1,150 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 479 HPD complaints, 394 311 service requests, 182 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 76% 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 4.2. 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 | 6 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2021-02-07. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
204 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Water System (98) · Noise (74) · WATER LEAK (8) · Illegal Parking (8) · PAINT/PLASTER (2) · Abandoned Vehicle (2).
$10,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1930) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (65) |
| 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) | ROYAL CHARTER PROPERTIES, INC. |
| Head officer | KENRICK OU |
| Managing agent | CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD INC. |
| Last registered | 2025-08-07 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,128,000 | $1,407,600 |
| 2026 | $5,900,000 | $2,655,000 |
| 2027 | $5,086,000 | $2,288,700 |
The city's market estimate has risen 63% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: HOSPITAL STAFF HSG
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 | 168 St — 1 A C · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / W 164 St — M5 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Broadway & W 165 St · 250 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.
615 West 164 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 |
204 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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 CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD INC. — 38 buildings, 2,491 units. Grades across the portfolio: A28 · B3 · C1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 505 East 70 Street | MN | 517 | A |
| 1313 York Avenue | MN | 430 | A |
| 1330 1 Avenue | MN | 343 | A |
| 57 Beekman Street | MN | 90 | A |
| 616 West 165 Street | MN | 85 | A |
| 625 West 169 Street | MN | 70 | A |
| 615 West 164 Street | MN | 65 | A |
| 620 West 170 Street | MN | 65 | A |
| 3931 Broadway | MN | 65 | A |
| 630 West 170 Street | MN | 64 | B |
| 625 West 164 Street | MN | 60 | A |
| 601 West 164 Street | MN | 54 | A |
| 720 West 170 Street | MN | 53 | A |
| 602 West 165 Street | MN | 50 | A |
| 245 Ft Washington Avenue | MN | 48 | A |
| 709 West 169 Street | MN | 43 | B |
| 640 West 170 Street | MN | 41 | A |
| 600 West 169 Street | MN | 39 | A |
| 235 Ft Washington Avenue | MN | 36 | B |
| 641 West 169 Street | MN | 34 | A |
| 621 West 169 Street | MN | 32 | A |
| 520 West 168 Street | MN | 30 | A |
| 423 East 70 Street | MN | 28 | A |
| 417 East 70 Street | MN | 25 | A |
| 402 East 72 Street | MN | 21 | A |
| 439 East 71 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 437 East 71 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 617 West 169 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 405 East 70 Street | MN | 18 | A |
| 421 East 70 Street | MN | 12 | A |
| 418 East 76 Street | MN | 10 | A |
| 72 Greene Street | MN | 3 | C |
| 3023250032 | — | — | |
| 1014630031 | — | — | |
| 437 East 68 Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 139 Mac Dougal Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 63 Crosby Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 4023 Broadway | MN | 0 | — |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 37 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 23 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 25 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 28 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 33 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 3 | 81 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 4 | 96 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 56 |
Every one of the 1,150 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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