2,034 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 780 HPD complaints, 758 311 service requests, 144 HPD housing violations.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 68% 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 7.9. In ZIP 10040, 38% of residential buildings hold an A and 9% 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 | 20 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 16 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2014-03-12. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
36 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 12 · winter 2025–26: 20). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
60 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (18) · HEAT/HOT WATER (18) · Illegal Parking (5) · WATER LEAK (2) · Lead (2) · Sanitation Worker or Vehicle Complaint (2).
$433,900 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (9 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 (1960) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (94) |
| 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) | Bennett Realty LLC |
| Head officer | Florence Edelstein |
| Managing agent | Edel Family Management Corp |
| Last registered | 2025-08-20 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7,152,000 | $3,218,400 |
| 2026 | $8,304,000 | $3,736,800 |
| 2027 | $6,780,000 | $3,051,000 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 52/100, 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 | 191 St — 1 · 300 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 190 St — A · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / W 190 St — Bx7 M100 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 190 St & Broadway · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 048 P.O. Michael J. Buczek Middle: Middle School 322. 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.
179 Bennett 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
60 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 18 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 EDEL FAMILY MANAGEMENT CORP — 25 buildings, 1,487 units. Grades across the portfolio: A12 · B10 · C3. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 Ft Washington Avenue | MN | 115 | C |
| 10 Hillside Avenue | MN | 101 | B |
| 179 Bennett Avenue | MN | 94 | A |
| 124 Ft George Avenue | MN | 79 | B |
| 1675 Grand Concourse | BX | 78 | B |
| 60 Sherman Avenue | MN | 75 | B |
| 6555 Broadway | BX | 73 | A |
| 10 Cooper Street | MN | 73 | A |
| 162 West 54 Street | MN | 72 | A |
| 815 West 181 Street | MN | 69 | B |
| 1781 Riverside Drive | MN | 69 | A |
| 801 West 181 Street | MN | 67 | A |
| 145 West 71 Street | MN | 64 | A |
| 95 West 195 Street | BX | 61 | C |
| 4079 Broadway | MN | 54 | B |
| 427 Ft Washington Avenue | MN | 53 | B |
| 119 Audubon Avenue | MN | 48 | B |
| 25 Cooper Street | MN | 43 | A |
| 34 Bogardus Place | MN | 41 | A |
| 133 West 71 Street | MN | 36 | A |
| 610 West 173 Street | MN | 36 | A |
| 209 Bennett Avenue | MN | 30 | A |
| 650 West 173 Street | MN | 30 | B |
| 316 West 94 Street | MN | 24 | B |
| 2209 Coney Island Avenue | BK | 2 | C |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $58,504 on 2024-04-23 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-23 | Agreement $8,900,000 — from BENNETT REALTY LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA | $8,900,000 | |
| 2024-04-23 | Mortgage $58,504 — from BENNETT REALTY LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA | $58,504 | |
| 2019-02-12 | Agreement $9,750,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to BENNETT REALTY LLC | $9,750,000 | |
| 2019-02-12 | Mortgage $1,250,000 — from BENNETT REALTY LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $1,250,000 | |
| 2014-11-05 | Agreement $8,500,000 — from BENNETT REALTY LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $8,500,000 | |
| 2014-11-05 | Mortgage $1,089,086 — from BENNETT REALTY LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $1,089,086 | |
| 2011-06-10 | Agreement $7,850,000 — from BENNETT REALTY LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $7,850,000 | |
| 2011-06-10 | Mortgage $2,554,662 — from BENNETT REALTY LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $2,554,662 | |
| 2006-01-13 | Agreement $5,800,000 — from BENNETT REALTY LLC to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK | $5,800,000 | |
| 2006-01-13 | Agreement $5,800,000 — from BENNETT REALTY LLC to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK | $5,800,000 | |
| 2005-08-05 | Mortgage $2,983,944 — from BENNETT REALTY LLC to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK | $2,983,944 | |
| 2000-11-08 | Mortgage $1,601,240 — from BENNETT REALTY LLC to QUEENS COUNTY SAVINGS BANK | $1,601,240 | |
| 1995-08-09 | Mortgage $1,400,000 — from EDELSTEIN, MICHAEL; SCHARF, ABRAHAM to NORTH FORK BANK | $1,400,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | 20 | 204 | 0 | 2 | 233 |
| 2018 | 1 | 4 | 113 | 0 | 5 | 123 |
| 2019 | 2 | 22 | 81 | 2 | 4 | 111 |
| 2020 | 3 | 15 | 155 | 0 | 3 | 176 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 114 | 0 | 3 | 120 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 42 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 43 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 32 |
Every one of the 2,034 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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