1,468 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 660 HPD complaints, 608 311 service requests, 51 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 69% 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 62.2. In ZIP 10463, 74% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% 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 | 8 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2011-01-13. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
236 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 16 · winter 2024–25: 152 · winter 2025–26: 68). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
246 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (118) · Dirty Condition (80) · Water System (10) · Noise (5) · Illegal Dumping (4) · Animal (4).
$77,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 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 (1917) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (27) |
| 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) | 238 REALTY LLC |
| Head officer | EMILE P SAYEGH |
| Managing agent | 238 Realty LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-12-08 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,480,000 | $666,000 |
| 2026 | $1,581,000 | $711,450 |
| 2027 | $1,515,000 | $681,750 |
The city's market estimate has risen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon Amour Coffee & Wine | Coffee/Tea | A | — |
| Speedy Tacos and Chicken | Mexican | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick), shared by 2 restaurants
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 4 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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 | 238 St — 1 · 150 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 238 St / Broadway — Bx3 · 50 ft |
| Citi Bike | Broadway & W 238 St · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: Milton Fein School Middle: In-Tech Academy (M.S. / High School 368). 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.
238 West 238 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
246 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 118 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: $300,000 on 2022-03-18 (lender: Interaudi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-18 | AL&R $300,000 — from 238 REALTY LLC to INTERAUDI BANK | $300,000 | |
| 2022-03-18 | Mortgage $300,000 — from 238 REALTY LLC to INTERAUDI BANK | $300,000 | |
| 2016-12-19 | AL&R $200,000 — from 238 REALTY, LLC to STERLING NATIONAL BANK | $200,000 | |
| 2016-12-19 | Agreement $200,000 — from 238 REALTY, LLC to HUDSON VALLEY BANK, NA; STERLING NATIONAL BANK; HUDSON VALLEY BANK | $200,000 | |
| 2016-12-19 | Mortgage $58,153 — from 238 REALTY, LLC to STERLING NATIONAL BANK | $58,153 | |
| 2007-03-19 | Mortgage $200,000 — from SAYEGH, GHASSAN to HUDSON VALLEY BANK | $200,000 | |
| 2007-03-19 | AL&R $200,000 — from SAYEGH, GHASSAN to HUDSON VALLEY BANK | $200,000 | |
| 1983-02-01 | Mortgage $127,457 — from SAYEGH, GHASSAN; SAYEGH, MAY to CITY OF NEW YORK | $127,457 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 48 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 44 |
| 2020 | 2 | 6 | 139 | 0 | 1 | 148 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 43 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 87 | 2 | 3 | 96 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 2 | 99 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 211 | 0 | 4 | 216 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 4 | 75 |
Every one of the 1,468 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
Explore: ZIP 10463 · Landlord rankings · How grades work · The map · The Mice Map