1,684 recorded events, 1995–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 658 HPD housing violations, 431 311 service requests, 420 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% 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 564.5. In ZIP 10455, 49% of residential buildings hold an A and 16% 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 | 54 total — 14 class C (immediately hazardous), 25 class B, 15 class A. Oldest open since 2017-09-27. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
76 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 8 · winter 2024–25: 22 · winter 2025–26: 36). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
228 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (49) · HEAT/HOT WATER (36) · APPLIANCE (28) · PLUMBING (25) · PAINT/PLASTER (18) · Noise (15).
$10,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1905) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (39) |
| 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) | BROOK WILLIS LLC |
| Head officer | STEVE ZERVOUDIS |
| Managing agent | LANGSAM PROPERTY SERVICES |
| Last registered | 2025-10-11 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,681,000 | $756,450 |
| 2026 | $1,728,000 | $777,600 |
| 2027 | $1,691,000 | $760,950 |
The city's market estimate has risen 1% 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 6 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 | 3 Av-149 St — 2 5 · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Brook Av — 6 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Willis Av / E 146 St — M125 · 600 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 147 St & Bergen Ave · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: Elementary schools in this district are not zoned. 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.
444 East 147 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 |
228 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 36 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 LANGSAM PROPERTY SERVICES CORP — 215 buildings, 8,744 units. Grades across the portfolio: A42 · B80 · C57 · D26 · F9. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 215 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $760,000 on 2006-07-13 (lender: The City Of New York), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-08-05 | Agreement $760,000 — from BROOK WILLIS LLC to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $760,000 | |
| 2006-07-13 | Mortgage $7,460,000 — from BROOK WILLIS LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $7,460,000 | |
| 2006-07-13 | Mortgage $760,000 — from BROOK WILLIS LLC to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $760,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 4 | 58 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 56 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 55 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 25 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 112 | 2 | 117 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 113 | 5 | 121 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 2 | 62 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 449 | 5 | 456 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 358 | 4 | 363 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 118 | 3 | 127 |
Every one of the 1,684 recorded events, 1995–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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