2,570 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 829 311 service requests, 784 HPD housing violations, 730 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% 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 579. In ZIP 10032, 36% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% 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 | 90 total — 41 class C (immediately hazardous), 36 class B, 13 class A. Oldest open since 2025-07-05. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
100 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 65 · winter 2024–25: 14 · winter 2025–26: 11 · winter 2026–27: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$2,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
341 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (99) · HEAT/HOT WATER (47) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (45) · PAINT/PLASTER (22) · WATER LEAK (22) · Illegal Parking (16).
$8,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (43) |
| 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) | 674 HOLDING LTD |
| Head officer | SHIMON GREISMAN |
| Managing agent | SKYC MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2026-07-09 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,324,000 | $1,045,800 |
| 2026 | $2,618,000 | $1,178,100 |
| 2027 | $2,988,000 | $1,344,600 |
The city's market estimate has risen 29% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 53/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
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 | 157 St — 1 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 163 St-Amsterdam Av — C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Riverside Dr / W 160 St — Bx6 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 160 St & Riverside Dr · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 004 Duke Ellington Middle: Community Math & Science Prep. 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.
674 West 161 Street
| 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 |
341 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 47 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 SKYC MANAGEMENT — 29 buildings, 1,355 units. Grades across the portfolio: A2 · B15 · C6 · D6. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 317 Edgecombe Avenue | MN | 118 | D |
| 2003 Gleason Avenue | BX | 80 | B |
| 955 Walton Avenue | BX | 68 | B |
| 1204 Shakespeare Avenue | BX | 67 | B |
| 1990 Creston Avenue | BX | 59 | B |
| 544 Academy Street | MN | 57 | B |
| 2188 Creston Avenue | BX | 54 | B |
| 1551 Sheridan Avenue | BX | 54 | C |
| 1153 Grand Concourse | BX | 52 | B |
| 3604 Olinville Avenue | BX | 49 | C |
| 657 West 161 Street | MN | 48 | D |
| 1174 Sheridan Avenue | BX | 48 | B |
| 671 West 162 Street | MN | 48 | D |
| 667 West 161 Street | MN | 47 | C |
| 2815 Grand Concourse | BX | 47 | D |
| 666 East 224 Street | BX | 46 | B |
| 1820 Morris Avenue | BX | 44 | B |
| 674 West 161 Street | MN | 43 | D |
| 1214 Shakespeare Avenue | BX | 43 | B |
| 1641 St Nicholas Avenue | MN | 41 | A |
| 385 Edgecombe Avenue | MN | 41 | B |
| 379 Edgecombe Avenue | MN | 36 | B |
| 2005 Grand Avenue | BX | 30 | A |
| 901 East 217 Street | BX | 29 | C |
| 393 Edgecombe Avenue | MN | 24 | C |
| 346 East 9 Street | MN | 21 | B |
| 2246 Grand Concourse | BX | 21 | D |
| 157 West 228 Street | MN | 20 | C |
| 71 Post Avenue | MN | 20 | B |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $506,255 on 2015-09-01 (lender: New York Commercial 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-29 | Agreement $1,130,517 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to 674 HOLDING LTD. | $1,130,517 | |
| 2015-09-01 | Agreement $1,250,000 — from 674 HOLDING CORP. to NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK | $1,250,000 | |
| 2015-09-01 | Mortgage $506,256 — from 674 HOLDING CORP. to NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK | $506,256 | |
| 2011-09-19 | Agreement $800,000 — from 674 HOLDING LTD. to NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK | $800,000 | |
| 2011-09-19 | Mortgage $309,964 — from 674 HOLDING LTD. to NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK | $309,964 | |
| 1998-07-14 | Mortgage $186,146 — from 674 HOLDING LTD to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $186,146 | |
| 1993-07-01 | Mortgage $575,000 — from 116 W. CORP to EURAM MANAGEMENT INC | $575,000 | |
| 1988-04-11 | Mortgage $1,134,000 — from 674 WEST 161 ASSOC to EUROPEAN AMERICAN BANK | $1,134,000 | |
| 1988-04-11 | Mortgage $356,429 — from 674 W 161 ASSOCS to EUROPEAN AMERICAN BANK | $356,429 | |
| 1988-04-11 | Mortgage $366,000 — from 674 W 161 ASSOCS to EUROPEAN AMERICAN BANK | $366,000 | |
| 1986-12-04 | Mortgage $150,000 — from 674 WEST 161 ASSOCIATES to BAKSHI, NEELI | $150,000 | |
| 1986-06-06 | Mortgage $413,681 — from 674 W. 161 ST ASSOC. to LINCOLN SAVGS BK, NA | $413,681 | |
| 1982-05-11 | Mortgage $220,000 — from MADAR, KRISZULA to HOSPAR ASSOCIATES | $220,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 45 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 4 | 64 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 102 | 0 | 5 | 110 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 1 | 2 | 75 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 34 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 | 116 | 0 | 3 | 124 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 322 | 0 | 5 | 331 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 483 | 0 | 2 | 485 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 222 | 0 | 12 | 234 |
| 2026 | 0 | 8 | 356 | 0 | 9 | 373 |
Every one of the 2,570 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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