97 recorded events, 1981–2026, from 10 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 24 311 service requests, 23 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 15 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 86% 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 15. In ZIP 11220, 69% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% 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 | 6 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2021-04-05. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
7 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Graffiti (4) · Building/Use (1) · Food Establishment (1) · Dirty Condition (1).
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1931) |
| No | Six or more residential units (4) |
| 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) | 4918 YIM LLC |
| Head officer | LAISIN YEUNG |
| Managing agent | 4918 YIM LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-09-19 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $634,000 | $285,300 |
| 2026 | $761,000 | $342,450 |
| 2027 | $913,000 | $410,850 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Wall Chinese Cuisine | Chinese | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · 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.
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 | Fort Hamilton Pkwy — D · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 13-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 8 Av / 49 St — B70 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | 50 St & 7 Ave · 750 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 094 The Henry Longfellow 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.
4918 8 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 |
7 311 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: $56,866 on 2020-01-23 (lender: Global 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-23 | Mortgage $56,867 — from 4918 YIM, LLC to GLOBAL BANK | $56,867 | |
| 2020-01-23 | AL&R $520,000 — from 4918 YIM, LLC to GLOBAL BANK | $520,000 | |
| 2020-01-23 | Agreement $520,000 — from 4918 YIM, LLC to GLOBAL BANK | $520,000 | |
| 2014-02-26 | Agreement $575,000 — from 4918 YIM, LLC to GLOBAL BANK | $575,000 | |
| 2014-02-26 | AL&R $575,000 — from 4918 YIM, LLC to GLOBAL BANK | $575,000 | |
| 2014-02-26 | Mortgage $51,836 — from 4918 YIM, LLC to GLOBAL BANK | $51,836 | |
| 2009-04-06 | AL&R $600,000 — from YEUNG, LAI SIN; YIM, YAT WA to GLOBAL BANK | $600,000 | |
| 2009-04-06 | Agreement $600,000 — from GLOBAL BANK to YEUNG, LAI SIN; YIM, YAT WA | $600,000 | |
| 2009-04-06 | Mortgage $478,446 — from YEUNG, LAI SIN; YIM, YAT WA to GLOBAL BANK | $478,446 | |
| 1999-10-29 | Mortgage $230,000 — from YEUNG, LAI SIN; YIM, YAT WA to CHINATOWN FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | $230,000 | |
| 1986-03-21 | Mortgage $40,000 — from YIM, YAT WA; LEUNG, LAI SIN to WONG, RICHARD | $40,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 2021 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Every one of the 97 recorded events, 1981–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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