2,335 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 934 311 service requests, 688 HPD complaints, 397 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 71% 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 68.8. 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 | 23 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 14 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 2022-11-03. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
16 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6 · winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 8). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$3,750 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
268 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (113) · Illegal Parking (22) · Water System (22) · Homeless Person Assistance (16) · Elevator (13) · WATER LEAK (13).
$12,481,111 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 (1927) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (53) |
| 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) | 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 | $4,546,000 | $2,045,700 |
| 2026 | $4,540,000 | $2,043,000 |
| 2027 | $4,868,000 | $2,190,600 |
The city's market estimate has risen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI · J51
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 14/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gotta Getta Pizza | Pizza | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
3 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food, Food Spoiled, Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2026 (2 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 | 176 St — 4 · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 174-175 Sts — B D · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 175 St / Walton Av — Bx32 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | Townsend Ave & E 175 St · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 070 Max Schoenfeld. 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.
1735 Townsend 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 |
268 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 8 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 $3,922,510 — from NEW YORK EQUITY FUND 1989 LIMITED PARTNE to MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS 1A HD | $3,922,510 | |
| 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 | |
| 2018-03-08 | 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 $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 | Deed $4,204,544 — from TOWNSEND AVENUE ENTERPRISES LIMITED PART to MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS 1A HO | $4,204,544 | |
| 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 | Agreement $5,405,941 — from MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS LLC to MOUNT HOPE PRESERVATION APARTMENTS 1A HD | $5,405,941 | |
| 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 | 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 | |
| 2015-08-25 | Agreement $3,906,883 — from TOWNSEND AVENUE ENTERPRISES LIMITED PART to DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION &; THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $3,906,883 | |
| 1990-01-02 | Mortgage $4,470,880 — from TOWNSEND AVE ENTRPRSS ET to CITY OF NEW YORK/HPD | $4,470,880 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 31 | 213 | 0 | 1 | 253 |
| 2018 | 11 | 10 | 283 | 17 | 8 | 329 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 52 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 58 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 46 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 73 |
| 2023 | 0 | 8 | 54 | 3 | 8 | 73 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 102 | 0 | 2 | 108 |
| 2025 | 0 | 6 | 146 | 0 | 7 | 159 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 157 | 0 | 5 | 164 |
Every one of the 2,335 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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