355 recorded events, 1899–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 134 311 service requests, 72 HPD complaints, 35 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 60% 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 13.3. 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 | 4 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2024-02-02. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
12 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Water System (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · WATER LEAK (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · Litter Basket Request (1) · Construction Lead Dust (1).
$49,600 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1942) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (35) |
| 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) | GV 55 LLV |
| Head officer | YITZCHOK WEINBERG |
| Managing agent | DAVID EISENSTEIN REAL ESTATE |
| Last registered | 2025-09-29 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,418,000 | $1,088,100 |
| 2026 | $2,859,000 | $1,286,550 |
| 2027 | $3,088,000 | $1,389,600 |
The city's market estimate has risen 28% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| 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.
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 | Kingsbridge Rd — B D · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Kingsbridge Rd — 4 · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Jerome Av / E 196 St — Bx28 Bx38 · 450 ft |
| Citi Bike | Jerome Ave & W 195 St · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 340 Middle: The New School for Leadership and Journalism. 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.
55 East 196 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 |
12 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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 DAVID EISENSTEIN REAL ESTATE — 136 buildings, 4,843 units. Grades across the portfolio: A34 · B42 · C35 · D20 · F3. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 136 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $775,000 on 2022-01-13 (lender: New York 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-13 | Agreement $5,500,000 — from GV 55 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $5,500,000 | |
| 2022-01-13 | Mortgage $775,000 — from GV 55 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $775,000 | |
| 2022-01-13 | AL&R $5,500,000 — from GV 55 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $5,500,000 | |
| 2020-02-04 | Deed $6,300,000 — from ROOFTOPS REALTY INC. to GV 55 LLC | $6,300,000 | |
| 2020-02-04 | Agreement $4,725,000 — from GV 55 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $4,725,000 | |
| 2020-02-04 | AL&R $4,725,000 — from GV 55 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $4,725,000 | |
| 2020-02-04 | Mortgage $4,031,701 — from GV 55 LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $4,031,701 | |
| 2020-01-30 | Sold for $6,300,000 | $6,300,000 | $180,000 |
| 2013-04-15 | Agreement $1,100,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to ROOFTOPS REALTY INC. | $1,100,000 | |
| 2013-04-15 | Mortgage $615,028 — from ROOFTOPS REALTY INC. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $615,028 | |
| 2006-10-10 | Mortgage $700,000 — from ROOFTOPS REALTY INC. to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK | $700,000 | |
| 1991-07-30 | Mortgage $300,000 — from ROOFTOPS REALTY INC. to SCHWAM, WENDY DAVIS | $300,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 43 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 4 | 56 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 20 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Every one of the 355 recorded events, 1899–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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