232 recorded events, 1987–2026, from 9 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 71 HPD housing violations, 66 311 service requests, 64 HPD complaints.
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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 972. In ZIP 10470, 78% 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 | 71 total — 29 class C (immediately hazardous), 21 class B, 21 class A. Oldest open since 2002-05-26. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 2 case(s) pending in housing court |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
8 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 8).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
58 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (20) · ELECTRIC (9) · WATER LEAK (5) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (5) · HEAT/HOT WATER (4) · APPLIANCE (4).
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 (1935) |
| 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).
| Head officer | JOSETTE R WATSON |
| Managing agent | JOSETTE R WATSON |
| Last registered | 1997-02-24 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $833,000 | $49,980 |
| 2026 | $870,000 | $52,200 |
| 2027 | $800,000 | $48,000 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 4% 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 | Wakefield-241 St — 2 · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Nereid Av — 2 5 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 241 St / Cranford Av — Bx39 · 900 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 016 Wakefield Middle: 287, 370. 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.
4615 Matilda 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 |
58 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 4 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: $331,500 on 2004-03-03 (lender: Argent Mortgage Company, LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-03-03 | Deed $390,000 — from GREENE, JOYCE; WATSON, JOSETTE; WHITE, MARCIA; ABNEY, JUDITH to DOWDELL, MAUREEN | $390,000 | |
| 2004-03-03 | Mortgage $331,500 — from DOWDELL, MAUREEN to ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC | $331,500 | |
| 1994-12-29 | Mortgage $216,000 — from GREENE, JOYCE; ABNEY, JUDITH; WHITE, MARCIA; WATSON, JOSETTE to ARBOR NATIONAL MORTGAGE, INC. | $216,000 | |
| 1987-09-24 | Mortgage $150,000 — from DURAES, SOFIA R.; DURAES, ABEL I. to CITIBANK, N.A. | $150,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 2025 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| 2026 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 65 |
Every one of the 232 recorded events, 1987–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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