152 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 41 HPD complaints, 33 311 service requests, 28 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 121.3. In ZIP 10456, 34% of residential buildings hold an A and 24% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 14 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 2017-01-18. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (6) · Water System (1) · PLUMBING (1) · Boilers (1).
$19,035 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 (1901) |
| No | Six or more residential units (3) |
| Yes | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
2 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) | CRONTONA HOUSING ASSOC LP |
| Head officer | MARK ENGEL |
| Managing agent | LANGSAM PROPERTY SER. CORP. |
| Last registered | 2025-09-10 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $694,000 | $41,640 |
| 2026 | $827,000 | $49,620 |
| 2027 | $876,000 | $52,560 |
The city's market estimate has risen 26% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
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 | Freeman St — 2 5 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Boston Rd / Prospect Av — Bx21 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Boston Rd & Prospect Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 063 Author's Academy. 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.
1394 Crotona 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 |
9 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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 LANGSAM PROPERTY SERVICES CORP — 215 buildings, 8,744 units. Grades across the portfolio: A42 · B80 · C57 · D26 · F9. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 215 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $628,201 on 1993-11-01 (lender: Community Preservation), covering 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-19 | RPTT&RET $3,267,600 — from MULTISTATE LIHTC HOLDINGS II, L.P. to CROTONA 1382 LLC | $3,267,600 | |
| 2013-05-14 | Agreement $3,113,956 — from CROTONA HOUSING ASSOCIATES, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK, DEPARTMENT OF HPD | $3,113,956 | |
| 1993-11-01 | Mortgage $628,201 — from CROTON HOUSING ASSOC to COMMUNITY PRESERVATION | $628,201 | |
| 1993-11-01 | Mortgage $976,854 — from CROTONA HOUSING ASSOC to COMMUNITY PRESERVATION | $976,854 | |
| 1993-11-01 | Mortgage $3,585,680 — from CROTONA HOUSING ASSOC to COMMUNITY PRESERVATION | $3,585,680 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Every one of the 152 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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