1,972 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 684 311 service requests, 586 HPD housing violations, 470 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 562.3. In ZIP 10454, 54% of residential buildings hold an A and 11% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 65 total — 24 class C (immediately hazardous), 32 class B, 9 class A. Oldest open since 2016-06-21. |
| Alternative Enforcement | currently in HPD's worst-buildings program |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
74 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 23 · winter 2024–25: 15 · winter 2025–26: 28). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
235 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (54) · HEAT/HOT WATER (30) · DOOR/WINDOW (25) · PLUMBING (18) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (15) · ELECTRIC (13).
$167,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 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 (1915) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (20) |
| 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) | 797 E 142ND STREET LLC |
| Head officer | URI DREIFUS |
| Managing agent | ROCKAWAY MAINTENANCE PARTNERS CORP |
| Last registered | 2025-09-15 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,833,000 | $824,850 |
| 2026 | $1,962,000 | $882,900 |
| 2027 | $1,806,000 | $812,700 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Pichon Restaurant | Latin American | B | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
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 | E 143 St-St Mary's St — 6 · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Citi Bike | Southern Blvd & E 142 St · 100 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.
797 East 142 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
235 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 30 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 ROCKAWAY MAINTENANCE PARTNERS CORP — 5 buildings, 67 units. Grades across the portfolio: B2 · C1 · D1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 154 Beach 114 Street | QN | 23 | B |
| 797 East 142 Street | BX | 20 | D |
| 1230 Fulton Avenue | BX | 14 | B |
| 224 East Tremont Avenue | BX | 10 | C |
| 158 Beach 116 Street | QN | 0 | — |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,575,000 on 2014-11-05 (lender: Customers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-16 | AL&R $2,850,000 — from 797 E 142ND STREET LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,850,000 | |
| 2018-05-16 | M&CON $2,850,000 — from 797 E 142ND STREET LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,850,000 | |
| 2014-11-05 | AL&R $1,575,000 — from 797 E 142ND STREET LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK | $1,575,000 | |
| 2014-11-05 | Mortgage $1,575,000 — from 797 E 142ND STREET LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK | $1,575,000 | |
| 2014-11-05 | Deed $1,500,000 — from 797 E. 142ND ST. REALTY CORP. to 797 E 142ND STREET LLC | $1,500,000 | |
| 1982-12-28 | Mortgage $4,200,000 — from WINSTON NETWORK, INC. to METROMEDIA, INC. | $4,200,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 31 | 169 | 0 | 11 | 219 |
| 2018 | 0 | 13 | 95 | 4 | 1 | 113 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 153 | 0 | 3 | 157 |
| 2020 | 0 | 10 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 69 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 74 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 115 | 0 | 1 | 118 |
| 2023 | 0 | 7 | 119 | 0 | 7 | 133 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 | 149 | 4 | 7 | 166 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 109 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 293 | 0 | 1 | 296 |
Every one of the 1,972 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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