4,285 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,554 HPD housing violations, 1,174 311 service requests, 1,161 HPD complaints.
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 957.9. 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 | 186 total — 56 class C (immediately hazardous), 112 class B, 18 class A. Oldest open since 2023-03-01. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
44 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 27 · winter 2024–25: 8 · winter 2025–26: 9). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$400 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
265 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (66) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (36) · PAINT/PLASTER (34) · WATER LEAK (23) · HEAT/HOT WATER (19) · DOOR/WINDOW (14).
$89,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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 (1916) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (29) |
| 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) | 2850 CRESTON LLC |
| Head officer | JORGE RUIZ |
| Managing agent | JORGE RUIZ |
| Last registered | 2025-08-04 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,600,000 | $720,000 |
| 2026 | $1,987,000 | $894,150 |
| 2027 | $1,984,000 | $892,800 |
The city's market estimate has risen 24% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Bedford Park Blvd-Lehman College — 4 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Grand Concourse / Minerva Pl — Bx1 Bx2 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | Jerome Ave & E 198 St · 450 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.
2850 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 |
265 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 19 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: $319,092 on 2019-12-05 (lender: Signature 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-05 | Agreement $4,650,000 — from 2850 CRESTON, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $4,650,000 | |
| 2019-12-05 | AL&R $4,650,000 — from 2850 CRESTON, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $4,650,000 | |
| 2019-12-05 | Mortgage $319,092 — from 2850 CRESTON, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $319,092 | |
| 2018-04-27 | Agreement $4,450,000 — from 2850 CRESTON, LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK | $4,450,000 | |
| 2018-04-27 | Mortgage $867,755 — from 2850 CRESTON, LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK | $867,755 | |
| 2018-04-27 | AL&R $4,450,000 — from 2850 CRESTON, LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK | $4,450,000 | |
| 2016-03-21 | Agreement $3,650,000 — from 2850 CRESTON, LLC to ARBOR COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE, LLC | $3,650,000 | |
| 2016-03-21 | Mortgage $1,096,738 — from 2850 CRESTON, LLC to ARBOR COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE, LLC | $1,096,738 | |
| 2014-08-14 | Mortgage $694,424 — from 2850 CRESTON, LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $694,424 | |
| 2014-08-14 | Agreement $2,575,000 — from 2850 CRESTON, LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $2,575,000 | |
| 2014-08-14 | AL&R $2,575,000 — from 2850 CRESTON, LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $2,575,000 | |
| 2012-08-15 | Mortgage $93,929 — from 2850 CRESTON, LLC to INVESTORS BANK | $93,929 | |
| 2012-08-15 | Mortgage $1,950,000 — from 2850 CRESTON, LLC to INVESTORS BANK | $1,950,000 | |
| 2007-12-05 | Mortgage $845,387 — from 2850 CRESTON LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK | $845,387 | |
| 2007-12-05 | Mortgage $1,054,613 — from 2850 CRESTON LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK | $1,054,613 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 17 | 197 | 0 | 40 | 254 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 241 | 4 | 2 | 254 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | 138 | 5 | 2 | 157 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 78 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 0 | 4 | 179 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 164 | 0 | 4 | 170 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 486 | 0 | 6 | 493 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 179 | 2 | 9 | 192 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 277 | 0 | 4 | 281 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 486 | 0 | 3 | 490 |
Every one of the 4,285 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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