35,311 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 11,617 311 service requests, 6,725 HPD complaints, 6,671 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 58% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 5.9. In ZIP 10475, 75% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 5,275 total — 1,927 class C (immediately hazardous), 2,298 class B, 1,050 class A. Oldest open since 1974-02-13. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 3 case(s) pending in housing court |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
299 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 51 · winter 2024–25: 109 · winter 2025–26: 95 · winter 2026–27: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
118 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$7,812 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
2,819 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (448) · Noise (446) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (296) · PAINT/PLASTER (193) · HEAT/HOT WATER (146) · WATER LEAK (118).
$61,163,543 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (151 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1969) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (10914) |
| 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) | RIVERBAY CORPORATION |
| Head officer | CARY SMITH |
| Managing agent | DOUGLAS ELLIMAN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2025-09-02 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $582,266,000 | $262,019,700 |
| 2026 | $582,920,000 | $262,314,000 |
| 2027 | $606,304,000 | $272,836,800 |
The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: MITCHELL-LAMA
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $207,163,729 a year ($15.30 per sq ft), operating expenses $129,308,079 ($9.55 per sq ft), net operating income $77,855,650. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 58/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
Inside the 2007 FEMA floodplain but outside the 2015 preliminary update — worth checking against current FEMA maps.
Hurricane evacuation zone 4 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
77 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (11 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 | Baychester Av — 5 · 0.6 mi straight-line (about a 15-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Dreiser Loop / Defoe Pl — Bx23 Bx25 Bx28 Bx30 +2 more · 450 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 178 - Dr. Selman Waksman Middle: I.S. 181 Pablo Casals. 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.
2049 Bartow 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 |
2,819 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 146 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 DOUGLAS ELLIMAN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT — 313 buildings, 53,552 units. Grades across the portfolio: A294 · B9 · C2 · D3. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 313 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $621,500,000 on 2022-05-09 (lender: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association), covering 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-09 | Mortgage $621,500,000 — from RIVERBAY CORPORATION to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $621,500,000 | |
| 2020-04-13 | AL&R $1,000,000 — from RIVERBAY CORPORATION to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $1,000,000 | |
| 2020-04-13 | Mortgage $1,000,000 — from RIVERBAY CORPORATION to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $1,000,000 | |
| 2012-12-11 | Mortgage $598,392,089 — from RIVERBAY CORPORATION to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $598,392,089 | |
| 2012-12-11 | Mortgage $23,107,911 — from RIVERBAY CORPORATION to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $23,107,911 | |
| 2011-06-22 | Mortgage $20,280,520 — from RIVERBAY CORPORATION to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $20,280,520 | |
| 2011-06-22 | Mortgage $534,719,480 — from RIVERBAY CORPORATION to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $534,719,480 | |
| 2009-12-07 | Mortgage $4,150,000 — from RIVERYBAY CORPORATION to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $4,150,000 | |
| 2009-12-07 | Mortgage $1,850,000 — from RIVERYBAY CORPORATION to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,850,000 | |
| 2009-11-04 | Agreement $480,000,000 — from RIVERBAY CORPORATION to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $480,000,000 | |
| 2004-11-03 | Mortgage $240,000,000 — from RIVERBAY CORPORATION to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $240,000,000 | |
| 2004-11-03 | Mortgage $60,000,000 — from RIVERBAY CORPORATION to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $60,000,000 | |
| 2004-11-03 | AL&R $480,000,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to RIVERBAY CORPORATION | $480,000,000 | |
| 2004-11-03 | Mortgage $180,000,000 — from RIVERBAY CORPORATION to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $180,000,000 | |
| 2004-03-18 | Mortgage $150,000 — from SANTOS, MARIBEL; SANTOS, ORLANDO to AAMES FUNDING CORPORATION DBA AAMES HOME | $150,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 171 | 879 | 0 | 8 | 1,066 |
| 2018 | 20 | 108 | 1,651 | 0 | 48 | 1,827 |
| 2019 | 9 | 142 | 1,791 | 0 | 104 | 2,046 |
| 2020 | 51 | 54 | 1,934 | 3 | 93 | 2,135 |
| 2021 | 103 | 98 | 2,419 | 0 | 82 | 2,702 |
| 2022 | 86 | 80 | 2,120 | 4 | 660 | 2,950 |
| 2023 | 59 | 119 | 1,457 | 1 | 670 | 2,306 |
| 2024 | 4 | 128 | 1,754 | 1 | 744 | 2,631 |
| 2025 | 3 | 75 | 2,107 | 0 | 732 | 2,917 |
| 2026 | 0 | 53 | 1,523 | 0 | 797 | 2,373 |
Every one of the 35,311 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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