271 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 82 311 service requests, 59 HPD complaints, 42 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 93% 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 250.7. In ZIP 10461, 78% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% 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 | 1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2020-09-23. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
7 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Consumer Complaint (2) · Food Poisoning (1) · Lead (1) · Street Light Condition (1) · Food Establishment (1) · Derelict Vehicles (1).
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 (1931) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (6) |
| 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) | 78-79 WESTCHESTER SQ, LLC |
| Head officer | CATHERINE MICHOS |
| Managing agent | 78-79 WESTCHESTER SQ, LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-09-17 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,048,000 | $471,600 |
| 2026 | $1,111,000 | $499,950 |
| 2027 | $1,185,000 | $533,250 |
The city's market estimate has risen 13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Chicken | Chicken | Grade Pending | Mice evidence |
| Kennedys | Not yet graded | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick), shared by 2 restaurants
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contains Foreign Object), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (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 | Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av — 6 · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: East Tremont Av / Westchester Av — Bx40 Bx42 · 100 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 108 Philip J. Abinanti Middle: 144, 566. 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.
79 Westchester Square
| 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 |
7 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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: $450,000 on 2018-12-05 (lender: Flushing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-05 | AL&R $1,200,000 — from 78-79 WESTCHESTER SQUARE, LLC to FLUSHING BANK | $1,200,000 | |
| 2018-12-05 | Agreement $1,200,000 — from 78-79 WESTCHESTER SQUARE, LLC to FLUSHING BANK | $1,200,000 | |
| 2018-12-05 | Mortgage $450,000 — from 78-79 WESTCHESTER SQUARE, LLC to FLUSHING BANK | $450,000 | |
| 2018-06-27 | Mortgage $750,000 — from 78-79 WESTCHESTER SQUARE LLC to THE SQUARE FUNDING ASSOCIATES | $750,000 | |
| 2018-06-27 | AL&R $750,000 — from 78-79 WESTCHESTER SQUARE LLC to THE SQUARE FUNDING ASSOCIATES | $750,000 | |
| 2011-01-06 | Mortgage $130,000 — from 78-79 WESTCHESTER SQUARE LLC to 78 FUNDING ASSOCIATES | $130,000 | |
| 2011-01-06 | AL&R $130,000 — from 78-79 WESTCHESTER SQUARE LLC to 78 FUNDING ASSOCIATES | $130,000 | |
| 1995-04-10 | Mortgage $200,000 — from MICHOS, GEORGE; MICHOS, CATHERINE to REPUBLIC NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK | $200,000 | |
| 1987-12-03 | Mortgage $160,000 — from MICHOS, CATHERINE; MICHOS, GEORGE to REPUBLIC NATIONAL BK/NY | $160,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 2018 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2020 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| 2021 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 44 |
| 2025 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2026 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Every one of the 271 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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