544 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 246 311 service requests, 111 HPD complaints, 41 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 62% 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 11.4. In ZIP 11213, 61% of residential buildings hold an A and 11% 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 | 1 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-04-24. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
9 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 3 · winter 2025–26: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
22 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (10) · HEAT/HOT WATER (4) · Residential Disposal Complaint (3) · Water System (3) · Illegal Parking (1) · Illegal Fireworks (1).
$793,798 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 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 (1921) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (31) |
| 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) | UNION STREET HOUSES OWNERS, LLC |
| Head officer | SCOTT JAFFEE |
| Managing agent | METROPOLITAN REALTY GROUP LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-10-09 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,873,000 | $2,192,850 |
| 2026 | $5,086,000 | $2,288,700 |
| 2027 | $5,251,000 | $2,362,950 |
The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | A — ENERGY STAR score 100/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
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.
3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2013 (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 | Crown Hts-Utica Av — 3 4 · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Utica Av / Eastern Pkwy — B46 B46-SBS · 400 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | Schenectady Ave & President St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 398 Walter Weaver Middle: The School of Integrated Learning. 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.
1690 Union 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
22 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 4 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 METROPOLITAN REALTY GROUP, LLC — 46 buildings, 1,728 units. Grades across the portfolio: A31 · B14. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $15,979,465 on 2020-02-28 (lender: Orix Real Estate Capital, LLC), covering 6 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | Agreement $36,688,900 — from USAHF UNION STREET HOUSES LLC; UNION STREET HOUSES OWNERS LLC; UNION STREET HOUSING DEVELO to LUMENT REAL ESTATE CAPITAL, LLC; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEV | $36,688,900 | |
| 2026-07-09 | Deed $57,000,000 — from UNION STREET HOUSES OWNERS LLC; UNION STREET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CO to UNION STREET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CO; USAHF UNION STREET HOUSES LLC | $57,000,000 | |
| 2026-06-23 | Sold for $57,000,000 | $57,000,000 | $1,838,710 |
| 2025-04-28 | Agreement $36,688,900 — from UNION STREET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CO; UNION STREET HOUSES OWNERS, LLC to ORIX REAL ESTATE CAPITAL, LLC; LUMENT REAL ESTATE CAPITAL, LLC | $36,688,900 | |
| 2020-02-28 | Mortgage $15,979,466 — from UNION STREET HOUSES OWNERS LLC to ORIX REAL ESTATE CAPITAL, LLC | $15,979,466 | |
| 2020-02-28 | Agreement $36,688,900 — from UNION STREET HOUSES OWNERS LLC to ORIX REAL ESTATE CAPITAL, LLC | $36,688,900 | |
| 2015-05-20 | Mortgage $11,000,000 — from UNION STREET HOUSES OWNERS LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $11,000,000 | |
| 2015-05-20 | Mortgage $12,000,000 — from UNION STREET HOUSES OWNERS LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $12,000,000 | |
| 2015-05-20 | AL&R $12,000,000 — from UNION STREET HOUSES OWNERS LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $12,000,000 | |
| 2014-04-10 | AL&R $11,000,000 — from UNION STREET HOUSES OWNERS LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $11,000,000 | |
| 2014-04-10 | Mortgage $6,970,381 — from UNION STREET HOUSES OWNERS LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $6,970,381 | |
| 2014-04-10 | Deed $11,029,948 — from VIN'S CROWN REALTY ASSOCIATES, L.P. to UNION STREET HOUSES OWNERS LLC | $11,029,948 | |
| 2014-04-10 | Agreement $11,000,000 — from UNION STREET HOUSES OWNERS LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $11,000,000 | |
| 2005-04-05 | Mortgage $253,184 — from VIN'S CROWN REALTY ASSOCIATES to REILLY MORTGAGE GROUP, INC. | $253,184 | |
| 2005-04-05 | Agreement $4,767,200 — from VIN'S CROWN REALTY ASSOCIATES to REILLY MORTGAGE GROUP, INC. | $4,767,200 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 31 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2019 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
Every one of the 544 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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