5,172 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 2,276 HPD complaints, 1,540 311 service requests, 1,088 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 88% 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 182.2. In ZIP 10456, 34% of residential buildings hold an A and 24% 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 | 17 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 11 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2024-10-07. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 1 case(s) pending in housing court |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
107 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 10 · winter 2024–25: 31 · winter 2025–26: 64). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
305 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (50) · Illegal Parking (46) · Noise (39) · PLUMBING (27) · WATER LEAK (24) · DOOR/WINDOW (23).
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 (1923) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (56) |
| 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) | B & L CONCOURSE HOUSING ASSOC |
| Head officer | FREDERICK CAMERATA |
| Managing agent | THE WAVECREST MGMT TEAM |
| Last registered | 2026-07-14 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,358,000 | $1,061,100 |
| 2026 | $2,024,000 | $910,800 |
| 2027 | $2,094,000 | $942,300 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 34/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| 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 2015 (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 | 170 St — B D · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Grand Concourse / E 169 St — Bx1 Bx2 · 50 ft |
| Citi Bike | Sheridan Ave & E 168 St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: 53, 88. 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.
1290 Grand Concourse
| 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 |
305 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 50 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 WAVECREST MGMT GROUP — 362 buildings, 31,199 units. Grades across the portfolio: A86 · B145 · C84 · D33 · F13. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 362 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,690,139 on 2012-07-19 (lender: New York City Housing Development 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-07-19 | Agreement $3,176,392 — from B & L CONCOURSE HOUSING ASSOCIATES L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $3,176,392 | |
| 2012-07-19 | Mortgage $79,861 — from B & L CONCOURSE HOUSING ASSOCIATES L.P. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $79,861 | |
| 2012-07-19 | Mortgage $1,690,139 — from B & L CONCOURSE HOUSING ASSOCIATES L.P. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $1,690,139 | |
| 2012-07-19 | Mortgage $3,870,000 — from B & L CONCOURSE HOUSING ASSOCIATES L.P. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $3,870,000 | |
| 2006-07-12 | Agreement $3,176,392 — from B & L CONCOURSE HOUSING ASSOCIATES to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $3,176,392 | |
| 2006-07-12 | Mortgage $3,680,000 — from B & L CONCOURSE HOUSING ASSOCIATES L.P. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $3,680,000 | |
| 1987-11-30 | Mortgage $3,680,000 — from B & L CONCOURSE HSING AS to NEW YORK HSING DVLPMT CP | $3,680,000 | |
| 1987-11-30 | Mortgage $2,680,000 — from B&L CONCOURSE HSINGASSC to CITY OF NEW YORK/HPD | $2,680,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 311 | 0 | 5 | 316 |
| 2018 | 0 | 105 | 0 | 5 | 110 |
| 2019 | 2 | 248 | 0 | 5 | 255 |
| 2020 | 0 | 185 | 0 | 3 | 188 |
| 2021 | 2 | 219 | 0 | 12 | 233 |
| 2022 | 0 | 193 | 0 | 8 | 201 |
| 2023 | 1 | 249 | 0 | 8 | 258 |
| 2024 | 0 | 314 | 1 | 7 | 322 |
| 2025 | 0 | 274 | 0 | 10 | 284 |
| 2026 | 1 | 162 | 0 | 1 | 164 |
Every one of the 5,172 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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