6,019 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 2,168 HPD complaints, 2,110 311 service requests, 1,243 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 178.5. In ZIP 10451, 29% of residential buildings hold an A and 22% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 106 total — 49 class C (immediately hazardous), 44 class B, 13 class A. Oldest open since 1995-10-24. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
223 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 111 · winter 2024–25: 41 · winter 2025–26: 54). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
2 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$19,900 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
422 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (100) · Noise (64) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (52) · Elevator (30) · PAINT/PLASTER (25) · PLUMBING (16).
$424,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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 (1927) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (110) |
| 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) | 721-735 WALTON GERARD LLC |
| Head officer | ARTHUR GREEN |
| Managing agent | YELLOWSTONE PROPERTIES INC. |
| Last registered | 2025-11-05 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $6,713,000 | $3,020,850 |
| 2026 | $6,821,000 | $3,069,450 |
| 2027 | $6,715,000 | $3,021,750 |
The city's market estimate has risen 0% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 32/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | UNSAFE — unsafe conditions reported (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 | 161 St-Yankee Stadium — 4 B D · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 149 St-Hostos — 2 4 5 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: River Av / E 157 St — Bx13 · 550 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 157 St & River 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.
735 Walton 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 |
422 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 100 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 YELLOWSTONE PROPERTIES INC — 6 buildings, 597 units. Grades across the portfolio: A1 · B1 · C2 · D1 · F1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 721 Walton Avenue | BX | 120 | C |
| 735 Walton Avenue | BX | 110 | D |
| 751 Walton Avenue | BX | 100 | F |
| 175 East 151 Street | BX | 98 | C |
| 695 Walton Avenue | BX | 94 | B |
| 731 Gerard Avenue | BX | 75 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $169,347 on 2019-04-15 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-15 | Mortgage $10,930,653 — from 721-735 WALTON/GERARD, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $10,930,653 | |
| 2019-04-15 | Agreement $10,930,653 — from 721-735 WALTON/GERARD, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $10,930,653 | |
| 2019-04-15 | Mortgage $169,347 — from 721-735 WALTON/GERARD, LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA | $169,347 | |
| 2019-04-15 | Agreement $11,100,000 — from 721-735 WALTON/GERARD, LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA | $11,100,000 | |
| 2019-04-12 | Agreement $11,000,000 — from 721-735 WALTON/GERARD, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $11,000,000 | |
| 2015-02-03 | Mortgage $6,868,100 — from 721-735 WALTON/GERARD, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $6,868,100 | |
| 2015-02-03 | Agreement $22,000,000 — from 721-735 WALTON/GERARD, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $22,000,000 | |
| 2015-02-03 | AL&R $22,000,000 — from 721-735 WALTON/GERARD, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $22,000,000 | |
| 2008-03-14 | Mortgage $497,993 — from 721-735 WALTON/GERARD, LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK | $497,993 | |
| 2008-03-14 | Agreement $7,520,000 — from 721-735 WALTON/GERARD, LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK | $7,520,000 | |
| 2008-03-14 | Mortgage $7,022,007 — from 721-735 WALTON/GERARD, LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK | $7,022,007 | |
| 2008-03-14 | Agreement $14,014,014 — from 721-735 WALTON/GERARD, LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK | $14,014,014 | |
| 2008-03-14 | AL&R $7,520,000 — from 721-735 WALTON/GERARD, LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK | $7,520,000 | |
| 2005-02-14 | Agreement $22,160,000 — from PRIME RESIDENTIAL BRONX R&R II, LLC.; PRIME RESIDENTIAL R&R IV, LLC; PRIME RESIDENTIAL BRO to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $22,160,000 | |
| 2004-10-19 | Agreement $31,360,000 — from PRIME RESIDENTIAL BRONX R&R IV, LLC; PRIME RESIDENTIAL BRONX R&R II, LLC; PRIME RESIDENTIA to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $31,360,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 385 | 0 | 3 | 392 |
| 2018 | 2 | 9 | 343 | 0 | 5 | 359 |
| 2019 | 1 | 6 | 112 | 7 | 6 | 132 |
| 2020 | 0 | 9 | 89 | 1 | 2 | 101 |
| 2021 | 0 | 15 | 192 | 0 | 3 | 210 |
| 2022 | 0 | 13 | 472 | 0 | 11 | 496 |
| 2023 | 0 | 8 | 327 | 0 | 4 | 339 |
| 2024 | 2 | 21 | 578 | 0 | 6 | 607 |
| 2025 | 2 | 15 | 298 | 0 | 4 | 319 |
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 159 | 0 | 7 | 174 |
Every one of the 6,019 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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