450 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 208 311 service requests, 134 HPD complaints, 30 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 58% 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 15.4. In ZIP 10459, 52% of residential buildings hold an A and 16% 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 | 2 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2026-06-21. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
14 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 8 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
17 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · GENERAL (5) · Missed Collection (2) · Illegal Parking (1) · Derelict Vehicles (1) · Water Maintenance (1).
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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1915) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (26) |
| 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) | LONGFELLOW-HALL, LLC |
| Head officer | MARK ENGEL |
| Managing agent | LANGSAM PROPERTY SERVICES CORP |
| Last registered | 2025-10-08 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $770,000 | $346,500 |
| 2026 | $813,000 | $365,850 |
| 2027 | $772,000 | $347,400 |
The city's market estimate has risen 0% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
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.
1 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.
| Subway | Whitlock Av — 6 · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Freeman St — 2 5 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Westchester Av / Home St — Bx4 Bx4A Bx27 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Home St & Westchester Ave · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 066 School of Higher Expectations. 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.
1142 Longfellow 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 |
17 311 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.
Managed by LANGSAM PROPERTY SERVICES CORP — 215 buildings, 8,744 units. Grades across the portfolio: A42 · B80 · C57 · D26 · F9. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 215 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $4,600,000 on 2020-04-20 (lender: Siganture Bank), covering 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-04-20 | AL&R $4,600,000 — from LONGFELLOW-HALL, LLC; LONGFELLOW-HALL,HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to SIGANTURE BANK | $4,600,000 | |
| 2020-04-20 | Mortgage $4,600,000 — from LONGFELLOW-HALL,HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND; LONGFELLOW-HALL, LLC to SIGANTURE BANK | $4,600,000 | |
| 2013-03-21 | Agreement $3,700,000 — from LONGFELLOW-HALL LLC to PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK | $3,700,000 | |
| 2013-03-21 | Mortgage $3,493,751 — from LONGFELLOW-HALL LLC to PEOPLES UNITED BANK | $3,493,751 | |
| 1999-01-21 | Mortgage $1,850,885 — from LONGFELLOW-HALL LLC to COMMUNITY CHASE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | $1,850,885 | |
| 1999-01-21 | Mortgage $915,000 — from LONGFELLOW-HALL LLC to CHASE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | $915,000 | |
| 1997-10-22 | Mortgage $972,000 — from LONGFELLOW-HALL LLC to CHASE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | $972,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2018 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 35 |
| 2019 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| 2020 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 29 |
| 2021 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| 2022 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 29 |
| 2023 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2024 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 24 |
| 2025 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2026 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
Every one of the 450 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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