1,520 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 648 HPD complaints, 409 311 service requests, 142 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 57% 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 35.3. In ZIP 10452, 28% 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 | 40 total — 12 class C (immediately hazardous), 12 class B, 16 class A. Oldest open since 2020-01-05. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
75 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 10 · winter 2024–25: 27 · winter 2025–26: 38). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$3,650 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
129 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (36) · Noise (21) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (8) · Illegal Parking (8) · General Construction/Plumbing (7) · Encampment (7).
$205,790 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1923) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (72) |
| 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) | PRC SHAKESPEARE AVE,LLC |
| Head officer | JENNIFER LAU |
| Managing agent | FAIRSTEAD MANAGER LLC /SYCAMORE |
| Last registered | 2025-10-27 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,653,000 | $2,093,850 |
| 2026 | $4,571,000 | $2,056,950 |
| 2027 | $5,457,000 | $2,455,650 |
The city's market estimate has risen 17% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: REDEVELOPMENT
| Energy grade (LL33) | B — ENERGY STAR score 70/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | UNSAFE — unsafe conditions reported (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.
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 | Mt Eden Av — 4 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: University Av / W 174 St — Bx3 Bx36 · 450 ft |
| Citi Bike | Featherbed Ln & Nelson Ave · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 199X - The Shakespeare School. 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.
1551 Shakespeare 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 |
129 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 36 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 FAIRSTEAD MANAGEMENT — 207 buildings, 6,649 units. Grades across the portfolio: A51 · B80 · C51 · D16 · F6. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 207 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $44,884,000 on 2026-03-09 (lender: Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC), covering 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | CORRM $44,884,000 — from LONGWOOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPAN; PRC SHAKESPEARE AVENUE LLC to BERKADIA COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE LLC | $44,884,000 | |
| 2026-03-09 | Mortgage $44,884,000 — from PRC SHAKESPEARE AVENUE LLC; LONGWOOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPAN to BERKADIA COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE LLC | $44,884,000 | |
| 2026-02-20 | RPTT&RET $2,739,580 — from FIRST STERLING INVESTOR 097 LLC; STERLING CORPORATE SERVICES LLC to SYCAMORE INVESTOR LLC | $2,739,580 | |
| 2022-01-03 | RPTT&RET $34,965,298 — from PROPERTY RESOURCES CORPORATION; F&J DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES, LLC to BRONX PRESERVATION HOLDINGS LLC | $34,965,298 | |
| 2013-08-19 | ASPM $4,067,507 — from LONGWOOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CO. IN; PRC SHAKESPEARE AVENUE LLC; FEATHERBED LANE ASSO to THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEV. | $4,067,507 | |
| 2013-08-19 | Mortgage $23,220,409 — from LONGWOOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPAN; PRC SHAKESPEARE AVENUE LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $23,220,409 | |
| 2013-08-19 | Mortgage $3,860,871 — from PRC SHAKESPEARE AVENUE LLC; LONGWOOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPAN to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $3,860,871 | |
| 2013-08-19 | Mortgage $9,338,720 — from LONGWOOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPAN; PRC SHAKESPEARE AVENUE LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $9,338,720 | |
| 2013-08-19 | Agreement $4,989,161 — from LONGWOOD HOUSING DEV. FUND COMPANY, INC.; PRC SHAKESPEARE AVENUE LLC to THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVEL | $4,989,161 | |
| 2013-08-19 | ASPM $3,116,868 — from FEATHERBED LANE ASSOCIATES, L.P.; PRC SHAKESPEARE AVENUE LLC; LONGWOOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT to THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEV. | $3,116,868 | |
| 2013-08-19 | Agreement $10,998,802 — from PRC SHAKESPEARE AVENUE LLC; LONGWOOD HOUSING DEV. FUND COMPANY, INC. to THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVEL | $10,998,802 | |
| 2013-07-18 | RPTT&RET $12,494,934 — from FEATHERBED LANE ASSOCIATES, L.P. to PRC SHAKESPEARE AVENUE LLC; LONGWOOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPAN | $12,494,934 | |
| 2010-08-23 | Mortgage $2,713,826 — from FEATHERBED LANE ASSOCIATES, L.P. to SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPME | $2,713,826 | |
| 2009-05-15 | Agreement $2,891,920 — from FEATHERBED LANE ASSOCIATES, L.P. to SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPME | $2,891,920 | |
| 2005-01-10 | Mortgage $2,891,920 — from FEATHERBED LANE ASSOCIATES, L.P. to SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPME | $2,891,920 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 35 |
| 2019 | 0 | 7 | 73 | 0 | 5 | 85 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 35 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 63 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 198 | 5 | 1 | 206 |
| 2023 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 47 |
| 2024 | 1 | 8 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 87 |
| 2025 | 1 | 8 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 70 |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 95 | 10 | 1 | 116 |
Every one of the 1,520 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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