420 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 154 311 service requests, 87 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 55 HPD complaints.
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A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 86% 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 129.2. In ZIP 10025, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% 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 | 1 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2024-09-26. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
15 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 15).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
43 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Outdoor Dining (14) · Noise (10) · HEAT/HOT WATER (5) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · Residential Disposal Complaint (2) · Real Time Enforcement (1).
$286,470 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (9 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 (1900) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (10) |
| 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) | Columbus Realty 953 LLC |
| Head officer | Jay Silver |
| Managing agent | Jay Silver |
| Last registered | 2025-09-16 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,271,000 | $571,950 |
| 2026 | $1,616,000 | $727,200 |
| 2027 | $1,631,000 | $733,950 |
The city's market estimate has risen 28% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dongbei | Chinese | Not yet graded | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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 | Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) — B C · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 106 St / Columbus Av — M116 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 107 St & Columbus Ave · 50 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 165 Robert E. Simon. 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.
953 Columbus 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 |
43 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 5 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: $900,000 on 2016-08-25 (lender: Signature Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-01 | Agreement $2,375,000 — from COLUMBUS REALTY 953 LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $2,375,000 | |
| 2017-08-24 | Agreement $2,850,000 — from COLUMBUS REALTY 953 LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $2,850,000 | |
| 2017-08-24 | Deed $4,554,000 — from 953 COLUMBUS LOF LLC; 953 COLUMBUS NYC LLC to COLUMBUS REALTY 953 LLC | $4,554,000 | |
| 2017-08-17 | Sold for $4,554,000 | $4,554,000 | $455,400 |
| 2016-08-25 | AL&R $900,000 — from 953 COLUMBUS LOF LLC; 953 COLUMBUS NYC LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $900,000 | |
| 2016-08-25 | Mortgage $900,000 — from 953 COLUMBUS NYC LLC; 953 COLUMBUS LOF LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $900,000 | |
| 2015-05-06 | AL&R $300,000 — from 953 COLUMBUS NYC LLC; 953 COLUMBUS LOF LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $300,000 | |
| 2015-05-06 | ASPM $2,325,000 — from 953 COLUMBUS LOF LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,325,000 | |
| 2015-05-06 | Mortgage $300,000 — from 953 COLUMBUS LOF LLC; 953 COLUMBUS NYC LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $300,000 | |
| 2014-05-13 | AL&R $2,325,000 — from 953 COLUMBUS NYC LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,325,000 | |
| 2014-05-13 | Agreement $2,325,000 — from 953 COLUMBUS NYC LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,325,000 | |
| 2014-05-13 | Deed $3,575,000 — from 953 COLUMBUS HOLDINGS, LLC to 953 COLUMBUS NYC LLC | $3,575,000 | |
| 2014-05-13 | Mortgage $582,714 — from 953 COLUMBUS NYC LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $582,714 | |
| 2012-03-08 | Agreement $1,775,000 — from 953 COLUMBUS HOLDINGS, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $1,775,000 | |
| 2012-03-08 | AL&R $1,775,000 — from 953 COLUMBUS HOLDINGS, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $1,775,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 35 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 21 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 46 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
Every one of the 420 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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