed $1,122,000 — from MI REALTY HOLDING CORP. to VALENTINE & FORDHAM LLC | $1,122,000 | |
| 1991-11-25 | Mortgage $55,000 — from MI REALTY HOLDING CORP to BOOKLAN, GWENDOLYN | $55,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Every one of the 140 recorded events, 1975–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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