6,072 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 2,074 311 service requests, 1,890 HPD complaints, 1,573 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% 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 436.3. In ZIP 10039, 19% of residential buildings hold an A and 17% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 180 total — 40 class C (immediately hazardous), 99 class B, 41 class A. Oldest open since 2021-12-09. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 1 case(s) pending in housing court |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
128 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 16 · winter 2024–25: 24 · winter 2025–26: 17 · winter 2026–27: 58). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$8,750 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
774 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (150) · PLUMBING (97) · HEAT/HOT WATER (57) · GENERAL (55) · DOOR/WINDOW (54) · WATER LEAK (52).
$57,100 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (64) |
| 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) | HURSTON PLC. EQUITIES LLC |
| Head officer | CRAIG LIVINGSTON |
| Managing agent | WAVECREST MGMT GROUP |
| Last registered | 2025-10-14 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,321,000 | $1,494,450 |
| 2026 | $3,561,000 | $1,602,450 |
| 2027 | $3,881,000 | $1,746,450 |
The city's market estimate has risen 17% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 32/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 4 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2021 (1 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 | 155 St — B D · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 155 St — C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Frederick Douglass Blvd / W 153 St — M10 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 155 St & Frederick Douglass Blvd · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 046 Arthur Tappan. 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.
2890 Fredrick Douglass Bl
| 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 |
774 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 57 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 WAVECREST MGMT GROUP — 362 buildings, 31,199 units. Grades across the portfolio: A86 · B145 · C84 · D33 · F13. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 362 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $4,400,000 on 2016-06-02 (lender: Prudential Multifamily Mortgage 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-02 | Agreement $4,000,000 — from HURSTON PLACE EQUITIES LLC; HURSTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND C to CITY OF NEW YORK - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING | $4,000,000 | |
| 2016-06-02 | SMIS $9,525,177 — from HURSTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND C to HURSTON PLACE EQUITIES LLC | $9,525,177 | |
| 2016-06-02 | Agreement $3,180,721 — from HURSTON PLACE EQUITIES LLC; HURSTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND C to CITY OF NEW YORK - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING | $3,180,721 | |
| 2016-06-02 | Mortgage $4,400,000 — from HURSTON PLACE EQUITIES LLC to PRUDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY MORTGAGE LLC | $4,400,000 | |
| 2005-02-11 | Mortgage $1,753,281 — from HURSTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to CITIBANK, N.A | $1,753,281 | |
| 2005-02-11 | Mortgage $2,146,312 — from HURSTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to CITIBANK, N.A | $2,146,312 | |
| 2005-02-11 | Deed $86,000 — from NEIGHBORHOOD RESTORE HOUSING to HURSTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND C | $86,000 | |
| 2005-02-11 | Mortgage $2,764,769 — from HURSTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to CITIBANK, N.A | $2,764,769 | |
| 2005-02-11 | Mortgage $180,533 — from HURSTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to CITIBANK, N.A | $180,533 | |
| 2005-02-11 | AL&R $7,126,341 — from CITIBANK, N.A to HURSTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND | $7,126,341 | |
| 2005-02-11 | Mortgage $131,572 — from HURSTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to CITIBANK, N.A | $131,572 | |
| 2005-02-11 | Mortgage $103,659 — from HURSTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to CITIBANK, N.A | $103,659 | |
| 2005-02-11 | Mortgage $46,215 — from HURSTON PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to CITIBANK, N.A | $46,215 | |
| 1989-02-06 | Mortgage $229,900 — from BIRUPA REALTY INC to QUICK ASSETS INC | $229,900 | |
| 1989-02-06 | Mortgage $20,000 — from BIRUPA REALTY INC to 299 WEST 153RD ASSOC | $20,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 12 | 339 | 0 | 3 | 357 |
| 2018 | 0 | 18 | 218 | 0 | 6 | 242 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 212 | 0 | 9 | 226 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 303 | 0 | 2 | 307 |
| 2021 | 2 | 8 | 806 | 1 | 2 | 819 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 610 | 0 | 14 | 629 |
| 2023 | 0 | 24 | 483 | 3 | 19 | 529 |
| 2024 | 0 | 21 | 599 | 0 | 15 | 635 |
| 2025 | 4 | 12 | 680 | 0 | 6 | 702 |
| 2026 | 0 | 7 | 705 | 0 | 7 | 719 |
Every one of the 6,072 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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