949 recorded events, 1985–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 650 311 service requests, 75 HPD complaints, 56 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 77% 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 3.7. 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 | 7 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 1990-04-19. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
249 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (192) · Illegal Parking (20) · Water System (9) · Derelict Vehicles (8) · PAINT/PLASTER (4) · Abandoned Vehicle (2).
$368,000 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 (1924) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (54) |
| 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) | VARMA COOPERATIVE HOMES, INC. |
| Head officer | RONALD STEWART |
| Managing agent | HARLEM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2025-07-23 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,996,000 | $898,200 |
| 2026 | $1,866,000 | $839,700 |
| 2027 | $1,979,000 | $890,550 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $586,575 a year ($13.75 per sq ft), operating expenses $293,501 ($6.88 per sq ft), net operating income $293,074. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | A — ENERGY STAR score 100/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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.
7 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2011 (0 in the last three years).
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 · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 149 St-Hostos — 2 4 5 · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 14-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: River Av / E 157 St — Bx13 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 157 St & River Ave · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Painted bike lane mapped within 75 ft |
| 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.
828 Gerard 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 |
249 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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 HARLEM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT — 74 buildings, 1,852 units. Grades across the portfolio: A41 · B17 · C10 · D4 · F1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 74 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,000,000 on 2025-06-05 (lender: National Consumer Cooperative Bank), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-18 | RPTT&RET $180,000 — from FENG, YUXIN; FENG, SHAOQIU to ESTRELLA, ALEXANDER | $180,000 | |
| 2026-02-11 | Sold for $180,000 | $180,000 | $3,333 |
| 2025-09-23 | RPTT&RET $220,000 — from FRAYER, MAIJA-LEENA to XING, WEIQI | $220,000 | |
| 2025-09-17 | Sold for $220,000 | $220,000 | $4,074 |
| 2025-06-05 | Mortgage $1,000,000 — from VARMA CO-OPERATIVE HOMES, INCORPORATED; AKA VARMA CO-OPERATIVE HOMES, INC. to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK | $1,000,000 | |
| 2025-05-15 | RPTT&RET $120,000 — from ESTATE OF ANJA IMPOLA; KAARLA, AS EXECUTOR, ERIK to MELENDEZ, SERGIO | $120,000 | |
| 2025-05-09 | Sold for $120,000 | $120,000 | $2,222 |
| 2025-04-04 | RPTT&RET $225,000 — from MA, JULIANA to TEJADA, LEANDRO; BATISTA, GRACE | $225,000 | |
| 2025-03-21 | Sold for $225,000 | $225,000 | $4,167 |
| 2025-01-16 | RPTT&RET $280,000 — from LACHMANAYA, DILRANIE; RAMNANAN, ROY to NUNEZ, ORLANDO; HERNANDEZ, MARIA G | $280,000 | |
| 2024-12-13 | Sold for $280,000 | $280,000 | $5,185 |
| 2024-09-18 | RPTT&RET $270,000 — from SUN, WEI to ZELAYA, ELVIS A | $270,000 | |
| 2024-08-30 | Sold for $270,000 | $270,000 | $5,000 |
| 2024-08-15 | RPTT&RET $215,000 — from WU, BETTY; HE WU, YAN SHUANG; WU, SHUYI to BURNETT, LELAND | $215,000 | |
| 2024-08-09 | Sold for $215,000 | $215,000 | $3,981 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 37 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 37 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 35 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 10 | 3 | 82 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 4 | 5 | 91 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 5 | 7 | 120 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 5 | 4 | 110 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 | 93 | 13 | 6 | 119 |
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 69 |
Every one of the 949 recorded events, 1985–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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