1,852 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,242 311 service requests, 258 HPD complaints, 99 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 55% 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 30.9. 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 | 3 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-06-19. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
20 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 12 · winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$10,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
217 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (79) · Illegal Parking (50) · Water System (37) · HEAT/HOT WATER (10) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (5) · DOOR/WINDOW (4).
$1,125,576 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (12 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 (1922) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (53) |
| 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) | RIVERSIDE VENTURA II LLC |
| Head officer | GUSTAVO MORAN |
| Managing agent | VENTURA LAND CORP |
| Last registered | 2026-06-23 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,882,000 | $1,296,900 |
| 2026 | $3,179,000 | $1,430,550 |
| 2027 | $3,473,000 | $1,562,850 |
The city's market estimate has risen 21% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 43/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2023 (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 | 157 St — 1 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 168 St — 1 A C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Fort Washington Av / W 164 St — M4 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 163 St & Riverside Dr · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 128 Audubon 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.
659 West 162 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 |
217 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 10 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 VENTURA LAND CORP — 24 buildings, 938 units. Grades across the portfolio: A13 · B9 · C2. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 149-35 Northern Boulevard | QN | 146 | B |
| 14 Sickles Street | MN | 104 | C |
| 5025 Broadway | MN | 67 | B |
| 659 West 162 Street | MN | 53 | A |
| 654 West 161 Street | MN | 50 | A |
| 547 West 157 Street | MN | 48 | B |
| 139-19 34 Road | QN | 46 | A |
| 3157 Broadway | MN | 45 | A |
| 128 West 13 Street | MN | 42 | A |
| 35 Ft Washington Avenue | MN | 42 | B |
| 109-15 37 Avenue | QN | 36 | A |
| 90-32 53 Avenue | QN | 30 | A |
| 351 Wadsworth Avenue | MN | 30 | B |
| 530 West 157 Street | MN | 30 | B |
| 344 West 17 Street | MN | 25 | A |
| 367 Wadsworth Avenue | MN | 25 | B |
| 423 East 81 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 1220 Richmond Road | SI | 20 | A |
| 421 East 81 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 53 West 106 Street | MN | 16 | B |
| 57 West 106 Street | MN | 16 | B |
| 340 West 17 Street | MN | 15 | A |
| 343 West 16 Street | MN | 8 | A |
| 99-11 Northern Boulevard | QN | 4 | C |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $10,939 on 2021-05-07 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-07 | Mortgage $10,940 — from RIVERSIDE VENTURA II LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $10,940 | |
| 2021-05-07 | Agreement $2,400,000 — from RIVERSIDE VENTURA II LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $2,400,000 | |
| 2016-08-22 | Mortgage $2,750,000 — from RIVERSIDE VENTURA II LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $2,750,000 | |
| 2016-08-22 | Agreement $2,750,000 — from RIVERSIDE VENTURA II LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $2,750,000 | |
| 2012-05-25 | Agreement $3,000,000 — from RIVERSIDE VENTURA II LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $3,000,000 | |
| 2012-05-25 | Mortgage $404,815 — from RIVERSIDE VENTURA II LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $404,815 | |
| 2012-05-25 | Mortgage $3,000,000 — from RIVERSIDE VENTURA II LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $3,000,000 | |
| 2009-05-13 | Mortgage $2,700,000 — from 162 REALTY LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $2,700,000 | |
| 2009-05-13 | AL&R $2,700,000 — from RIVERSIDE VENTURA II LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $2,700,000 | |
| 2009-05-13 | Deed $6,218,000 — from 162 REALTY LLC to RIVERSIDE VENTURA II LLC | $6,218,000 | |
| 2009-05-13 | Mortgage $220,000 — from 162 REALTY LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $220,000 | |
| 2009-05-13 | Agreement $2,700,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to RIVERSIDE VENTURA II LLC | $2,700,000 | |
| 2009-05-07 | Agreement $26,576,952 — from WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION to 72 ELLWOOD REALTY LLC; WADSWORTH ASSOCIATES NY LLC; 25 CUMMINGS REALTY LLC; 140 REALTY NY | $26,576,952 | |
| 2005-01-06 | SPRD $36,802,631 — from 81 SEAMAN REALTY LLC; AUDUBON REALTY NY LLC; 25 CUMMINGS REALTY LLC; 140 REALTY NY LLC; LE to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $36,802,631 | |
| 2005-01-06 | Mortgage $36,802,631 — from WADSWORTH ASSOCIATES REALTY LLC; EASTBURN REALTY LLC; 81 SEAMAN REALTY LLC; 72 ELLWOOD REA to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $36,802,631 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | 5 | 118 | 0 | 1 | 131 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 53 |
| 2019 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 45 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 43 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 49 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 25 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 42 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 | 85 | 0 | 4 | 94 |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 | 80 | 0 | 4 | 96 |
| 2026 | 13 | 0 | 114 | 0 | 9 | 136 |
Every one of the 1,852 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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