610 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 197 311 service requests, 152 HPD housing violations, 131 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 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 1149.3. In ZIP 10460, 45% of residential buildings hold an A and 18% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 22 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 17 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-03-25. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
51 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 49 · winter 2026–27: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
61 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (22) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (8) · Noise (4) · Illegal Fireworks (3) · PAINT/PLASTER (3) · DOOR/WINDOW (3).
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1905) |
| No | Six or more residential units (3) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | SAM VAN LLC |
| Head officer | ROY GERSTNER |
| Managing agent | JOE REDEK |
| Last registered | 2026-06-26 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $907,000 | $54,420 |
| 2026 | $916,000 | $54,960 |
| 2027 | $1,079,000 | $64,740 |
The city's market estimate has risen 19% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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 | E 180 St — 2 5 · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Morris Park Av / Adams St — Bx21 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | Bronx Park S & Bryant Ave · 0.4 mi · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 105 Sen Abraham Bernstein Middle: 326, 468, 556. 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.
1736 Van Buren 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 |
61 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 22 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: $300,000 on 2019-12-19 (lender: Sbt Advantage Bank), covering 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-19 | Agreement $2,775,000 — from SAM CARPENTER LLC; SAM CHATTERTON LLC; SAM VAN LLC to SBT ADVANTAGE BANK | $2,775,000 | |
| 2019-12-19 | AL&R $2,775,000 — from SAM VAN LLC; SAM CARPENTER LLC; SAM CHATTERTON LLC to SBT ADVANTAGE BANK | $2,775,000 | |
| 2019-12-19 | Mortgage $300,000 — from SAM CHATTERTON LLC; SAM VAN LLC; SAM CARPENTER LLC to SBT ADVANTAGE BANK | $300,000 | |
| 2018-09-21 | Mortgage $720,000 — from SAM VAN LLC to JORAMEL LLC | $720,000 | |
| 2018-09-21 | Deed $575,000 — from BNMA AQUISTIONS INC to SAM VAN LLC | $575,000 | |
| 2018-09-21 | AL&R $720,000 — from SAM VAN LLC to JORAMEL LLC | $720,000 | |
| 2018-08-23 | Sold for $575,000 | $575,000 | $191,667 |
| 2016-12-29 | Agreement $910,000 — from BNMA AQUISTIONS INC to HABIB AMERICAN BANK | $910,000 | |
| 2016-12-29 | AL&R $910,000 — from BNMA AQUISTIONS INC to HABIB AMERICAN BANK | $910,000 | |
| 2016-12-29 | Mortgage $130,000 — from BNMA AQUISTIONS INC to HABIB AMERICAN BANK | $130,000 | |
| 2015-09-16 | Agreement $450,000 — from ONWARD DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC. to BENBENSTI, AVRAHAM; KERSTEIN, YAIR | $450,000 | |
| 2015-09-16 | Mortgage $300,000 — from ONWARD DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC. to KERSTEIN, YAIR; BENBENSTI, AVRAHAM | $300,000 | |
| 2015-09-15 | SPRD $150,000 — from ONWARD DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC. to KERSTEIN, YAIR | $150,000 | |
| 2015-03-27 | Mortgage $150,000 — from ONWARD DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC. to KERSTEIN, YAIR | $150,000 | |
| 2015-01-16 | Deed $200,000 — from BARR, ANTHONY to ONWARD DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC. | $200,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2018 | 1 | 92 | 8 | 3 | 104 |
| 2019 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 2020 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2021 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2022 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| 2023 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2024 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 77 |
| 2026 | 1 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
Every one of the 610 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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