875 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 589 311 service requests, 81 HPD complaints, 63 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
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 72% 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 5.9. In ZIP 10033, 41% of residential buildings hold an A and 10% 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 | 2 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 1992-12-19. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
12 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 4 · winter 2025–26: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
110 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (73) · Panhandling (10) · HEAT/HOT WATER (6) · Dirty Condition (4) · Illegal Parking (4) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (2).
$20,800 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 (1925) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (36) |
| Yes | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
3 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | Heights 601 |
| Head officer | Scott Silverman |
| Managing agent | Bronstein Properties LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-08-20 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,688,000 | $2,559,600 |
| 2026 | $5,713,000 | $2,570,850 |
| 2027 | $6,082,000 | $2,736,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 66/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Conde Bar & Grill | Not yet graded | — | |
| El Conde Bar & Grill | Latin American | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (1 with three or more people sick), shared by 2 restaurants
2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contains Foreign Object, Kitchen/Food Prep Area), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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 | 175 St — A · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 168 St — 1 A C · 1,050 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Saint Nicholas Av / W 173 St — M3 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Wadsworth Ave & W 175 St · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S./I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights Middle: 319, 324. 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.
1261 St Nicholas Avenue
| 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
110 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 6 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 BRONSTEIN PROPERTIES LLC — 140 buildings, 5,632 units. Grades across the portfolio: A56 · B52 · C20 · D11 · F1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 140 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,194,058 on 2015-09-19 (lender: New York Community 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-08 | RPTT&RET $5,335,665 — from 5B REALTY COMPANY LLC to FIVE BOROUGHS HOLDINGS LLC | $5,335,665 | |
| 2024-07-03 | RPTT&RET $2,286,714 — from BRONSTEIN EQUITIES LLC to FIVE BOROUGHS HOLDINGS LLC | $2,286,714 | |
| 2022-06-01 | Agreement $7,401,033 — from HEIGHTS 601 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $7,401,033 | |
| 2021-05-13 | RPTT $1,696,842 — from CATALYST INVESTORS IV, L.P.; MIP III TOWERS, LLC; MIP III (REIT) AIV, LP; COX CPH, LLC; CA to AMERICAN TOWER INVESTMENTS, LLC | $1,696,842 | |
| 2019-12-03 | RPTT $11,921,517 — from COMMINGLED PENSION TRUST FUND (SSP) to SSPF REIT 1 LLC | $11,921,517 | |
| 2019-10-28 | Agreement $7,627,440 — from HEIGHTS 601 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $7,627,440 | |
| 2015-09-19 | Mortgage $1,194,058 — from HEIGHTS 601 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,194,058 | |
| 2015-09-19 | Agreement $7,950,000 — from HEIGHTS 601 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $7,950,000 | |
| 2013-08-29 | Agreement $6,900,000 — from HEIGHTS 601 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $6,900,000 | |
| 2013-08-29 | Mortgage $251,775 — from HEIGHTS 601 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $251,775 | |
| 2012-03-06 | Agreement $771,870 — from HEIGHTS 601 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $771,870 | |
| 2012-03-06 | Agreement $5,937,462 — from HEIGHTS 601 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $5,937,462 | |
| 2009-04-17 | Agreement $780,000 — from HEIGHTS 601 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $780,000 | |
| 2009-04-17 | Agreement $6,000,000 — from HEIGHTS 601 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $6,000,000 | |
| 2007-10-15 | Mortgage $780,000 — from HEIGHTS 601 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $780,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 32 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 48 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 34 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 135 | 0 | 1 | 137 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 41 |
| 2023 | 0 | 9 | 114 | 0 | 6 | 129 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 7 | 56 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 39 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 37 |
Every one of the 875 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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