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2798 8 Avenue

414Records
18City systems
45Open violations
4.8Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10039 · Neighborhood: Harlem (North)
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414 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 112 311 service requests, 75 HPD complaints, 74 HPD housing violations.

BoroughManhattan 10039
Built1920
Floors6
Res. units27
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)2798 8TH AVE. APTS. CORP.
BBL1020340063
BIN1060584

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 74% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 4.8. In ZIP 10039, 19% of residential buildings hold an A and 17% grade D or F. How grades work

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Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations45 total — 6 class C (immediately hazardous), 29 class B, 10 class A. Oldest open since 1980-05-20.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

18 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (6) · Illegal Parking (3) · Derelict Vehicles (2) · Rodent (2) · Homeless Person Assistance (1) · Consumer Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$103,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1920)
YesSix or more residential units (27)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)2798 8TH AVENUE APTS, INC.
Head officerBAROUKH SASOUSNESS
Managing agentBAROUKH SASOUSNESS
Last registered2025-09-05

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,169,000 $526,050
2026$1,185,000 $533,250
2027$1,161,000 $522,450

The city's market estimate has fallen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Tulcimexico RestaurantMexicanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

SubwayHarlem-148 St — 3 · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
145 St — A B C D · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Frederick Douglass Blvd / W 148 St — M10 · 100 ft
Citi BikeBradhurst Ave & W 148 St · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 200- The James McCune Smith 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.

Report a problem to 311

2798 8 Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

18 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $298,276 on 2016-07-05 (lender: Shaughnessy Capital LLC), 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2016-07-05Mortgage $298,276 — from PICK & WASH, INC.; 2798 8TH AVE. APTS. CORP. to SHAUGHNESSY CAPITAL LLC $298,276
2016-07-05Agreement $3,000,000 — from PICK & WASH, INC.; 2798 8TH AVE. APTS. CORP. to SHAUGHNESSY CAPITAL LLC $3,000,000
2013-06-13Agreement $1,600,000 — from 2798 8 AVE. APTS. CORP; 2798 8TH AVE. APTS. CORP (A/K/A) to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA $1,600,000
2013-06-13Mortgage $1,180,184 — from 2798 8 AVE. APTS. CORP; 2798 8TH AVE. APTS. CORP (A/K/A) to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA $1,180,184
2002-01-17Mortgage $1,200,000 — from 2798 8TH AVE. APTS.CORP. to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI $1,200,000
2001-01-22Mortgage $225,000 — from 2798 8TH AVE. APTS.CORP. to GRODETSKY, MEYER $225,000
1985-10-10Mortgage $10,000 — from SAHAR MANAGEMENT CORP to MOTHER COBRE INC $10,000

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017003126
2018001034
201917020322
20202440111
202100100111
202200170320
20230180413
2024001201224
20250080513
2026002057
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The full timeline

Construction 23Enforcement 38Housing & tenants 270Ownership & money 34Health & systems 49

Every one of the 414 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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