2,539 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 971 HPD complaints, 678 HPD housing violations, 542 311 service requests.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% 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 376.7. 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 | 24 total — 17 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1994-07-21. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
44 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 42). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
131 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (24) · HEAT/HOT WATER (20) · PAINT/PLASTER (16) · Noise (15) · DOOR/WINDOW (12) · FLOORING/STAIRS (8).
$300,040 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (13 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 (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) | CRESTON APTS. LLC |
| Head officer | DAVID GUNSBERG |
| Managing agent | CRESTON APTS LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-10-24 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,108,000 | $1,398,600 |
| 2026 | $3,335,000 | $1,500,750 |
| 2027 | $2,895,000 | $1,302,750 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Cafe | American | A | — |
| Tacos San Lucas Ii | Mexican | B | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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 | Tremont Av — B D · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Burnside Av — 4 · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: East Burnside Av / Grand Concourse — Bx40 Bx42 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | Morris Ave & E Burnside Ave · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Painted bike lane mapped within 75 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 163 Arthur A. Schomburg. 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.
2043 Creston 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
131 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 20 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,271,430 on 2017-02-14 (lender: New York Community 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-14 | Agreement $5,346,469 — from CRESTON APTS LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $5,346,469 | |
| 2017-02-14 | Agreement $6,000,000 — from CRESTON APTS LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $6,000,000 | |
| 2017-02-14 | AL&R $6,000,000 — from CRESTON APTS LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $6,000,000 | |
| 2017-02-14 | Mortgage $2,271,431 — from CRESTON APTS LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $2,271,431 | |
| 2015-06-24 | Deed $4,800,000 — from MOUNT HOPE HOLDINGS LLC to CRESTON APTS LLC | $4,800,000 | |
| 2015-06-24 | Agreement $3,847,500 — from CRESTON APTS LLC to PEAPACK-GLADSTONE BANK | $3,847,500 | |
| 2015-06-24 | AL&R $3,847,500 — from CRESTON APTS LLC to PEAPACK-GLADSTONE BANK | $3,847,500 | |
| 2015-06-24 | Mortgage $231,572 — from CRESTON APTS LLC to PEAPACK-GLADSTONE BANK | $231,572 | |
| 2012-07-27 | Agreement $3,795,618 — from MOUNT HOPE HOLDINGS LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $3,795,618 | |
| 2008-05-05 | Agreement $4,000,000 — from MOUNT HOPE HOLDINGS LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $4,000,000 | |
| 2008-05-05 | AL&R $4,000,000 — from MOUNT HOPE HOLDINGS LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $4,000,000 | |
| 2008-05-05 | Mortgage $1,617,378 — from MOUNT HOPE HOLDINGS LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $1,617,378 | |
| 2005-03-31 | AL&R $2,500,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to MOUNT HOPE HOLDINGS LLC | $2,500,000 | |
| 2005-03-31 | DEEDO $3,200,000 — from 2043 CRESTON AVENUE LLC to MOUNT HOPE HOLDINGS LLC | $3,200,000 | |
| 2005-03-31 | Mortgage $2,500,000 — from MOUNT HOPE HOLDINGS LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $2,500,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 4 | 81 | 5 | 3 | 101 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 5 | 67 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 9 | 70 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 68 | 0 | 6 | 78 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 1 | 15 | 94 |
| 2023 | 1 | 7 | 52 | 0 | 4 | 64 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 | 246 | 0 | 15 | 265 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 0 | 8 | 150 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 4 | 49 |
Every one of the 2,539 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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