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700 Ft Washington Avenue

1,798Records
18City systems
47Open violations
25.2Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10040 · Neighborhood: Washington Heights (North)
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1,798 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 668 311 service requests, 552 HPD complaints, 153 DOB complaints.

BoroughManhattan 10040
Built1949
Floors6
Res. units74
ClassD1
Owner (PLUTO)KEDRON ASSOCIATES LLC
BBL1021800610
BIN1064474

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 51% 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 25.2. In ZIP 10040, 38% of residential buildings hold an A and 9% grade D or F. How grades work

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B
C

Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations47 total — 9 class C (immediately hazardous), 21 class B, 17 class A. Oldest open since 2011-04-14.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

70 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 18 · winter 2024–25: 44 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

18
’23–24
44
’24–25
2
’25–26

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$6,150 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

131 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (35) · Illegal Parking (20) · General Construction/Plumbing (18) · Noise (15) · Blocked Driveway (12) · Water System (10).

Filed construction activity

$561,000 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1949)
YesSix or more residential units (74)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)KEDRON ASSOCIATES
Head officerSTEVEN KURLANDER
Managing agentEMPIRE MANAGEMENT
Last registered2025-10-23

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$8,989,000 $4,045,050
2026$9,370,000 $4,216,500
2027$9,975,000 $4,488,750

The city's market estimate has risen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)A — ENERGY STAR score 98/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)UNSAFE — unsafe conditions reported (cycle 9)

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

Subway190 St — A · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
191 St — 1 · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Fort Washington Av / W 190 St — M4 M98 · 150 ft
Citi BikeFort Washington Ave & W 190 St · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S./I.S. 187 Hudson Cliffs
Middle: P.S./I.S. 187 Hudson Cliffs. 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.

Report a problem to 311

700 Ft Washington Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

131 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 35 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by EMPIRE MANAGEMENT — 9 buildings, 268 units. Grades across the portfolio: A2 · B5 · C1 · D1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
700 Ft Washington Avenue MN74 A
3 West 36 Street MN72 A
2733 Broadway MN32 B
234 East 50 Street MN25 B
242 East 50 Street MN24 B
238 East 50 Street MN18 B
226 East 53 Street MN17 B
1150 Vincent Avenue BX3 C
224 East 53 Street MN3 D

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,200,000 on 2021-09-28 (lender: Signature Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2021-09-28Agreement $13,700,000 — from KEDRON ASSOCIATES LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $13,700,000
2021-09-28AL&R $13,700,000 — from KEDRON ASSOCIATES LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $13,700,000
2021-09-28Mortgage $2,200,000 — from KEDRON ASSOCIATES LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $2,200,000
2018-06-04Agreement $11,500,000 — from KEDRON ASSOCIATES LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $11,500,000
2018-06-04AL&R $11,500,000 — from KEDRON ASSOCIATES LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $11,500,000
2018-06-04Mortgage $3,300,000 — from KEDRON ASSOCIATES LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $3,300,000
2012-08-21Agreement $8,200,000 — from KEDRON ASOCIATES LLC to BEECH STREET CAPITAL, LLC $8,200,000
2012-08-21Mortgage $2,220,941 — from KEDRON ASOCIATES LLC to BEECH STREET CAPITAL, LLC $2,220,941
2008-12-23Mortgage $3,627,134 — from KENDRON ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $3,627,134
2008-12-23Mortgage $2,772,866 — from KENDRON ASSOCIATES LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK $2,772,866
2008-12-23Agreement $6,400,000 — from KENDRON ASSOCIATES LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK $6,400,000
2008-12-23AL&R $6,400,000 — from KENDRON ASSOCIATES LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK $6,400,000
2007-01-16Deed $9,690,000 — from OHEBSHALOM, NADER; SHALCO INVESTMENTS II; OHEBSHALOM, FRED to KEDRON ASSOCIATES LLC $9,690,000
2003-09-19Mortgage $3,253,120 — from SHALCO INVESTMENTS II to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $3,253,120
1999-04-20Mortgage $787,028 — from SHALCO INVESTMENTS II to QUEENS COUNTY SAVINGS BANK $787,028

Ten-year activity

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2021
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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20173211702124
2018418264254
201900420345
202001420144
20212159052114
20220511604125
202327790290
2024110702790
202516670276
2026112390052
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The full timeline

Construction 94Enforcement 258Housing & tenants 1,367Ownership & money 40Health & systems 39

Every one of the 1,798 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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