1,198 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 21 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 499 311 service requests, 224 HPD complaints, 162 HPD housing violations.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 50% 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 3.8. 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 | 45 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 23 class B, 19 class A. Oldest open since 1992-08-27. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
30 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 22 · winter 2025–26: 8). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
190 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (42) · Vendor Enforcement (25) · Blocked Driveway (21) · HEAT/HOT WATER (15) · Drug Activity (14) · Water System (13).
$4,471,320 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 (1963) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (160) |
| 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) | CLAYTON APTS INC |
| Head officer | Leondra Brown |
| Managing agent | VINTAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES |
| Last registered | 2024-12-09 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $17,446,000 | $7,850,700 |
| 2026 | $18,090,000 | $8,140,500 |
| 2027 | $18,837,000 | $8,476,650 |
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 $3,490,521 a year ($22.13 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,545,734 ($9.80 per sq ft), net operating income $1,944,786. 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 56/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
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.
4 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2017 (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 · 100 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 135 St — B C · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Malcolm X Blvd / W 135 St — M7 M102 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lenox Ave & W 133 St · 350 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.
485 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 |
190 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 15 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 VINTAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES — 20 buildings, 1,972 units. Grades across the portfolio: A10 · B8 · C1 · D1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3020 Avenue Y | BK | 357 | B |
| 661 East 181 Street | BX | 281 | C |
| 140 Cadman Plaza West | BK | 250 | A |
| 485 Lenox Avenue | MN | 160 | A |
| 1950 Hutchinson Rvr Py E | BX | 158 | B |
| 2659 West 36 Street | BK | 157 | B |
| 323 2 Avenue | MN | 105 | B |
| 1250 Ocean Parkway | BK | 95 | A |
| 420 East 58 Street | MN | 75 | A |
| 1200 Gravesend Neck Road | BK | 69 | B |
| 720 East 31 Street | BK | 62 | A |
| 332 West 86 Street | MN | 45 | A |
| 344 West 23 Street | MN | 44 | A |
| 162 West 22 Street | MN | 42 | A |
| 140 West 10 Street | MN | 38 | A |
| 249 East 52 Street | MN | 15 | A |
| 671-05 Burns Street | QN | 5 | B |
| 67-107 Burns Street | QN | 5 | B |
| 67-109 Burns Street | QN | 5 | B |
| 142 West 10 Street | MN | 4 | D |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,120,872 on 2017-12-27 (lender: New York City Housing Development Corporation). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-12-27 | Mortgage $39,128 — from CLAYTON APARTMENTS, INC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $39,128 | |
| 2017-12-27 | Mortgage $5,860,000 — from CLAYTON APARTMENTS, INC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $5,860,000 | |
| 2017-12-27 | Mortgage $230,000 — from CLAYTON APARTMENTS, INC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $230,000 | |
| 2017-12-27 | Mortgage $1,120,872 — from CLAYTON APARTMENTS, INC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $1,120,872 | |
| 2016-10-06 | AL&R $1,125,333 — from CLAYTON APARTMENTS, INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $1,125,333 | |
| 2016-10-06 | Agreement $294,800 — from CLAYTON APARTMENTS, INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $294,800 | |
| 2016-01-12 | Mortgage $1,000,000 — from CLAYTON APARTMENTS, INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $1,000,000 | |
| 2016-01-12 | Mortgage $125,333 — from CLAYTON APARTMENTS, INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $125,333 | |
| 2007-07-12 | AL&R $294,800 — from CLAYTON APARTMENTS, INC. to DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION; THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $294,800 | |
| 2007-07-12 | M&CON $294,800 — from CLAYTON APARTMENTS, INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK; DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION | $294,800 | |
| 2003-05-08 | Mortgage $177,888 — from CLAYTON APARTMENTS, INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF HPD | $177,888 | |
| 2003-05-08 | Mortgage $188,812 — from CLAYTON APARTMENTS, INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF HPD | $188,812 | |
| 2001-06-27 | Mortgage $177,888 — from CLAYTON APARTMENTS,INC. to NYC HPD | $177,888 | |
| 1991-03-27 | Mortgage $386,915 — from CLAYTON APARTMENTS INC to CITY OF NEW YORK | $386,915 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 64 |
| 2018 | 13 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 58 |
| 2019 | 8 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 56 |
| 2020 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 43 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 37 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 | 67 | 0 | 4 | 76 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | 64 | 0 | 6 | 77 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 91 | 0 | 4 | 103 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 4 | 95 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 46 |
Every one of the 1,198 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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