6,986 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 2,557 311 service requests, 2,357 HPD complaints, 1,717 HPD housing violations.
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 1085.3. 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 | 58 total — 30 class C (immediately hazardous), 20 class B, 8 class A. Oldest open since 2014-01-28. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
82 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 23 · winter 2024–25: 25 · winter 2025–26: 10). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
354 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (60) · PLUMBING (56) · ELECTRIC (43) · HEAT/HOT WATER (40) · DOOR/WINDOW (28) · Rodent (18).
$34,800 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (1907) |
| 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) | 3128 VILLAS REALTY LLC |
| Head officer | JAY GELB |
| Managing agent | JAY GELB |
| Last registered | 2026-06-12 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,210,000 | $544,500 |
| 2026 | $1,118,000 | $503,100 |
| 2027 | $1,202,000 | $540,900 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooklyn Eats BK | American | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 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)
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Letter Grading) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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 2017 (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 | Bedford Park Blvd — B D · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Bedford Park Blvd-Lehman College — 4 · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Grand Concourse / E 204 St — Bx1 Bx2 BxM4 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | Grand Concourse & E 205 St · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 095 Sheila Mencher Middle: P.S. 095 Sheila Mencher. 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.
3128 Villa 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
354 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 40 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: $369,969 on 2021-04-16 (lender: Arbor Commercial Funding I, LLC), covering 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-16 | Mortgage $369,969 — from 3128 VILLAS REALTY LLC; 686 E234 REALTY LLC to ARBOR COMMERCIAL FUNDING I, LLC | $369,969 | |
| 2021-04-16 | Agreement $10,010,000 — from 3128 VILLAS REALTY LLC; 686 E234 REALTY LLC to ARBOR COMMERCIAL FUNDING I, LLC | $10,010,000 | |
| 2018-09-14 | Mortgage $1,268,541 — from 3128 VILLAS REALTY LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,268,541 | |
| 2018-09-14 | Agreement $3,350,000 — from 3128 VILLAS REALTY LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $3,350,000 | |
| 2018-09-14 | AL&R $3,350,000 — from 3128 VILLAS REALTY LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $3,350,000 | |
| 2015-09-09 | Deed $2,975,000 — from JOEVA, LLC to 3128 VILLAS REALTY LLC | $2,975,000 | |
| 2015-09-09 | Mortgage $592,411 — from 3128 VILLAS REALTY LLC to SANTANDER BANK, N.A. | $592,411 | |
| 2013-01-29 | Deed $2,430,000 — from 3128 VILLA LLC to JOEVA, LLC | $2,430,000 | |
| 2013-01-29 | Agreement $1,725,000 — from JOEVA, LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK | $1,725,000 | |
| 2008-05-30 | Agreement $1,920,000 — from 3128 VILLA LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK | $1,920,000 | |
| 2008-05-30 | Mortgage $1,400,000 — from 3128 VILLA LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK | $1,400,000 | |
| 2008-05-30 | AL&R $1,920,000 — from 3128 VILLA LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK | $1,920,000 | |
| 2007-12-19 | Deed $1,750,000 — from REMZ REALTY CORP. . to 3128 VILLA LLC | $1,750,000 | |
| 2003-12-01 | Mortgage $31,036 — from 3128 VILLA REALTY CORP. to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $31,036 | |
| 2003-12-01 | Agreement $520,000 — from 3128 VILLA REALTY CORP. to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $520,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 10 | 217 | 0 | 5 | 238 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 795 | 6 | 5 | 806 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 611 | 0 | 3 | 619 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 411 | 0 | 1 | 412 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 557 | 5 | 3 | 565 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 0 | 6 | 246 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 516 | 0 | 16 | 535 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 496 | 0 | 15 | 514 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 555 | 0 | 8 | 565 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 | 200 | 0 | 4 | 207 |
Every one of the 6,986 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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