398 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 205 311 service requests, 35 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 34 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 59% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 24.2. In ZIP 10459, 52% of residential buildings hold an A and 16% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 9 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2016-05-25. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$312 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
142 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (101) · Derelict Vehicles (12) · Illegal Parking (9) · Missed Collection (4) · Abandoned Vehicle (3) · Water System (2).
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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1904) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (8) |
| 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) | WFHA PARK AVENUE LLC |
| Head officer | JOHN WARREN |
| Managing agent | MHR MANAGEMENT INC. |
| Last registered | 2025-09-09 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,465,200 | $659,340 |
| 2026 | $1,758,000 | $791,100 |
| 2027 | $1,406,000 | $632,700 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Prospect Av / Boston Rd — Bx17 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Boston Rd & Prospect Ave · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 134 George F. Bristow. 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.
797 East 170 Street
| 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 |
142 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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 MHR MANAGEMENT INC — 71 buildings, 1,385 units. Grades across the portfolio: A10 · B24 · C20 · D13 · F4. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 71 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $5,342,146 on 2019-09-11 (lender: Community Preservation Corporation (the)), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | Agreement $9,232,858 — from WFHA PARK AVENUE LLC; MORRISANIA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP to THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THROUGH THE DEPART | $9,232,858 | |
| 2019-09-11 | Agreement $9,232,858 — from KDA REALTY OWNER, L.P. to MORRISANIA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND; WFHA PARK AVENUE LLC | $9,232,858 | |
| 2019-09-11 | Deed $13,971,105 — from KDA REALTY OWNER, L.P. to WFHA PARK AVENUE LLC; MORRISANIA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP | $13,971,105 | |
| 2019-09-11 | Mortgage $5,342,146 — from WFHA PARK AVENUE LLC; MORRISANIA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION (THE) | $5,342,146 | |
| 2019-08-28 | Sold for $13,971,105 | $13,971,105 | $1,746,388 |
| 2006-01-12 | Deed $9,232,858 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING to KDA REALTY OWNER, L.P. | $9,232,858 | |
| 2006-01-12 | Mortgage $9,232,858 — from KDA REALTY OWNER, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $9,232,858 | |
| 2004-06-08 | Mortgage $7,113,564 — from K.D.A. REALTY CORP.; NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING to BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA | $7,113,564 | |
| 2004-06-08 | Mortgage $6,803,555 — from K.D.A. REALTY CORP.; NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING to BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA | $6,803,555 | |
| 2004-06-08 | Mortgage $1,344,395 — from K.D.A. REALTY CORP.; NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING to BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA | $1,344,395 | |
| 2004-06-08 | Mortgage $1,654,404 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING; K.D.A. REALTY CORP. to BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA | $1,654,404 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 2020 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2021 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 2022 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 39 |
| 2023 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2024 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| 2025 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 47 |
| 2026 | 1 | 85 | 3 | 7 | 96 |
Every one of the 398 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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