684 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 348 311 service requests, 117 HPD complaints, 70 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. More recorded distress than 57% 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 34.3. In ZIP 10034, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 8% 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 | 8 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2023-03-01. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
25 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (10) · WATER LEAK (4) · Water System (2) · APPLIANCE (2) · PLUMBING (1) · PAINT/PLASTER (1).
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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 (26) |
| 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) | RIVULET ROW ASSOCIATES LLC |
| Head officer | JOSEPH ZITOLO |
| Managing agent | LEMLE & WOLFF, INC |
| Last registered | 2025-08-30 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,417,000 | $637,650 |
| 2026 | $1,288,000 | $579,600 |
| 2027 | $1,260,000 | $567,000 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 2 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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 | Dyckman St — 1 · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 10 Av / W 202 St — M100 · 700 ft |
| Citi Bike | Academy St & Nagle Ave · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 005 Ellen Lurie 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.
553 Academy 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 |
25 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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 LEMLE & WOLFF, INC — 191 buildings, 6,389 units. Grades across the portfolio: A60 · B90 · C28 · D11 · F2. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 191 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $848,488 on 2013-07-18 (lender: Enterprise Community Loan Fund, INC), covering 4 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-13 | Agreement $6,809,168 — from RIVULET ROW ASSOCIATES LLC to THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPT OF HPD | $6,809,168 | |
| 2017-02-13 | Agreement $5,640,699 — from RIVULET ROW ASSOCIATES LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA | $5,640,699 | |
| 2013-07-18 | AL&R $12,449,867 — from RIVULET ROW ASSOCIATES, LLC to ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND, INC | $12,449,867 | |
| 2013-07-18 | Mortgage $848,488 — from RIVULET ROW ASSOCIATES, LLC to ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND, INC | $848,488 | |
| 2013-07-18 | Mortgage $6,809,168 — from RIVULET ROW ASSOCIATES, LLC to ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND, INC | $6,809,168 | |
| 2013-07-18 | Mortgage $4,792,211 — from RIVULET ROW ASSOCIATES, LLC to ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND, INC | $4,792,211 | |
| 1999-12-23 | Mortgage $72,913 — from ACADEMY ROW ASSOCIATES, L.P. to COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION | $72,913 | |
| 1984-07-11 | Mortgage $1,188,000 — from ACADEMY ROW ASSOC to NEW YORK CITY COMMTYETC | $1,188,000 | |
| 1984-07-11 | Mortgage $1,512,000 — from ACADEMY ROW ASSOCIATES to NYC COMM.PRSRVTN CORP. | $1,512,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 61 |
| 2018 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 5 | 47 |
| 2019 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 5 | 69 |
| 2020 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 35 |
| 2021 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 2022 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 36 |
| 2023 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
| 2024 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 36 |
| 2025 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| 2026 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
Every one of the 684 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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