2,596 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 838 HPD complaints, 769 311 service requests, 740 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 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 892. 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 | 7 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2022-10-21. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
422 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 8 · winter 2024–25: 321 · winter 2025–26: 51). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$6,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
244 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (205) · DOOR/WINDOW (9) · APPLIANCE (5) · Graffiti (4) · PAINT/PLASTER (3) · PLUMBING (2).
$3,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (10) |
| 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) | HAMAD ALI |
| Last registered | 2026-05-01 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,082,000 | $486,900 |
| 2026 | $1,103,000 | $496,350 |
| 2027 | $952,000 | $428,400 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Garden | Chinese | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2015 (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 | Elder Av — 6 · 150 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Westchester Av / Elder Av — Bx4 Bx4A Bx27 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | West Farms Rd & Boone Ave · 0.4 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.
1535 Westchester 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 |
244 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 205 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: $166,905 on 2025-12-04 (lender: Flushing Bank), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-04 | Mortgage $166,905 — from 800 REALTY CORP. to FLUSHING BANK | $166,905 | |
| 2025-12-04 | AL&R $2,860,000 — from 800 REALTY CORP. to FLUSHING BANK | $2,860,000 | |
| 2025-12-04 | Agreement $2,860,000 — from 800 REALTY CORP. to FLUSHING BANK | $2,860,000 | |
| 2024-02-13 | Mortgage $400,000 — from 800 REALTY CORP.; WHY REALTY CORP. to SPRING BANK | $400,000 | |
| 2024-02-13 | AL&R $400,000 — from WHY REALTY CORP.; 800 REALTY CORP. to SPRING BANK | $400,000 | |
| 2024-02-13 | RPTT&RET $2,034,744 — from AL-KABYALEE, MONSOUR to ALI, HAMAD | $2,034,744 | |
| 2019-11-01 | Agreement $4,509,121 — from SILAS METRO HOLDINGS CORP; RKAN REALTY LLC; 800 REALTY CORP; 2591 REALTY LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $4,509,121 | |
| 2019-11-01 | Mortgage $2,006,559 — from 800 REALTY CORP to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,006,559 | |
| 2019-11-01 | Mortgage $743,441 — from 800 REALTY CORP to SPRING BANK | $743,441 | |
| 2019-11-01 | AL&R $2,750,000 — from 800 REALTY CORP to SPRING BANK | $2,750,000 | |
| 2019-11-01 | Agreement $2,750,000 — from 800 REALTY CORP to SPRING BANK | $2,750,000 | |
| 2011-08-08 | Mortgage $203,224 — from SILAS METRO HOLDINGS CORP to SIGNATURE BANK | $203,224 | |
| 2011-08-08 | Agreement $4,900,000 — from SILAS METRO HOLDINGS CORP to SIGNATURE BANK | $4,900,000 | |
| 2010-08-27 | Mortgage $200,000 — from 800 REALTY CORP.; SULTAN REALTY LLC to BARON ASSOCIATES LLC | $200,000 | |
| 2009-11-17 | Mortgage $400,000 — from 800 REALTY CORP.; RKAN REALTY LLC to BARON ASSOCIATES LLC | $400,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 27 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 10 | 3 | 107 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 456 | 0 | 1 | 459 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 452 | 0 | 0 | 452 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 230 | 0 | 3 | 233 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 131 | 0 | 7 | 140 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 184 | 3 | 4 | 192 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 382 | 7 | 1 | 392 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 35 |
Every one of the 2,596 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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