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16 East 169 Street

979Records
19City systems
6Open violations
23.4Penalty rate

979 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 499 311 service requests, 240 HPD complaints, 62 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBronx 10452
Built1953
Floors6
Res. units64
ClassD7
Owner (PLUTO)EQUITIES BY RICHARD LLC
BBL2024810011
BIN2002963

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 50% 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 23.4. In ZIP 10452, 28% of residential buildings hold an A and 24% grade D or F. How grades work

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Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations6 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2010-07-18.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

45 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 21 · winter 2024–25: 16 · winter 2025–26: 8). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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16
’24–25
8
’25–26

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

$6,875 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

162 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (114) · HEAT/HOT WATER (21) · Illegal Parking (14) · Elevator (4) · PLUMBING (3) · Dirty Condition (2).

Filed construction activity

$58,610 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (1953)
YesSix or more residential units (64)
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)EQUITIES BY RICHARD LLC
Head officerRUBIN PIKUS
Managing agentMILBROOK PROPERTIES LTD
Last registered2025-08-28

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$3,689,000 $1,660,050
2026$3,082,000 $1,386,900
2027$3,172,000 $1,427,400

The city's market estimate has fallen 14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 52/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9)

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.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2014 (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.

Getting around

Subway167 St — 4 · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
167 St — B D · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Grand Concourse / E Clarke Pl — Bx1 Bx2 · 850 ft
Citi BikeWalton Ave & E 168 St · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: 114, 218. 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

16 East 169 Street

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

162 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 21 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 MILBROOK PROPERTIES LTD — 26 buildings, 1,308 units. Grades across the portfolio: A15 · B10 · C1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
2820 Bailey Avenue BX102 C
108 West 227 Street MN82 A
320 Wadsworth Avenue MN80 A
2121 Westbury Court BK67 B
1645 Grand Concourse BX67 A
253 Sherman Avenue MN65 B
16 East 169 Street BX64 A
2525 Morris Avenue BX64 B
3130 Albany Crescent BX59 A
1325 Edward L Grant Hwy BX57 A
1332 St Nicholas Avenue MN56 A
120 West 228 Street MN56 B
760 Riverside Drive MN56 B
1 Audubon Avenue MN55 A
4520 Broadway MN54 A
320 Eastern Parkway BK50 A
1400 St Nicholas Avenue MN40 B
1479 St Nicholas Avenue MN38 B
2670 Broadway MN37 B
4841 Broadway MN35 B
556 West 180 Street MN31 A
550 West 180 Street MN30 A
1337 Edward L Grant Hwy BX28 A
1585 1 Avenue MN16 A
414 East 83 Street MN11 A
1627 2 Avenue MN8 B

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $282,888 on 2020-11-10 (lender: Symetra Life Insurance Company). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2020-11-10Mortgage $282,889 — from EQUITIES BY RICHARD LLC to SYMETRA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY $282,889
2020-11-10Agreement $2,200,000 — from EQUITIES BY RICHARD LLC to SYMETRA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY $2,200,000
2018-08-01Agreement $1,980,000 — from EQUITIES BY RICHARD LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS $1,980,000
2018-08-01Mortgage $333,165 — from EQUITIES BY RICHARD LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS $333,165
2018-08-01AL&R $1,980,000 — from EQUITIES BY RICHARD LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS $1,980,000
2011-12-28AL&R $1,800,000 — from EQUITIES BY RICHARD LLC C/O MILLBROOK PR to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $1,800,000
2011-12-28Agreement $1,800,000 — from THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH to EQUITIES BY RICHARD LLC C/O MILLBROOK PR $1,800,000
2011-12-28Mortgage $378,074 — from EQUITIES BY RICHARD LLC C/O MILLBROOK PR to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $378,074
2004-01-02M&CON $1,650,000 — from EQUITIES BY RICHARD LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA $1,650,000
2003-08-27M&CON $1,600,000 — from EQUITIES BY RICHARD LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA $1,600,000
2000-03-24Mortgage $467,192 — from EQUITIES BY RICHARDLLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA $467,192
1987-07-10Mortgage $1,100,000 — from EQUITIES BY RICHARDS to QCSB REALTY CORP. $1,100,000
1987-07-10Mortgage $750,000 — from EQUITIES BY RICHARD to QCSB REALTY CORP. $750,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201701580463
201821395451
201911470352
202001124522
202101160219
202201830387
202320520357
2024219504102
202507710583
202603140320
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The full timeline

Construction 14Enforcement 46Housing & tenants 818Ownership & money 49Health & systems 52

Every one of the 979 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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