1,483 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 21 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 540 HPD complaints, 521 311 service requests, 248 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 92% 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 229.8. In ZIP 10451, 29% of residential buildings hold an A and 22% 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 | 96 total — 19 class C (immediately hazardous), 65 class B, 12 class A. Oldest open since 2019-12-02. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
64 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 16 · winter 2025–26: 44). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
224 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (55) · HEAT/HOT WATER (32) · PAINT/PLASTER (24) · PLUMBING (17) · FLOORING/STAIRS (15) · WATER LEAK (13).
$230,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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 (1925) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (30) |
| 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) | LONGFELLOW- HALL HDFC, INC |
| Head officer | RICHARD SICA |
| Managing agent | LANGSAM PROPERTY SERVICES CORP |
| Last registered | 2025-10-11 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $862,000 | $387,900 |
| 2026 | $973,000 | $437,850 |
| 2027 | $891,000 | $400,950 |
The city's market estimate has risen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| 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 | Jackson Av — 2 5 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 12-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 3 Av / E 158 St — Bx15 Bx21 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Brook Ave & E 157 St · 550 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.
464 East 159 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 |
224 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 32 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: $4,600,000 on 2024-09-11 (lender: Signature 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-11 | Mortgage $4,600,000 — from LONGFELLOW-HALL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT COMP; LONGFELLOW-HALL LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $4,600,000 | |
| 2024-09-11 | AL&R $4,600,000 — from LONGFELLOW-HALL LLC; LONGFELLOW-HALL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT COMP to SIGNATURE BANK | $4,600,000 | |
| 2013-12-05 | Agreement $399,433 — from COLON, JUAN; RODRIGUEZ, LUIS to BANK OF AMERICA, NA | $399,433 | |
| 2013-03-21 | Mortgage $3,493,751 — from LONGFELLOW-HALL LLC to PEOPLES UNITED BANK | $3,493,751 | |
| 2013-03-21 | Agreement $3,700,000 — from LONGFELLOW-HALL LLC to PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK | $3,700,000 | |
| 1999-01-21 | Mortgage $1,850,885 — from LONGFELLOW-HALL LLC to COMMUNITY CHASE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | $1,850,885 | |
| 1999-01-21 | Mortgage $915,000 — from LONGFELLOW-HALL LLC to CHASE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | $915,000 | |
| 1997-10-22 | Mortgage $972,000 — from LONGFELLOW-HALL LLC to CHASE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | $972,000 | |
| 1985-07-09 | Mortgage $95,000 — from LIPSON, JOSEPH; HANDWERGER, STANLEY to MARSH, THOMAS | $95,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 2 | 81 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 72 |
| 2019 | 13 | 5 | 131 | 4 | 3 | 156 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 62 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 44 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 4 | 2 | 100 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 | 140 | 0 | 1 | 145 |
| 2026 | 0 | 7 | 312 | 0 | 4 | 323 |
Every one of the 1,483 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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