344 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 246 311 service requests, 41 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 14 rodent inspections.
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A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 89% 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 25. In ZIP 11238, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and 10% 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 | 1 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2020-08-14. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
67 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (53) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (6) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Curb Condition (1) · Rodent (1) · Street Sign (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 (1872) |
| No | Six or more residential units (3) |
| 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) | 620 VANDERBILT AVE HOLDINGS LLC |
| Head officer | RONALD A MCLAREN |
| Managing agent | RONALD A MCLAREN |
| Last registered | 2025-07-23 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,191,000 | $985,950 |
| 2026 | $1,837,000 | $826,650 |
| 2027 | $2,108,000 | $948,600 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milk Bar | Coffee/Tea | A | — |
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 | 7 Av — B Q · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Grand Army Plaza — 2 3 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Vanderbilt Av / Prospect Pl — B69 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Prospect Pl & Vanderbilt Ave · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Painted bike lane mapped within 75 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: Public School 9 The Sarah Smith Garnet School. 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.
227 Prospect Place
| 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 |
67 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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: $23,120 on 2003-09-10 (lender: Independence Community 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-09-10 | Mortgage $23,120 — from MCLAREN, RONALD to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $23,120 | |
| 1999-09-22 | Mortgage $22,315 — from PROSPECT HEIGHTS REALTY CORP to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH | $22,315 | |
| 1989-02-07 | Mortgage $580,000 — from 240 PROSPECT PLACE CORP to CENTRAL FED SAVS FSB | $580,000 | |
| 1987-12-11 | Mortgage $900,000 — from 240 PROSPECT PLACE CORP; PROSPECT HEIGHTS RLTY CP; MC LAREN, RONALD to CENTRAL FEDERAL SVGS/FSB | $900,000 | |
| 1987-06-03 | Mortgage $178,853 — from PROSPECT HEIGHTS RLTY CP to DIME SV BK/WILLIAMSBURGH | $178,853 | |
| 1986-08-26 | Mortgage $75,000 — from PROSPECT HEIGHTS RLTY CP to PANKEN, SAM J; PANKEN, PETER | $75,000 | |
| 1985-10-22 | Mortgage $136,353 — from PROSPECT HGTS RLTY CP to DIME SAVS BANK/WMSBRGH | $136,353 | |
| 1985-06-24 | Mortgage $31,600 — from PROSPECTS HGHTS RTYCORP to PANKEN, PETER | $31,600 | |
| 1984-05-10 | Mortgage $60,000 — from PROSPECT HEIGHTS RLTY CP to DAVIS, AUGUSTINE | $60,000 | |
| 1984-05-10 | Mortgage $25,000 — from PROSPECT HEIGHTS RLTY CP to PANKEN, SAM J | $25,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2020 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 31 |
| 2021 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 94 |
| 2022 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 31 |
| 2023 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| 2024 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 9 | 44 |
| 2025 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 2026 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
Every one of the 344 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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