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731 Gerard Avenue

2,026Records
19City systems
128Open violations
13.3Penalty rate

2,026 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 730 311 service requests, 608 HPD complaints, 285 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBronx 10451
Built1928
Floors6
Res. units75
ClassD7
Owner (PLUTO)731 GERARD/WALTON, LLC
BBL2024820040
BIN2002972

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 60% 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 13.3. In ZIP 10451, 29% of residential buildings hold an A and 22% grade D or F. How grades work

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C

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 violations128 total — 29 class C (immediately hazardous), 86 class B, 13 class A. Oldest open since 2006-10-30.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

14 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 6 · winter 2025–26: 8). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’24–25
8
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

102 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (49) · DOOR/WINDOW (9) · HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · GENERAL (4) · PAINT/PLASTER (3) · Illegal Parking (3).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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 (1928)
YesSix or more residential units (75)
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)731 GERARD WALTON LLC
Head officerARTHUR GREEN
Managing agentYELLOWSTONE PROPERTIES INC.
Last registered2025-11-05

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$4,374,000 $1,968,300
2026$4,510,000 $2,029,500
2027$4,347,000 $1,956,150

The city's market estimate has fallen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 29/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

8 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2018 (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

Subway161 St-Yankee Stadium — 4 B D · 950 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
BusNearest boarding stop: River Av / E 157 St — Bx13 · 450 ft
Citi BikeE 157 St & River Ave · 400 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

731 Gerard 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

102 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 7 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 YELLOWSTONE PROPERTIES INC — 6 buildings, 597 units. Grades across the portfolio: A1 · B1 · C2 · D1 · F1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
721 Walton Avenue BX120 C
735 Walton Avenue BX110 D
751 Walton Avenue BX100 F
175 East 151 Street BX98 C
695 Walton Avenue BX94 B
731 Gerard Avenue BX75 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $5,000,000 on 2015-06-29 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2020-06-01Agreement $5,000,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to 731 GERARD/WALTON, LLC $5,000,000
2015-06-29Agreement $5,000,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to 731 GERARD/WALTON, LLC $5,000,000
2015-06-29Mortgage $1,288,215 — from 731 GERARD/WALTON, LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $1,288,215
2015-06-29Mortgage $5,000,000 — from 731 GERARD/WALTON, LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $5,000,000
2012-03-13Agreement $3,950,000 — from 731 GERARD/WALTON LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $3,950,000
2009-05-08Agreement $3,950,000 — from 731 GERARD/WALTON, LLC; 731 GERARD LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $3,950,000
2009-05-08AL&R $3,950,000 — from 731 GERARD/WALTON, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $3,950,000
2009-04-28Deed $4,937,500 — from 731 GERARD LLC to 731 GERARD/WALTON, LLC $4,937,500
2008-08-01AMTX $380,000 — from 731 GERARD LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $380,000
2008-07-16Agreement $4,300,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to 731 GERARD LLC $4,300,000
2008-07-16AL&R $4,300,000 — from 731 GERARD LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $4,300,000
2008-07-16Mortgage $380,000 — from 731 GERARD LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $380,000
2005-02-24Mortgage $2,591,000 — from PINNACLE BRONX SOUTH LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $2,591,000
2005-02-24Mortgage $1,329,000 — from PINNACLE BRONX SOUTH LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $1,329,000
2005-02-24Agreement $3,920,000 — from PINNACLE BRONX SOUTH LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $3,920,000

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017110408113
20184230936
201953102965
20202242634
2021690015111
202245301269
202314401358
202453901054
202504901362
20260640973
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The full timeline

Construction 18Enforcement 110Housing & tenants 1,662Ownership & money 60Health & systems 176

Every one of the 2,026 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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