342 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 113 311 service requests, 103 HPD housing violations, 43 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 53% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 18.6. In ZIP 11215, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 85 total — 6 class C (immediately hazardous), 66 class B, 13 class A. Oldest open since 1989-01-31. |
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.
10 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (5) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (1) · Illegal Posting (1) · Street Light Condition (1) · Missed Collection (1) · Food Establishment (1).
$11,000 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) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (7) |
| 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) | skywind properties LLC |
| Head officer | habib a ahary |
| Managing agent | SKYWIND PROPERTIES LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-07-16 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,859,200 | $1,736,640 |
| 2026 | $4,101,000 | $1,845,450 |
| 2027 | $3,281,000 | $1,476,450 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 15% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velvette Brew | Coffee/Tea | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 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: Toilet Facility) · 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.
5 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (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 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 4 Av-9 St — F G R · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 5 Av / Garfield Pl — B63 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | 5 Ave & 3 St · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 321 William Penn. 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.
279 5 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 |
10 311 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: $24,191 on 2012-09-13 (lender: TD Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-09-13 | Mortgage $24,192 — from AHARY, HABIB A to TD BANK, N.A. | $24,192 | |
| 2012-09-13 | Agreement $500,000 — from AHARY, HABIB A to TD BANK, N.A. | $500,000 | |
| 2012-09-13 | AL&R $500,000 — from AHARY, HABIB A to TD BANK, N.A. | $500,000 | |
| 2012-09-13 | ASPM $550,000 — from AHARY, HABIB A to TD BANK, N.A. | $550,000 | |
| 2005-02-01 | Mortgage $550,000 — from ALAHIRI, KHALED ALI to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $550,000 | |
| 1996-05-14 | Mortgage $200,000 — from EL SAMET, ABDULKADER to STATEN ISLAND SAVINGS BANK | $200,000 | |
| 1989-04-27 | Mortgage $225,000 — from EL SAMET, ABDUL KADER; ELSAMET, ABDUL KADER/AKA to CROSSLAND SAVS FSB | $225,000 | |
| 1988-03-25 | Mortgage $19,255 — from ELSAMET, ABDULKADER to CHRYSLER FIRST BUS.CR/CP | $19,255 | |
| 1986-10-09 | Mortgage $150,000 — from EL SAMET, ABDULKADER/AKA; ELSAMET, ABDULKADER to CHRYSLER 1ST BUSI CREDIT | $150,000 | |
| 1984-05-14 | Mortgage $16,250 — from SAMET, ABDULIKADER EL to DARTMOUTH PLAN, INC | $16,250 | |
| 1984-04-20 | Mortgage $48,000 — from ELSAMET, ABDULKADER to SCICCHITANO, ANTHONY | $48,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Every one of the 342 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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