1,045 recorded events, 1977–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 442 311 service requests, 355 HPD complaints, 90 HPD housing violations.
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A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% 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 126. In ZIP 11215, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% 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 | 25 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 17 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 1992-02-24. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
16 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 8 · winter 2024–25: 6 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
53 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (10) · HEAT/HOT WATER (8) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (5) · PLUMBING (3) · Dirty Condition (3) · Noise (3).
$17,800 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (1920) |
| No | Six or more residential units (5) |
| 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) | HSJ4 HOLDINGS LLC |
| Head officer | STEVE TSANG |
| Managing agent | HSJ4 HOLDINGS LLC |
| Last registered | 2026-06-23 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,516,000 | $1,132,200 |
| 2026 | $2,932,000 | $1,319,400 |
| 2027 | $2,346,000 | $1,055,700 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice & Beans | Latin American | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 4 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2012 (0 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 | Union St — R · 50 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: none Bergen St — 2 3 · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 13-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 3 Av / Carroll St — B37 · 650 ft |
| Citi Bike | President St & 4 Ave · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 282 Park Slope. 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.
236 4 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
53 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 8 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: $385,000 on 2003-04-09 (lender: Flushing Savings Bank, FSB). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04-09 | DEEDO $617,000 — from ADEDAYO, BOLATITO to DONG, NANCY; TSANG, GHEE Y | $617,000 | |
| 2003-04-09 | AL&R $385,000 — from DONG, NANCY; TSANG, GHEE Y to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB | $385,000 | |
| 2003-04-09 | Mortgage $385,000 — from DONG, NANCY; TSANG, GHEE Y to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB | $385,000 | |
| 2000-02-22 | Mortgage $231,000 — from ADEDAYO, BOLATITO to LINCOLN EQUITIES CREDIT CORP | $231,000 | |
| 1999-11-24 | Mortgage $80,000 — from ADEDAYO, BOLATITO to TURKISHER, GRACE | $80,000 | |
| 1989-06-14 | Mortgage $100,000 — from TOP GUYS MGMT &CONSTRUC/; 4TH- UNION REALTY INC to ROSS, MARVIN/AGENT; WEISLER, MAX/AGENT | $100,000 | |
| 1988-08-17 | Mortgage $100,000 — from TOP GUYS MGMT&CONSTRUCT. to MAURICE GUILD/PHD PC/PP; RISKIN, MARTIN | $100,000 | |
| 1988-06-09 | Mortgage $175,000 — from TOP GUYS MGMT &CONSTRUCT to CROSSLAND SAVS FSB | $175,000 | |
| 1986-07-02 | Mortgage $182,400 — from TOP GUYS MGMT &CONSTRUCT to DEVLO EQUITIES INC | $182,400 | |
| 1983-04-05 | Mortgage $43,570 — from CHARLES, MARIE PILAR; ARMADO, SIMON A K A; ARMANDO, SIMON to KELLY, JAMES | $43,570 | |
| 1982-01-08 | Mortgage $7,000 — from KELLY, JAMES to ARAB, GABRIEL; STUCHINER, MILTON M. | $7,000 | |
| 1982-01-08 | Mortgage $23,000 — from KELLY, JAMES to MANDELLI, CLAUDINE | $23,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 37 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 74 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 1 | 201 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 189 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 160 | 0 | 3 | 164 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 73 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 27 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 20 |
Every one of the 1,045 recorded events, 1977–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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