817 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 242 HPD housing violations, 240 HPD complaints, 237 311 service requests.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 368.1. In ZIP 10472, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and 16% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 100 total — 33 class C (immediately hazardous), 45 class B, 22 class A. Oldest open since 2012-01-12. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 1 case(s) pending in housing court |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
62 service requests in the last three years. Most common: PLUMBING (11) · Noise (8) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (7) · GENERAL (7) · Non (5) · PAINT/PLASTER (4).
$50,000 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 (1913) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (16) |
| 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) | NEWSTART REALTY HDFC, INC |
| Head officer | MARK ENGEL |
| Managing agent | LANGSAM PROPERTY SERVICES CORP |
| Last registered | 2025-09-30 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $463,000 | $208,350 |
| 2026 | $457,000 | $205,650 |
| 2027 | $498,000 | $224,100 |
The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 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 | Elder Av — 6 · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Westchester Av / Elder Av — Bx4 Bx4A Bx27 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | West Farms Rd & Boone Ave · 0.3 mi · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: 195, 196. 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.
1210 Wheeler 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 |
62 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 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 LANGSAM PROPERTY SERVICES CORP — 215 buildings, 8,744 units. Grades across the portfolio: A42 · B80 · C57 · D26 · F9. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 215 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $8,375,000 on 2019-02-11 (lender: Signature Bank), covering 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-02-11 | AL&R $8,375,000 — from NEWSTART PROPERTIES INC.; NEWSTART REALTY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to SIGNATURE BANK | $8,375,000 | |
| 2019-02-11 | Mortgage $8,375,000 — from NEWSTART PROPERTIES INC.; NEWSTART REALTY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to SIGNATURE BANK | $8,375,000 | |
| 1989-01-25 | Mortgage $38,250 — from NEWSTART PROPERTIES,INC to CITY OF NEW YORK | $38,250 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | 82 | 7 | 1 | 97 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 30 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 48 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 3 | 3 | 87 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 53 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 0 | 1 | 127 |
Every one of the 817 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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