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2903 Ely Avenue

260Records
11City systems
52Open violations
596Penalty rate

260 recorded events, 2006–2025, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 85 311 service requests, 71 HPD housing violations, 66 HPD complaints.

BoroughBronx 10469
Built2006
Floors—
Res. units2
ClassB1
Owner (PLUTO)HI RISE PROPERTIES ELY AVE LLC
BBL2047910128
BIN2125912

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GRADE F

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 596. In ZIP 10469, 81% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations52 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 37 class B, 10 class A. Oldest open since 2023-07-05.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

7 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 1 · winter 2024–25: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

1
’23–24
6
’24–25

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

53 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (13) · WATER LEAK (8) · FLOORING/STAIRS (6) · ELECTRIC (5) · DOOR/WINDOW (4) · GENERAL (3).

Filed construction activity

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.

Rent-stabilization signals

NoBuilt before 1974 (2006)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)Hi Rise Properties Ely Ave LLC
Head officerJoseph Celantano
Managing agentA-Kinetic Solutions Ltd
Last registered2026-02-20

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$597,000 $35,820
2026$623,000 $37,380
2027$751,000 $45,060

The city's market estimate has risen 26% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

SubwayGun Hill Rd — 5 · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 13-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Bartow Av / Ely Av — Bx25 Bx26 Bx28 Bx38 · 850 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.

Report a problem to 311

2903 Ely Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

53 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by A-KINETIC SOLUTIONS LTD — 13 buildings, 52 units. Grades across the portfolio: B1 · C2 · D5 · F5. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
158-17 Sanford Avenue QN20 D
48-40 48 Street QN6 B
34-09 42 Street QN6 D
2909 Ely Avenue BX2 D
2903 Ely Avenue BX2 F
2907 Ely Avenue BX2 C
2915 Ely Avenue BX2 F
2919 Ely Avenue BX2 F
2913 Ely Avenue BX2 F
2917 Ely Avenue BX2 D
2911 Ely Avenue BX2 D
2905 Ely Avenue BX2 C
2901 Ely Avenue BX2 F

Sales, deeds & mortgages

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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2023-04-20RPTT&RET $3,400,000 — from HERETAKIS, PETER; ERVOLINA, ROBERT to FUSE TD LLC; CELENTANO, JOSEPH $3,400,000
2017-05-16Agreement $3,290,000 — from HI RISE PROPERTIOES ELY AVE LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $3,290,000
2017-05-16Mortgage $1,240,000 — from HI RISE PROPERTIOES ELY AVE LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $1,240,000

Ten-year activity

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YearHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017010010
20184004
20191001
20209009
20217007
202290211
2023101011
2024520052
2025960096
20260000
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The full timeline

Construction 18Enforcement 1Housing & tenants 223Ownership & money 15Health & systems 3

Every one of the 260 recorded events, 2006–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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