3,621 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,558 HPD housing violations, 968 HPD complaints, 844 311 service requests.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 920.3. In ZIP 10468, 36% of residential buildings hold an A and 17% 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 | 70 total — 17 class C (immediately hazardous), 37 class B, 16 class A. Oldest open since 2023-05-22. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
139 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 9 · winter 2024–25: 102 · winter 2025–26: 23). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
223 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (58) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (28) · APPLIANCE (23) · PAINT/PLASTER (23) · WATER LEAK (15) · PLUMBING (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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1916) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (28) |
| Yes | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
3 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) | CRESTON HILLS 26 LLC |
| Head officer | RICARDO OVALLE |
| Managing agent | RICARDO OVALLE |
| Last registered | 2025-09-24 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,926,000 | $866,700 |
| 2026 | $1,697,000 | $763,650 |
| 2027 | $1,756,000 | $790,200 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 9/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO4FUEL |
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 2022 (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 | 182-183 Sts — B D · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 183 St — 4 · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Grand Concourse / Field Pl — Bx1 Bx2 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | Walton Ave & E 183 St · 600 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: 382, 386 Middle: 447,363. 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.
2298 Creston 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 |
223 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 58 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,960,000 on 2006-07-19 (lender: Independence Community Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-16 | Deed $1,200,000 — from ELDAD22 L.L.C. to CRESTON HILLS PLACE 26 LLC | $1,200,000 | |
| 2017-10-31 | Sold for $1,200,000 | $1,200,000 | $42,857 |
| 2006-07-19 | AL&R $1,960,000 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to CRESTON HILLS 26 LLC | $1,960,000 | |
| 2006-07-19 | Deed $2,450,000 — from CONCOURSE REALTY ASSOCIATES to CRESTON HILLS 26 LLC | $2,450,000 | |
| 2006-07-19 | Mortgage $1,960,000 — from CRESTON HILLS 26 LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $1,960,000 | |
| 2003-06-24 | Agreement $3,100,000 — from CONCOURSE REALTY ASSOCIATES to NORTH FORK BANK | $3,100,000 | |
| 2003-06-24 | Mortgage $873,398 — from CONCOURSE REALTY ASSOCIATES to NORTH FORK BANK | $873,398 | |
| 1996-11-07 | Mortgage $1,162,103 — from CONCOURSE REALTY ASSOCIATES to NORTH SIDE SAVINGS BANK | $1,162,103 | |
| 1987-05-04 | Mortgage $65,000 — from CONCOURSE REALTY ASSTS. to AETNA LIFE INSURANCECO. | $65,000 | |
| 1985-07-23 | Mortgage $2,800,000 — from CONCOURSE REALTY ASSOC. to CHEMICAL BANK | $2,800,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 236 | 4 | 5 | 246 |
| 2018 | 0 | 252 | 0 | 6 | 258 |
| 2019 | 4 | 128 | 0 | 4 | 136 |
| 2020 | 0 | 167 | 0 | 6 | 173 |
| 2021 | 2 | 144 | 0 | 10 | 156 |
| 2022 | 1 | 351 | 1 | 16 | 369 |
| 2023 | 8 | 335 | 0 | 4 | 347 |
| 2024 | 10 | 452 | 0 | 6 | 468 |
| 2025 | 0 | 427 | 0 | 3 | 430 |
| 2026 | 1 | 216 | 0 | 6 | 223 |
Every one of the 3,621 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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