290 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 106 311 service requests, 59 HPD complaints, 47 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 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 384.7. In ZIP 10469, 81% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% 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 | 32 total — 11 class C (immediately hazardous), 20 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2021-07-29. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
10 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 8). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$8,750 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
33 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (5) · HEAT/HOT WATER (5) · Illegal Parking (4) · DOOR/WINDOW (4) · Rodent (4) · Dirty Condition (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.
| No | Built before 1974 (2006) |
| No | Six or more residential units (2) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
0 of 3 signals present. None of the common signals are present — stabilization is unlikely (though never impossible). The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | Hi Rise Properties Ely Ave LLC |
| Head officer | Joseph Celantano |
| Managing agent | A-Kinetic Solutions Ltd |
| Last registered | 2026-02-20 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $577,000 | $34,620 |
| 2026 | $602,000 | $36,120 |
| 2027 | $725,000 | $43,500 |
The city's market estimate has risen 26% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
In the city's stormwater flood map only under the extreme-storm scenario (3.66 in/hr cloudburst with 2080 sea levels) — an Ida-scale event.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2021 (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 | Gun Hill Rd — 5 · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 13-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Bartow Av / Ely Av — Bx25 Bx26 Bx28 Bx38 · 1,050 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: Baychester Academy 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.
2919 Ely 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 |
33 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 5 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 A-KINETIC SOLUTIONS LTD — 13 buildings, 52 units. Grades across the portfolio: B1 · C2 · D5 · F5. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 158-17 Sanford Avenue | QN | 20 | D |
| 48-40 48 Street | QN | 6 | B |
| 34-09 42 Street | QN | 6 | D |
| 2909 Ely Avenue | BX | 2 | D |
| 2903 Ely Avenue | BX | 2 | F |
| 2907 Ely Avenue | BX | 2 | C |
| 2915 Ely Avenue | BX | 2 | F |
| 2919 Ely Avenue | BX | 2 | F |
| 2913 Ely Avenue | BX | 2 | F |
| 2917 Ely Avenue | BX | 2 | D |
| 2911 Ely Avenue | BX | 2 | D |
| 2905 Ely Avenue | BX | 2 | C |
| 2901 Ely Avenue | BX | 2 | F |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,240,000 on 2017-05-16 (lender: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association), covering 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-20 | RPTT&RET $3,400,000 — from HERETAKIS, PETER; ERVOLINA, ROBERT to FUSE TD LLC; CELENTANO, JOSEPH | $3,400,000 | |
| 2017-05-16 | Agreement $3,290,000 — from HI RISE PROPERTIOES ELY AVE LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $3,290,000 | |
| 2017-05-16 | Mortgage $1,240,000 — from HI RISE PROPERTIOES ELY AVE LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $1,240,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 14 |
| 2018 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2019 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2020 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 2021 | 2 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2025 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2026 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 38 |
Every one of the 290 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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