2,336 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,093 311 service requests, 744 HPD complaints, 201 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 87% 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 45.5. In ZIP 10453, 41% of residential buildings hold an A and 19% 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 | 75 total — 24 class C (immediately hazardous), 46 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 2006-09-14. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
86 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 6 · winter 2025–26: 12). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
3 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$6,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
317 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (102) · HEAT/HOT WATER (42) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (33) · Elevator (26) · PLUMBING (16) · Illegal Parking (13).
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.
| No | Built before 1974 (2010) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (106) |
| 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) | 1854 CEDAR AVENUE LLC |
| Head officer | CAL HEDIGAN |
| Managing agent | COMMUNITY ACCESS |
| Last registered | 2026-01-20 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $8,395,000 | $3,777,750 |
| 2026 | $8,937,000 | $4,021,650 |
| 2027 | $8,029,000 | $3,613,050 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
| Energy grade (LL33) | F — did not submit required benchmarking data, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
In the city's stormwater flood map only under the extreme-storm scenario (3.66 in/hr cloudburst with 2080 sea levels) — an Ida-scale event.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2017 (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 | 176 St — 4 · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 13-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Cedar Av / West Tremont Av — Bx40 Bx42 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | Sedgwick Ave & W Tremont Ave · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 226 Middle: M.S. 390. 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.
1854 Cedar 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 |
317 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 42 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 COMMUNITY ACCESS — 19 buildings, 1,314 units. Grades across the portfolio: A2 · B5 · C5 · D2 · F1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1169 River Avenue | BX | 245 | B |
| 985 Bruckner Boulevard | BX | 215 | C |
| 111 East 172 Street | BX | 126 | C |
| 621 Water Street | MN | 124 | C |
| 1854 Cedar Avenue | BX | 106 | C |
| 1750 Davidson Avenue | BX | 74 | B |
| 1022 Rev James Polite Ave | BX | 68 | B |
| 1363 Franklin Avenue | BX | 67 | B |
| 1710 Vyse Avenue | BX | 65 | B |
| 772 East 168 Street | BX | 60 | D |
| 29 East 2 Street | MN | 54 | C |
| 258 East 4 Street | MN | 51 | A |
| 107 Avenue D | MN | 45 | A |
| 904 DeKalb Avenue | BK | 9 | D |
| 202 West 108 Street | MN | 5 | F |
| 190 Stanton Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 220 East 7 Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 255 East Broadway | MN | 0 | — |
| 315 2 Avenue | MN | 0 | — |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,951,000 on 2009-06-09 (lender: Housing Trust Fund Corporation), covering 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-08-14 | RPTT $163,371,467 — from HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION III; HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION (USA) to HOUSING (USA) LLP | $163,371,467 | |
| 2009-08-14 | RPTT $24,413,198 — from HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION (USA) to HOUSING (USA) LLP | $24,413,198 | |
| 2009-08-14 | RPTT $55,483,869 — from HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION to HSBC COLUMBIA FUNDING, LLC | $55,483,869 | |
| 2009-06-09 | Mortgage $10,100,000 — from 1854 CEDAR AVENUE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT to NEW YORK STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY | $10,100,000 | |
| 2009-06-09 | Mortgage $2,951,000 — from 1854 CEDAR AVENUE LLC to NEW YORK STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY | $2,951,000 | |
| 2009-06-09 | Mortgage $2,951,000 — from 1854 CEDAR AVENUE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT; 1854 CEDAR AVENUE LLC to HOUSING TRUST FUND CORPORATION | $2,951,000 | |
| 2009-06-09 | Mortgage $16,800,000 — from 1854 CEDAR AVENUE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT to NEW YORK STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY | $16,800,000 | |
| 2009-05-11 | MLEA $113,500 — from 1854 CEDAR AVENUE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT to 1854 CEDAR AVENUE LLC | $113,500 | |
| 2009-05-11 | Mortgage $3,004,065 — from 1854 CEDAR AVENUE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT to CEDAR AVE LLC | $3,004,065 | |
| 2009-05-11 | Deed $250,000 — from WILKINS, DEREK to 1854 CEDAR AVENUE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT | $250,000 | |
| 2002-08-27 | Mortgage $190,000 — from WILKINS, DEREK to NATIONAL CITY MORTGAGE CO. | $190,000 | |
| 2001-09-25 | Mortgage $136,000 — from MORTON, MELVA to OPTION ONE MORTGAGECORPORATION | $136,000 | |
| 2000-08-11 | Mortgage $30,000 — from 8900 REALTY CORP.; CHATRE REALTY CORP. to GARFIELD, LYLA | $30,000 | |
| 1998-06-08 | Mortgage $13,000 — from FITCHETT, ELRIS to HOUSEHOLD FINANCE REALTY CORPORATION OF | $13,000 | |
| 1995-10-24 | Mortgage $7,500 — from FITCHETT, ELRIS to HOUSEHOLD FINANCE REALTY CORPORATION OF | $7,500 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 172 | 3 | 177 |
| 2018 | 3 | 268 | 2 | 273 |
| 2019 | 3 | 122 | 2 | 127 |
| 2020 | 8 | 217 | 3 | 228 |
| 2021 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 46 |
| 2022 | 2 | 34 | 3 | 39 |
| 2023 | 2 | 55 | 4 | 61 |
| 2024 | 21 | 167 | 9 | 197 |
| 2025 | 9 | 184 | 7 | 200 |
| 2026 | 1 | 161 | 3 | 165 |
Every one of the 2,336 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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