570 recorded events, 1993–2025, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 212 HPD complaints, 164 311 service requests, 108 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 81% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 6.7. In ZIP 10454, 54% of residential buildings hold an A and 11% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Building/Use (1) · General Construction/Plumbing (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1).
$34,200 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1899) |
| No | Six or more residential units (2) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | PALMETTO BEN LLC |
| Head officer | SOLEYMAN Dardashtian |
| Managing agent | Axel Management |
| Last registered | 2025-09-18 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $875,000 | $52,500 |
| 2026 | $913,000 | $54,780 |
| 2027 | $945,000 | $56,700 |
The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 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-138 St — 6 · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 138 St-Grand Concourse — 4 5 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 3 Av / E 140 St — Bx2 Bx21 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 142 St & 3 Ave · 600 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.
312 East 140 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 |
3 311 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 AXEL MANAGEMENT — 16 buildings, 63 units. Grades across the portfolio: A6 · B5 · C4 · F1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 352 East 139 Street | BX | 11 | C |
| 306 Alexander Avenue | BX | 9 | B |
| 297 Alexander Avenue | BX | 8 | A |
| 265 Alexander Avenue | BX | 7 | A |
| 593 East 137 Street | BX | 7 | A |
| 77 Dikeman Street | BK | 4 | A |
| 487 Monroe Street | BK | 3 | C |
| 310 East 140 Street | BX | 3 | C |
| 705 4 Avenue | BK | 3 | C |
| 312 East 140 Street | BX | 2 | B |
| 310 Alexander Avenue | BX | 1 | F |
| 289 Alexander Avenue | BX | 1 | B |
| 295 East 139 Street | BX | 1 | B |
| 1084 Madison Street | BK | 1 | B |
| 287 Alexander Avenue | BX | 1 | A |
| 308 Alexander Avenue | BX | 1 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $500,000 on 2019-01-15 (lender: Monasebian, Albert and Monasebian, Simone), covering 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-15 | AL&R $500,000 — from PALMETTO BEN, LLC; 265 ALEXANDER, LLC to MONASEBIAN, ALBERT; MONASEBIAN, SIMONE | $500,000 | |
| 2019-01-15 | Mortgage $500,000 — from PALMETTO BEN, LLC; 265 ALEXANDER, LLC to MONASEBIAN, SIMONE; MONASEBIAN, ALBERT | $500,000 | |
| 2014-04-22 | Deed $280,000 — from AUGUST, TAL to PALMETTO BEN, LLC | $280,000 | |
| 2010-12-02 | Deed $180,000 — from SMITH, WARREN to AUGUST, TAL | $180,000 | |
| 2007-08-16 | Mortgage $477,000 — from SMITH, WARREN to MERS | $477,000 | |
| 2006-11-20 | Mortgage $72,000 — from SMITH, WARREN to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS | $72,000 | |
| 2006-11-20 | Mortgage $384,000 — from SMITH, WARREN to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS | $384,000 | |
| 2004-07-03 | Mortgage $377,150 — from SMITH, WARREN to NEW YORK MORTGAGE BANKERS, LTD. | $377,150 | |
| 2003-06-30 | Deed $355,000 — from AYAL ASSETS CORP. to SMITH, WARREN | $355,000 | |
| 2003-06-30 | Mortgage $349,515 — from SMITH, WARREN to NEW YORK MORTGAGE BANKERS, LTD | $349,515 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 55 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 101 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Every one of the 570 recorded events, 1993–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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