3,508 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,399 311 service requests, 1,152 HPD complaints, 411 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 68% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 10.9. In ZIP 10037, 35% of residential buildings hold an A and 13% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 147 total — 28 class C (immediately hazardous), 81 class B, 38 class A. Oldest open since 1986-08-13. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
166 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 24 · winter 2024–25: 104 · winter 2025–26: 24). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
5 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$8,750 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
476 service requests in the last three years. Most common: PLUMBING (90) · HEAT/HOT WATER (80) · Noise (35) · GENERAL (28) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (23) · Elevator (21).
$9,084,470 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (14 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 (1970) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (629) |
| 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) | RIVERBEND HOUSING COMPANY INC |
| Head officer | PRINCESs WALKEr |
| Managing agent | Metro Management Development Inc |
| Last registered | 2025-10-14 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $33,842,000 | $15,228,900 |
| 2026 | $35,979,000 | $16,190,550 |
| 2027 | $36,392,000 | $16,376,400 |
The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: MITCHELL-LAMA
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $10,097,265 a year ($27.23 per sq ft), operating expenses $5,869,986 ($15.83 per sq ft), net operating income $4,227,280. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 61/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
In the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary flood maps) — lenders typically require flood insurance here.
Hurricane evacuation zone 1 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
In the city's stormwater flood map only under the extreme-storm scenario (3.66 in/hr cloudburst with 2080 sea levels) — an Ida-scale event.
3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2012 (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 | 135 St — 2 3 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 138 St-Grand Concourse — 4 5 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 138 St — M1 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 138 St & 5 Ave · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 197 John B. Russwurm. 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.
2289 5 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 |
476 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 80 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: $3,500,000 on 2021-08-30 (lender: New York City Housing Development Corporation), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-30 | Mortgage $12,391,687 — from RIVERBEND HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $12,391,687 | |
| 2021-08-30 | Mortgage $8,668,313 — from RIVERBEND HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $8,668,313 | |
| 2021-08-30 | Mortgage $18,400,000 — from RIVERBEND HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $18,400,000 | |
| 2021-08-30 | Mortgage $3,500,000 — from RIVERBEND HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $3,500,000 | |
| 2017-02-14 | Mortgage $10,000,000 — from RIVERBEND HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $10,000,000 | |
| 2015-07-22 | AL&R $1,500,000 — from RIVERBEND HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $1,500,000 | |
| 2015-07-22 | Mortgage $1,500,000 — from RIVERBEND HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $1,500,000 | |
| 2015-07-22 | Mortgage $750,675 — from RIVERBEND HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $750,675 | |
| 2015-07-22 | AL&R $750,675 — from RIVERBEND HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $750,675 | |
| 2005-04-15 | Mortgage $8,399,679 — from RIVERBEND HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $8,399,679 | |
| 2005-04-15 | Mortgage $4,848,014 — from RIVERBEND HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $4,848,014 | |
| 1983-04-15 | Mortgage $2,783 — from RUTHERFORD, HAROLD LREV to DARTMOUTH PLAN, INC. | $2,783 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9 | 9 | 96 | 1 | 4 | 119 |
| 2018 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 1 | 4 | 69 |
| 2019 | 5 | 15 | 83 | 0 | 7 | 110 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 | 150 | 0 | 4 | 161 |
| 2021 | 22 | 14 | 144 | 9 | 7 | 196 |
| 2022 | 15 | 8 | 263 | 0 | 4 | 290 |
| 2023 | 6 | 10 | 244 | 0 | 10 | 270 |
| 2024 | 0 | 8 | 308 | 0 | 7 | 323 |
| 2025 | 0 | 7 | 372 | 0 | 8 | 387 |
| 2026 | 0 | 4 | 133 | 0 | 9 | 146 |
Every one of the 3,508 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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