2,196 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 847 311 service requests, 751 HPD complaints, 315 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 74% 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 57.9. 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 | 66 total — 7 class C (immediately hazardous), 37 class B, 22 class A. Oldest open since 1993-10-28. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
50 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 24 · winter 2024–25: 14 · winter 2025–26: 10). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
106 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (45) · HEAT/HOT WATER (24) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (7) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (5) · Residential Disposal Complaint (4) · Boilers (3).
$793,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (20 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 (16) |
| 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) | H.K. BROWNSTONE LLC |
| Head officer | MAGDALENA M KOSZ |
| Managing agent | A.J. CLARKE REAL ESTATE CORP. |
| Last registered | 2026-07-20 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,306,000 | $1,487,700 |
| 2026 | $3,262,000 | $1,467,900 |
| 2027 | $3,373,000 | $1,517,850 |
The city's market estimate has risen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2019 (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 | 103 St — B C · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 103 St — 1 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Columbus Av / W 106 St — M7 M11 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | Columbus Ave & W 103 St · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 145, The Bloomingdale School. 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.
908 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
106 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 24 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 A.J. CLARKE REAL ESTATE CORP — 186 buildings, 3,651 units. Grades across the portfolio: A116 · B45 · C15 · D4. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 186 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $492,375 on 2016-04-21 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-13 | RPTT&RET $44,100,000 — from SPERBER, KIRK; BRUSCO, CRISTINA to CRISTINA BRUSCO ASSOCIATES, LLC | $44,100,000 | |
| 2022-10-06 | RPTT&RET $35,280,000 — from JNPJC BRUSCO ASSOCIATES to SPERBER, KIRK; BRUSCO, CRISTINA | $35,280,000 | |
| 2016-04-21 | Agreement $1,020,000 — from H.K. BROWNSTONES, LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $1,020,000 | |
| 2016-04-21 | Mortgage $492,375 — from H.K. BROWNSTONES, LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $492,375 | |
| 2004-07-26 | Agreement $768,790 — from H.K. BROWNSTONES, LLC to M&T REAL ESTATE, INC. | $768,790 | |
| 1987-11-18 | Mortgage $175,000 — from 105TH ST BRUSCO ASSOCS to M & M PROPERTIES | $175,000 | |
| 1986-07-16 | Mortgage $520,000 — from M&M PROPERTIES to CHRYSLER CAPITAL CORP. | $520,000 | |
| 1983-09-13 | Mortgage $499,000 — from M & M PROPERTIES to 910 HOLDING CORP.; 100 W HOLDING CORP | $499,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 32 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 204 | 0 | 2 | 208 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 102 |
| 2020 | 13 | 4 | 62 | 0 | 3 | 82 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 2 | 76 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1 | 81 | 2 | 3 | 108 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 1 | 4 | 116 |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | 93 | 0 | 4 | 111 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 34 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
Every one of the 2,196 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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