207 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 83 311 service requests, 47 HPD housing violations, 35 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 566.7. In ZIP 10465, 88% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% 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 | 17 total — 13 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2022-12-19. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
28 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 19 · winter 2024–25: 9). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
28 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (11) · Illegal Parking (9) · Dirty Condition (2) · Abandoned Vehicle (2) · Noise (2) · Curb Condition (1).
$16,590 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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.
| No | Built before 1974 (1989) |
| No | Six or more residential units (3) |
| 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) | WAIKAM CHENG |
| Managing agent | LIYING CHENG |
| Last registered | 2025-07-22 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,065,000 | $63,900 |
| 2026 | $1,218,000 | $73,080 |
| 2027 | $1,457,000 | $87,420 |
The city's market estimate has risen 37% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 3 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.
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Throgs Neck Expwy / Prentiss Av — Bx8 BxM9 · 650 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 072 Dr. William Dorney Middle: 371, 467. 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.
4217 Throgs Neck Expwy
| 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 |
28 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 11 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: $150,000 on 2005-02-25 (lender: Fleet National Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-02-25 | Mortgage $150,000 — from CHENG, LI Y; CHENG, CHUNG H to FLEET NATIONAL BANK | $150,000 | |
| 1993-03-24 | Mortgage $150,000 — from CHENG, CHUNG HANG; CHENG, LI YING to MANHATTAN SAVINGS BANK | $150,000 | |
| 1989-01-12 | Mortgage $220,000 — from MARCIANO, MARIO; PUMA, ANTHONY J. to YORKVILLE FEDERAL S&LA | $220,000 | |
| 1987-03-11 | Mortgage $188,000 — from MARCIANO, MARIO; PUMA, ANTHONY J. to YORKVILLE FEDERAL S&LA | $188,000 | |
| 1984-05-01 | Mortgage $20,000 — from GARCIA, ULPIANO; GARCIA, ERMELINDA to PONCE DE LEON FED S&LA | $20,000 | |
| 1983-02-16 | Mortgage $10,000 — from GARCIA, ULPIANO; GARCIA, ERMELINDA to PONCE DE LEON FED S&LA | $10,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 32 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Every one of the 207 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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