1,069 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 477 311 service requests, 285 HPD complaints, 117 HPD housing violations.
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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 34.9. In ZIP 10459, 52% of residential buildings hold an A and 16% 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 | 36 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 21 class B, 10 class A. Oldest open since 2015-10-29. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
30 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 8 · winter 2025–26: 22). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$3,124 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
203 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (81) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (22) · Elevator (18) · HEAT/HOT WATER (15) · DOOR/WINDOW (10) · PLUMBING (8).
$30,000 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.
| No | Built before 1974 (2003) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (67) |
| 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) | FREEMAN SIMPSON LLC |
| Head officer | THOMAS F WEBLER |
| Managing agent | WMW REALTY MANAGEMENT LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-10-08 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,608,000 | $723,600 |
| 2026 | $1,854,000 | $834,300 |
| 2027 | $1,742,000 | $783,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 25/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (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.
4 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2021 (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 | Freeman St — 2 5 · 150 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Whitlock Av — 6 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Southern Blvd / Freeman St — Bx19 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | Freeman St & Southern Blvd · 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.
1238 Simpson 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 |
203 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 15 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 WMW REALTY MANAGEMENT LLC — 20 buildings, 936 units. Grades across the portfolio: A9 · B9 · C2. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 180 Broad Street | SI | 105 | C |
| 40 Prospect Street | SI | 92 | A |
| 367 Wythe Avenue | BK | 88 | A |
| 3235 Grand Concourse | BX | 81 | A |
| 1238 Simpson Street | BX | 67 | A |
| 3052 Kingsbridge Avenue | BX | 58 | B |
| 1020 Gerard Avenue | BX | 54 | B |
| 1025 Gerard Avenue | BX | 54 | B |
| 1015 Gerard Avenue | BX | 54 | B |
| 235 East 105 Street | MN | 48 | A |
| 1956 Crotona Parkway | BX | 44 | C |
| 2463 Grand Avenue | BX | 36 | A |
| 329 East 197 Street | BX | 33 | B |
| 328 East 197 Street | BX | 27 | B |
| 115 West 137 Street | MN | 27 | B |
| 605 Hart Street | BK | 23 | A |
| 2228 Adam C Powell Blvd | MN | 22 | B |
| 119 West 137 Street | MN | 10 | B |
| 2232 1 Avenue | MN | 8 | A |
| 292 Atlantic Avenue | BK | 5 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,230,000 on 2004-07-30 (lender: New York City Housing Development Corp.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-07-30 | Mortgage $1,230,000 — from FREEMAN-SIMPSON LLC C/O BFC CONSTRUCTION; FREEMAN SIMPSON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP. | $1,230,000 | |
| 2004-07-30 | Mortgage $2,000,000 — from FREEMAN-SIMPSON LLC C/O BFC FREEMAN-SIMP; FREEMAN SIMPSON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to HOUSING TRUST FUND CORP., C/O NY STATE D | $2,000,000 | |
| 2002-11-22 | Mortgage $4,760,000 — from FREEMAN SIMPSON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND; FREEMAN-SIMPSON LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK | $4,760,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 69 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 13 | 62 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 23 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 62 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 38 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 0 | 5 | 71 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 44 |
| 2024 | 0 | 10 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 61 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 | 117 | 1 | 3 | 125 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 | 168 | 0 | 1 | 172 |
Every one of the 1,069 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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