933 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 365 311 service requests, 240 HPD complaints, 89 DOB violations.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 50% 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 3.7. In ZIP 10459, 52% of residential buildings hold an A and 16% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
14 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 4 · winter 2025–26: 8). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
5 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$17,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
91 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (40) · Illegal Parking (20) · HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · Abandoned Vehicle (6) · Derelict Vehicles (3) · Obstruction (2).
$2,565,787 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (6 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 (1931) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (121) |
| 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) | WEST FARMS ESTATES COMPANY, LP |
| Head officer | SCOTT JAFFEE |
| Managing agent | METROPOLITAN REALTY GROUP LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-10-09 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $18,107,000 | $8,148,150 |
| 2026 | $18,488,000 | $8,319,600 |
| 2027 | $20,188,000 | $9,084,600 |
The city's market estimate has risen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 8/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 10) |
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 2011 (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 | Whitlock Av — 6 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Freeman St — 2 5 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: West Farms Rd / Longfellow Av — Bx35 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | West Farms Rd & Boone Ave · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 066 School of Higher Expectations. 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.
1029 Freeman 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 |
91 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 7 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 METROPOLITAN REALTY GROUP, LLC — 46 buildings, 1,728 units. Grades across the portfolio: A31 · B14. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $21,975,866 on 2021-10-06 (lender: Greystone Servicing Company LLC), covering 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-02 | Agreement $45,000,000 — from WEST FARMS ESTATES COMPANY, L.P.,; WEST FARMS ESTATES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT F to FANNIE MAE | $45,000,000 | |
| 2021-10-06 | Agreement $45,000,000 — from WEST FARMS ESTATES COMPANY L.P. to GREYSTONE SERVICING COMPANY LLC | $45,000,000 | |
| 2021-10-06 | Mortgage $21,975,867 — from WEST FARMS ESTATES COMPANY L.P. to GREYSTONE SERVICING COMPANY LLC | $21,975,867 | |
| 2015-11-24 | AL&R $10,000,000 — from WEST FARMS ESTATES COMPANY L.P. to SIGNATURE BANK | $10,000,000 | |
| 2015-11-24 | Mortgage $10,000,000 — from WEST FARMS ESTATES COMPANY L.P. to SIGNATURE BANK | $10,000,000 | |
| 2013-05-06 | AL&R $15,000,000 — from WEST FARMS ESTATES COMPANY L.P. to SIGNATURE BANK | $15,000,000 | |
| 2013-05-06 | Agreement $15,000,000 — from WEST FARMS ESTATES COMPANY L.P. to SIGNATURE BANK | $15,000,000 | |
| 2013-05-06 | Mortgage $7,400,528 — from WEST FARMS ESTATES COMPANY L.P. to SIGNATURE BANK | $7,400,528 | |
| 2007-04-12 | AL&R $7,927,705 — from WEST FARMS ESTATES COMPANY LP to SOVEREIGN BANK | $7,927,705 | |
| 2007-04-12 | Agreement $7,927,705 — from SOVEREIGN BANK to WEST FARMS ESTATES COMPANY LP | $7,927,705 | |
| 2007-04-12 | Mortgage $45,148 — from WEST FARMS ESTATES COMPANY LP to SOVEREIGN BANK | $45,148 | |
| 2001-10-22 | Mortgage $1,185,063 — from WEST FARMS ESTATES COMPANY L.P. to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $1,185,063 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 36 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 38 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 38 |
| 2020 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 33 |
| 2021 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 52 |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 5 | 51 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 50 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 38 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 58 |
Every one of the 933 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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