2,550 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,177 311 service requests, 697 HPD complaints, 341 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 131.3. In ZIP 10452, 28% of residential buildings hold an A and 24% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 42 total — 15 class C (immediately hazardous), 24 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2023-12-19. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
255 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 57 · winter 2024–25: 28 · winter 2025–26: 133 · winter 2026–27: 14). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$4,375 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
771 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (121) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (120) · Drug Activity (67) · Smoking or Vaping (50) · Elevator (46) · Non (44).
$42,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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.
| No | Built before 1974 (2005) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (102) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | EAST CLARKE PLACE ASSOCIATES LLC II |
| Head officer | JOSEPH ZITOLO |
| Managing agent | LEMLE & WOLFF INC |
| Last registered | 2025-09-03 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,278,000 | $1,925,100 |
| 2026 | $5,085,000 | $2,288,250 |
| 2027 | $6,065,000 | $2,729,250 |
The city's market estimate has risen 42% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 29/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
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 | 170 St — 4 · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 170 St — B D · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 170 St / Jerome Av — Bx18A Bx18B · 700 ft |
| Citi Bike | Walton Ave & E 168 St · 650 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: 294, 311. 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.
15 East Clarke Place
| 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 |
771 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 121 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 LEMLE & WOLFF, INC — 191 buildings, 6,389 units. Grades across the portfolio: A60 · B90 · C28 · D11 · F2. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 191 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $600,000 on 2005-09-13 (lender: City Of New York), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-03 | RPTT $1,068,542 — from RCG TOWER GROUP I, LLC to DCHSCU ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, LLC | $1,068,542 | |
| 2005-09-13 | Mortgage $11,600,000 — from EAST CLARKE PLACE ASSOCIATES II LLC; NAICA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $11,600,000 | |
| 2005-09-13 | Mortgage $5,610,000 — from NAICA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, ; EAST CLARKE PLACE ASSOCIATES II LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $5,610,000 | |
| 2005-09-13 | Mortgage $600,000 — from EAST CLARKE PLACE ASSOCIATES II LLC; NAICA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, to CITY OF NEW YORK | $600,000 | |
| 2005-09-13 | Mortgage $1,000,000 — from EAST CLARKE PLACE ASSOCIATES II LLC; NAICA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, to CITY OF NEW YORK | $1,000,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 71 | 0 | 3 | 78 |
| 2018 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 6 | 53 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 7 | 55 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 6 | 63 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 7 | 49 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3 | 100 | 0 | 7 | 115 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 198 | 0 | 6 | 208 |
| 2024 | 0 | 12 | 180 | 2 | 11 | 205 |
| 2025 | 0 | 19 | 687 | 0 | 7 | 713 |
| 2026 | 0 | 24 | 549 | 0 | 10 | 583 |
Every one of the 2,550 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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