648 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 141 311 service requests, 123 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 80 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 71% 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 6.2. 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 | 18 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 9 class A. Oldest open since 1990-10-02. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
42 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 32 · winter 2024–25: 8 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
2 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
58 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (21) · Noise (17) · Blocked Driveway (3) · Water System (3) · Encampment (2) · PLUMBING (2).
$1,069,945 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 (1966) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (76) |
| 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) | 579 W 215 Owners Corp. |
| Head officer | ANDRE MOORE |
| Managing agent | AKAM ASSOCIATES, INC. |
| Last registered | 2025-08-28 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $8,159,000 | $3,671,550 |
| 2026 | $8,416,000 | $3,787,200 |
| 2027 | $8,773,000 | $3,947,850 |
The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $2,394,685 a year ($30.65 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,508,690 ($19.31 per sq ft), net operating income $885,994. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | F — did not submit required benchmarking data, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 10) |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 4 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 | 215 St — 1 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-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 · 0.2 mi |
| Citi Bike | W 218 St & Indian Rd · 400 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.
244 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 |
58 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 21 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 AKAM ASSOCIATES, INC. — 372 buildings, 55,744 units. Grades across the portfolio: A328 · B33 · C5. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 372 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $956,778 on 2017-04-14 (lender: Valley National 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-13 | RPTT&RET $492,500 — from SHERROD, TRAVIS J; GORHAM, GEORGE H to BERROA, JONCARLOS; BLALOCK, SAMANTHA LAUREN | $492,500 | |
| 2026-07-06 | Sold for $492,500 | $492,500 | $6,480 |
| 2026-01-20 | RPTT&RET $203,000 — from HUANG, CHANG QING to TOUSSAINT, PATRICK | $203,000 | |
| 2026-01-05 | Sold for $203,000 | $203,000 | $2,671 |
| 2025-12-08 | RPTT&RET $222,000 — from LI, YAN to SCHNEIDER, BETHANY NOELLE | $222,000 | |
| 2025-11-17 | Sold for $222,000 | $222,000 | $2,921 |
| 2025-06-12 | RPTT&RET $219,000 — from HAMRE, KAREN to DERRY, KAITLYN | $219,000 | |
| 2025-05-29 | Sold for $219,000 | $219,000 | $2,882 |
| 2025-05-22 | RPTT&RET $317,000 — from LI, YAN to AMOROSO, JAMES T; ZHUNE ALVAREZ, LUCY M | $317,000 | |
| 2025-05-19 | Sold for $317,000 | $317,000 | $4,171 |
| 2025-04-28 | RPTT&RET $300,000 — from ESTATE OF ROBERT GARLICK; SINDEE SOURS, EXECUTOR to STURGEON, WILLIAM MARK | $300,000 | |
| 2025-04-15 | RPTT&RET $210,000 — from LI, YAN to CASTILLO, MIGUEL | $210,000 | |
| 2025-04-14 | Sold for $300,000 | $300,000 | $3,947 |
| 2025-04-09 | RPTT&RET $535,000 — from COENEN, CLAUDIA to HENDERSON, SARAH; HENDERSON, MARK | $535,000 | |
| 2025-04-09 | RPTT&RET $535,000 — from COENEN, CLAUDIA to HENDERSON, SARAH; HENDERSON, MARK | $535,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 45 |
| 2018 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 28 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 34 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 8 | 6 | 56 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 42 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 53 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
Every one of the 648 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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