1,396 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 484 HPD complaints, 447 311 service requests, 320 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. Less recorded distress than 59% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 14. In ZIP 11220, 69% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 31 total — 21 class C (immediately hazardous), 10 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1991-01-02. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
14 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 10). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
56 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (28) · HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · PAINT/PLASTER (3) · SAFETY (2) · GENERAL (2) · Consumer Complaint (2).
$623,403 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (9 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 (1923) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (48) |
| 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) | CHARIS REALTY CORP |
| Head officer | Chris Varveris |
| Managing agent | BROOKLYN PROPERTY MANAGERS |
| Last registered | 2026-07-29 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,888,000 | $1,299,600 |
| 2026 | $2,889,000 | $1,300,050 |
| 2027 | $2,974,000 | $1,338,300 |
The city's market estimate has risen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babas Pierogies | Not yet graded | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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 | 45 St — R · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 5 Av / 44 St — B63 · 900 ft |
| Citi Bike | 46 St & 6 Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 169 Sunset Park Middle: J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing. 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.
609 45 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
56 311 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 BROOKLYN PROPERTY MANAGERS — 66 buildings, 668 units. Grades across the portfolio: A26 · B16 · C12 · D12. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 66 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $85,000 on 1991-10-31 (lender: Staten Island Savs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-27 | RPTT&RET $3,500,000 — from ZACHARAKOS, HELEN to VARVERIS, CHRIS | $3,500,000 | |
| 1991-10-31 | Mortgage $85,000 — from VARVERIS, CHRIS; ZACHARAKOS, JAMES to STATEN ISLAND SAVS BANK | $85,000 | |
| 1987-02-13 | Mortgage $139,945 — from CHARIS REALTY CORP to NYC HPD | $139,945 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 3 | 83 | 1 | 3 | 91 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 5 | 53 |
| 2019 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 108 | 0 | 1 | 112 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 34 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 34 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 56 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Every one of the 1,396 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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