1,810 recorded events, 1982–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 623 HPD complaints, 511 311 service requests, 494 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 820.5. In ZIP 10459, 52% of residential buildings hold an A and 16% 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 | 303 total — 66 class C (immediately hazardous), 167 class B, 70 class A. Oldest open since 1989-03-25. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 1 case(s) pending in housing court |
| Alternative Enforcement | currently in HPD's worst-buildings program |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
77 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 22 · winter 2025–26: 25 · winter 2026–27: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$12,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
199 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (37) · PLUMBING (36) · DOOR/WINDOW (25) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (24) · PAINT/PLASTER (19) · ELECTRIC (16).
$776,101 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1904) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (16) |
| Yes | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
3 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | LONGWOOD APARTMENTS, L.P. |
| Head officer | KIUMARZ GEULA |
| Managing agent | PILLAR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-12-08 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $820,000 | $369,000 |
| 2026 | $938,000 | $422,100 |
| 2027 | $864,000 | $388,800 |
The city's market estimate has risen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
| 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.
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 | Prospect Av — 2 5 · 300 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Longwood Av — 6 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Prospect Av / Westchester Av — Bx46 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Prospect Ave & Longwood Ave · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt Middle: M.S. 302 Luisa Dessus Cruz. 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.
870 Longwood 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 |
199 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 37 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 PILLAR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC — 40 buildings, 1,300 units. Grades across the portfolio: B11 · C11 · D12 · F6. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,150,000 on 2005-12-07 (lender: The Community Preservation Corporation), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-12-07 | AL&R $1,150,000 — from THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION to LONGWOOD APARTMENTS; LONGWOOD APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT | $1,150,000 | |
| 2005-12-07 | Mortgage $1,150,000 — from LONGWOOD APARTMENTS; LONGWOOD APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT to THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION | $1,150,000 | |
| 2004-01-30 | DEEDO $10,000 — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK to LONGWOOD APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT | $10,000 | |
| 2004-01-30 | AL&R $2,100,896 — from CITIBANK, N.A. to LONGWOOD APARTMENTS; LONGWOOD APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT | $2,100,896 | |
| 2004-01-30 | Mortgage $152,459 — from LONGWOOD APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ; LONGWOOD APARTMENTS to CITIBANK, N.A. | $152,459 | |
| 2004-01-30 | Mortgage $1,948,437 — from LONGWOOD APARTMENTS; LONGWOOD APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT to CITIBANK, N.A. | $1,948,437 | |
| 1989-08-28 | Mortgage $57,500 — from LONGWOOD, INC. to BLACK, ROBERT S./PUBADM; BROWNE, GERTRUDE, EST OF | $57,500 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 94 | 0 | 4 | 101 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 21 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 7 | 45 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 7 | 55 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 3 | 80 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 1 | 2 | 77 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 | 231 | 0 | 4 | 240 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 344 | 0 | 0 | 345 |
| 2025 | 0 | 9 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 173 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 177 |
Every one of the 1,810 recorded events, 1982–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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