130 recorded events, 1980–2026, from 10 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 56 HPD complaints, 27 311 service requests, 22 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
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A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% 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 66.3. In ZIP 10466, 73% of residential buildings hold an A and 9% 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 | 2 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-12-08. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
16 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 4 · winter 2025–26: 12). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
11 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · Dirty Condition (2) · Real Time Enforcement (1) · Abandoned Vehicle (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) |
| No | Six or more residential units (4) |
| 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) | MERCY BASSEY |
| Managing agent | Not Applicable |
| Last registered | 2025-07-15 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $570,000 | $256,500 |
| 2026 | $621,000 | $279,450 |
| 2027 | $745,000 | $335,250 |
The city's market estimate has risen 31% 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 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Nereid Av — 2 5 · 0.6 mi straight-line (about a 15-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 241 St / Baychester Av — Bx39 · 700 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 068 Bronx Middle: 259, 532, 355. 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.
953 East 241 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 |
11 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 7 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 NOT APPLICABLE — 51 buildings, 350 units. Grades across the portfolio: A18 · B13 · C15 · D4 · F1. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $13,525 on 2008-01-07 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-01-07 | Mortgage $13,525 — from BASSEY, MERCY to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $13,525 | |
| 2008-01-07 | Agreement $299,000 — from BASSEY, MERCY to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $299,000 | |
| 2004-01-14 | DEEDO $355,000 — from GABRIEL, ELVIS to BASSEY, MERCY | $355,000 | |
| 2004-01-14 | Mortgage $319,500 — from BASSEY, MERCY to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK | $319,500 | |
| 1997-04-29 | Mortgage $20,000 — from GABRIEL, ELVIS to CORINI, MARIE | $20,000 | |
| 1996-12-04 | Mortgage $192,000 — from GABRIEL, ELVIS to MUTUAL OF NORTH AMERICA INC. | $192,000 | |
| 1989-09-27 | Mortgage $225,000 — from BOYD, JOHN to CORINI, MARIE | $225,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 2023 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2025 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Every one of the 130 recorded events, 1980–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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