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873 Brook Avenue

993Records
17City systems
22Open violations
196.1Penalty rate
Bronx · ZIP 10451 · Neighborhood: Morrisania
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993 recorded events, 1977–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 337 311 service requests, 259 HPD housing violations, 258 HPD complaints.

BoroughBronx 10451
Built1920
Floors5
Res. units20
ClassC1
Owner (PLUTO)MRC MELROSE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND
BBL2023650026
BIN2001201, 2001202

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 90% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 196.1. In ZIP 10451, 29% of residential buildings hold an A and 22% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations22 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 16 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2019-05-22.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

78 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 24 · winter 2024–25: 16 · winter 2025–26: 38). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
16
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38
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

105 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (37) · PLUMBING (15) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (13) · DOOR/WINDOW (9) · Noise (5) · PAINT/PLASTER (5).

Filed construction activity

$3,780,530 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (8 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 (1920)
YesSix or more residential units (20)
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)MRC MELROSE HDFC
Head officerPAUL MOORE
Managing agentMRC MELROSE HDFC
Last registered2026-05-01

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,008,000 $453,600
2026$1,172,000 $527,400
2027$1,008,000 $453,600

The city's market estimate has risen 0% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

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

SubwayJackson Av — 2 5 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Elton Av / E 161 St — Bx6 Bx13 · 450 ft
Citi BikeWashington Ave & E 163 St · 450 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.

Report a problem to 311

873 Brook Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

105 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 37 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by MRC MELROSE HDFC — 5 buildings, 50 units. Grades across the portfolio: C2 · D2 · F1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
873 Brook Avenue BX20 C
369 East 162 Street BX16 C
320 East 160 Street BX6 D
370 East 159 Street BX4 D
920 Melrose Avenue BX4 F

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $85,035 on 2013-07-05 (lender: New York City Housing Development Corporation), covering 5 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
2013-07-29RPTT&RET $3,270,163 — from NEW YORK EQUITY FUND 1994 LIMITED PARTNE to MRC MELROSE HDFC $3,270,163
2013-07-05Agreement $1,222,558 — from MRC MELROSE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ITS DEPT OF HOUSIN $1,222,558
2013-07-05Mortgage $680,663 — from MRC MELROSE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ITS DEPT OF HOUSIN $680,663
2013-07-05Mortgage $85,035 — from MRC MELROSE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR $85,035
2013-07-05AL&R $765,698 — from MRC MELROSE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ITS DEPT. OF HOUSI; NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR $765,698

Ten-year activity

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2017
153
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
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2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201700640468
20180115002153
20193011102116
202000510152
202100360339
202201390444
202303400245
20240010511107
20250011402116
202671641275
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The full timeline

Construction 25Enforcement 34Housing & tenants 887Ownership & money 17Health & systems 30

Every one of the 993 recorded events, 1977–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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