516 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 261 311 service requests, 65 DOB permits, 49 DOB job filings.
Full record, year by year Support this site
1 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 1).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$5,585 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
49 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Dirty Condition (5) · Noise (5) · New Tree Request (4) · Consumer Complaint (4) · Food Poisoning (4) · Homeless Person Assistance (4).
$888,450 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (24 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.
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9,215,000 | $4,146,750 |
| 2026 | $7,649,000 | $3,442,050 |
| 2027 | $8,747,000 | $3,936,150 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 1/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liebman's Deli | Jewish/Kosher | A | Mice evidence |
| Moss Cafe | Jewish/Kosher | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
4 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick), shared by 2 restaurants
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Odor), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2024 (1 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 | 238 St — 1 · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 12-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Riverdale Av / Greystone Av — Bx7 · 650 ft |
| Citi Bike | Johnson Ave & W 235 St · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 024 Spuyten Duyvil Middle: Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141). 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.
540 West 235 Street
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
49 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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: $31,462 on 1998-02-02 (lender: Independence Savingsbank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-28 | Agreement $842,799 — from RIVERDALE CENTER NY LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK; SANTANDER BANK, N.A.; SOVEREIGN BANK, N.A. | $842,799 | |
| 1998-02-02 | Mortgage $31,462 — from RIVERDALE CENTER to INDEPENDENCE SAVINGSBANK | $31,462 | |
| 1987-08-24 | Mortgage $109,113 — from RIVERDALE CENTER to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $109,113 | |
| 1984-08-09 | Mortgage $777,143 — from RIVERDALE CENTER to AMERICAN SAVINGS BNKFSB | $777,143 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
| 2018 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 45 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| 2023 | 2 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 43 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 28 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 29 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
Every one of the 516 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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