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577 Isham Street

672Records
18City systems
27Open violations
22.3Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10034 · Neighborhood: Inwood
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672 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 340 311 service requests, 59 rodent inspections, 50 HPD housing violations.

BoroughManhattan 10034
Built1930
Floors6
Res. units42
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)ALEF REALTY MANAGEMENT CO., LLC
BBL1022430001
BIN1064999

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less 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 22.3. In ZIP 10034, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 8% grade D or F. How grades work

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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 violations27 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 25 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1996-01-24.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2025–26: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
4
’25–26

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

$2,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

103 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (28) · PLUMBING (10) · Illegal Parking (9) · PAINT/PLASTER (8) · Homeless Person Assistance (7) · Water System (5).

Filed construction activity

$192,950 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (14 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 (1930)
YesSix or more residential units (42)
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)ALEF REALTY MANAGEMENT.CO LLC
Head officerVICTOR GORODISCHER
Managing agentJOSEPH GORODISCHER
Last registered2025-07-08

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$6,671,000 $3,001,950
2026$5,535,000 $2,490,750
2027$5,130,000 $2,308,500

The city's market estimate has fallen 23% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Grandpa's Brick Oven PizzaPizzaA—
Serrano SalsaMexicanA—

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 (0 with three or more people sick), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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

SubwayInwood-207 St — A · 50 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: full
215 St — 1 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Broadway / Isham St — Bx7 Bx20 · 100 ft
Citi BikeIsham St & Broadway · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: 18, 98, 278
Middle: Harold O. Levy School. 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

577 Isham Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

103 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $646,327 on 2020-06-24 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.), covering 3 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2022-01-11RPTT&RET $2,000,000 — from SOFIA EINY; ALEF REALTY MANAGEMENT LLC; THE SOFIA EINY IRREVOCABLE 2021 TRUST to VICTOR GORODISCHER IRREVOCABLE TRUST; ALEF REALTY MANAGEMENT LLC; VICTOR GORODISCHER; GORO $2,000,000
2020-06-24Mortgage $646,327 — from ALEF REALTY MANAGEMENT CO. LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $646,327
2020-06-24Agreement $10,800,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N,A, to ALEF REALTY MANAGMENT CO. LLC $10,800,000
2013-09-06Mortgage $12,000,000 — from ALEF REALTY MANAGEMENT CO. LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $12,000,000
2013-09-06Agreement $12,000,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to ALEF REALTY MANAGEMENT CO. LLC $12,000,000
2013-09-06Mortgage $9,236,785 — from ALEF REALTY MANAGEMENT CO. LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $9,236,785
2004-01-16AL&R $3,350,000 — from THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH to ALEF REALTY MANAGEMENT CO. LLC; A/K/A ALEF REALTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC $3,350,000
2004-01-16Agreement $3,350,000 — from THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH to A/K/A ALEF REALTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC; ALEF REALTY MANAGEMENT CO. LLC $3,350,000
2004-01-16Mortgage $514,249 — from ALEF REALTY MANAGEMENT CO. LLC; A/K/A ALEF REALTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $514,249
1996-05-21Mortgage $1,025,781 — from ALEF REALTY MANAGEMENT CO. LLC to ARCS COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE CO., L.P. $1,025,781

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201732250232
2018141160334
2019103001344
202070322344
202101350339
202202221429
202340280537
202401270432
202500290736
2026049304101
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The full timeline

Construction 55Enforcement 49Housing & tenants 451Ownership & money 42Health & systems 75

Every one of the 672 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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