554 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 144 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 130 311 service requests, 76 HPD complaints.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 88% 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 1.2. 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 | 2 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2004-10-27. |
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2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
2 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
17 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (5) · Lead (3) · Illegal Parking (3) · Water System (2) · Dead/Dying Tree (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1).
$486,556 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1939) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (67) |
| 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) | 251 SEAMAN OWNERS CORP |
| Head officer | JOHN HAZLEWOOD |
| Managing agent | ROBERT E HILL INC |
| Last registered | 2025-08-27 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $6,880,000 | $3,096,000 |
| 2026 | $6,706,000 | $3,017,700 |
| 2027 | $6,634,000 | $2,985,300 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $1,445,799 a year ($22.66 per sq ft), operating expenses $592,101 ($9.28 per sq ft), net operating income $853,698. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | A — ENERGY STAR score 86/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| 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 | 215 St — 1 · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Inwood-207 St — A · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / W 215 St — Bx7 Bx20 · 850 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 218 St & Indian Rd · 500 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.
251 Seaman 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 |
17 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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 ROBERT E. HILL, INC. — 35 buildings, 2,299 units. Grades across the portfolio: A30 · B3 · C1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Knolls Crescent | BX | 252 | A |
| 60 Knolls Crescent | BX | 240 | A |
| 3850 Sedgwick Avenue | BX | 122 | A |
| 3388 Wayne Avenue | BX | 104 | B |
| 3635 Johnson Avenue | BX | 82 | A |
| 3515 Henry Hudson Pkwy W | BX | 79 | A |
| 255 Fieldston Terrace | BX | 76 | A |
| 620 West 239 Street | BX | 76 | A |
| 315 West 232 Street | BX | 72 | A |
| 75 West 238 Street | BX | 72 | A |
| 2530 Independence Avenue | BX | 69 | A |
| 2465 Palisade Avenue | BX | 69 | A |
| 251 Seaman Avenue | MN | 67 | A |
| 60 Cooper Street | MN | 61 | A |
| 3030 Johnson Avenue | BX | 60 | A |
| 2390 Palisade Avenue | BX | 60 | A |
| 3206 Fairfield Avenue | BX | 56 | A |
| 190 E Mosholu Parkway S | BX | 55 | B |
| 2711 Henry Hudson Pkwy W | BX | 51 | A |
| 91 Van Cortlandt Ave E | BX | 50 | A |
| 3720 Independence Avenue | BX | 49 | A |
| 518 Ft Washington Avenue | MN | 47 | B |
| 3810 Greystone Avenue | BX | 44 | A |
| 645 West 239 Street | BX | 43 | A |
| 6291 Broadway | BX | 42 | A |
| 528 West 111 Street | MN | 41 | A |
| 241 West 108 Street | MN | 40 | A |
| 532 West 111 Street | MN | 40 | A |
| 1028 Amsterdam Avenue | MN | 38 | A |
| 239 West 108 Street | MN | 37 | A |
| 510 Kappock Street | BX | 34 | A |
| 3220 Arlington Avenue | BX | 26 | A |
| 3816 Waldo Avenue | BX | 24 | A |
| 562 West 190 Street | MN | 21 | C |
| 2057960152 | — | — |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $500,000 on 2018-06-01 (lender: National Consumer Cooperative 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | RPTT&RET $270,000 — from MADRAZO, MARIA L to CHA, BETTY | $270,000 | |
| 2026-09-25 | Sold for $270,000 | $270,000 | $4,030 |
| 2026-06-03 | RPTT&RET $349,000 — from ESTATE OF HERMINA MIKOLIC to ATERETH, SARAH | $349,000 | |
| 2026-05-18 | Sold for $349,000 | $349,000 | $5,209 |
| 2026-02-18 | RPTT&RET $305,000 — from SHERIDAN, JOHN; SHERIDAN, GEORGINE to RIBACK, LINDSEY ROSE | $305,000 | |
| 2026-02-10 | Sold for $305,000 | $305,000 | $4,552 |
| 2024-08-19 | RPTT&RET $330,000 — from HUANG, HWEI-IN to OCHOA, ROXANA ISABEL | $330,000 | |
| 2024-07-29 | Sold for $330,000 | $330,000 | $4,925 |
| 2024-01-02 | RPTT&RET $635,000 — from ROBINS, MARTHA to FARMER, CHRISTOPHER | $635,000 | |
| 2023-11-30 | Sold for $635,000 | $635,000 | $9,478 |
| 2023-09-22 | RPTT&RET $237,000 — from DOUGLAS, TIMOTHY DAVID; ANDERSON, WILLIAM TODD to PANETTA, VINCENZO | $237,000 | |
| 2023-09-12 | Sold for $237,000 | $237,000 | $3,537 |
| 2023-06-16 | RPTT&RET $315,000 — from GORMAN, EMILY to D'SILVA, DESMOND; D'SILVA, JOAN | $315,000 | |
| 2023-06-05 | Sold for $315,000 | $315,000 | $4,701 |
| 2023-01-03 | RPTT&RET $362,000 — from KING, MICHAEL; KING, KIRSTEN to CHEVALIER, RICARDO J; JONES, RODERICK L | $362,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 34 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 28 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 26 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 23 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
Every one of the 554 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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