1,387 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 447 HPD complaints, 398 311 service requests, 361 HPD housing violations.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 56% 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 33.7. In ZIP 10453, 41% of residential buildings hold an A and 19% 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 | 1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-02-21. |
| Active vacate order | 1 unit(s) under an unrescinded HPD vacate order |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
25 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 11 · winter 2025–26: 10). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
32 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (12) · HEAT/HOT WATER (10) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4) · FLOORING/STAIRS (2) · PLUMBING (1) · Street Light Condition (1).
$8,953,233 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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 (1920) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (36) |
| 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) | MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS LLC |
| Head officer | PIERRE DOWNING |
| Managing agent | MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS LLC |
| Last registered | 2026-07-24 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,377,000 | $619,650 |
| 2026 | $1,413,000 | $635,850 |
| 2027 | $1,394,000 | $627,300 |
The city's market estimate has risen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI
| 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.
1 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.
| Subway | Burnside Av — 4 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Tremont Av — B D · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: East Burnside Av / Grand Concourse — Bx40 Bx42 · 500 ft |
| Citi Bike | Morris Ave & E Burnside Ave · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 028 Mount Hope. 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.
2038 Morris 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 |
32 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 10 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 MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS LLC — 19 buildings, 664 units. Grades across the portfolio: A4 · B13 · C2. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1800 Davidson Avenue | BX | 67 | B |
| 1821 Davidson Avenue | BX | 55 | A |
| 1735 Townsend Avenue | BX | 53 | B |
| 1789 Davidson Avenue | BX | 44 | B |
| 1995 Creston Avenue | BX | 41 | B |
| 1985 Creston Avenue | BX | 41 | B |
| 1815 Davidson Avenue | BX | 40 | B |
| 264 Echo Place | BX | 39 | B |
| 1982 Walton Avenue | BX | 37 | C |
| 2038 Morris Avenue | BX | 36 | A |
| 1822 Davidson Avenue | BX | 35 | B |
| 2042 Morris Avenue | BX | 31 | B |
| 1734 Townsend Avenue | BX | 26 | B |
| 2474 Marion Avenue | BX | 25 | A |
| 1870 Morris Avenue | BX | 25 | B |
| 2059 Davidson Avenue | BX | 20 | B |
| 2055 Davidson Avenue | BX | 20 | B |
| 65 East Tremont Avenue | BX | 16 | C |
| 1910 Morris Avenue | BX | 13 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,000,000 on 2018-03-08 (lender: New York City Housing Development Corporation), covering 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-20 | Agreement $1,000,000 — from MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS 1A HD; MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS LLC to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $1,000,000 | |
| 2018-03-12 | RPTT&RET $522,648 — from FANNIE MAE, F/K/A FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTG to MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS 1A HO | $522,648 | |
| 2018-03-08 | Agreement $13,689,223 — from MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS LLC; MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS 1A HD to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $13,689,223 | |
| 2018-03-08 | Mortgage $1,000,000 — from MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS LLC; MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS 1A HD to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $1,000,000 | |
| 2018-03-08 | Agreement $5,405,941 — from MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS LLC to MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS 1A HD | $5,405,941 | |
| 2018-03-08 | Deed $371,996 — from MOUNT HOPE ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHI to MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS 1A HO | $371,996 | |
| 2018-03-08 | Mortgage $7,480,771 — from MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS LLC; MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS 1A HD to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $7,480,771 | |
| 2018-03-08 | Mortgage $17,700,352 — from MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS LLC; MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS 1A HD to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $17,700,352 | |
| 2018-03-08 | Mortgage $5,988,877 — from MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS 1A HD; MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $5,988,877 | |
| 2018-03-08 | Mortgage $38,150,901 — from MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS LLC; MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS 1A HD to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $38,150,901 | |
| 2018-02-23 | Sold for $371,996 | $371,996 | $10,333 |
| 1991-11-20 | Mortgage $252,000 — from MOUNT HOPE ASSOCS LTD to CHEMICAL BANK | $252,000 | |
| 1988-12-12 | Mortgage $1,402,613 — from MOUNT HOPE ASSOC/ETC to CHEMICAL BANK | $1,402,613 | |
| 1988-12-12 | Mortgage $400,000 — from MOUNT HOPE ASSOC/ETC to CITY OF NEW YORK/HPD | $400,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 5 | 52 |
| 2018 | 6 | 4 | 110 | 18 | 4 | 142 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 33 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 30 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 52 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 30 |
Every one of the 1,387 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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