468 recorded events, 1980–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 154 311 service requests, 115 HPD housing violations, 95 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 93% 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 270. In ZIP 11233, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% 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 | 68 total — 7 class C (immediately hazardous), 52 class B, 9 class A. Oldest open since 2014-02-21. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
22 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 6 · winter 2025–26: 12). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
50 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Residential Disposal Complaint (12) · HEAT/HOT WATER (10) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (6) · Dirty Condition (5) · WATER LEAK (4) · DOOR/WINDOW (3).
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 (1911) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (8) |
| Yes | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
3 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | MACBAIN DEV LLC |
| Head officer | CHERYL IGHODARO |
| Managing agent | PRECISE REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT INC |
| Last registered | 2025-08-31 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,736,000 | $781,200 |
| 2026 | $1,938,000 | $872,100 |
| 2027 | $2,260,000 | $1,017,000 |
The city's market estimate has risen 30% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
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 | Halsey St — J · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Chauncey St — J Z · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Saratoga Av / MacDonough St — B7 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | Decatur St & Saratoga Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: Elementary schools in this district are not zoned. 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.
727 Mac Donough 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 |
50 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 10 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 PRECISE REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT INC — 63 buildings, 382 units. Grades across the portfolio: A4 · B14 · C19 · D15 · F11. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 63 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $397 on 2015-08-07 (lender: The Community Preservation Corporation), covering 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-07 | Agreement $703,203 — from MACBAIN DEVELOPMENT, LLC to THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION | $703,203 | |
| 2015-08-07 | AL&R $703,203 — from MACBAIN DEVELOPMENT, LLC to THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION | $703,203 | |
| 2006-10-06 | AL&R $5,603,877 — from SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPME to MACBAIN DEVELOPMENT LLC | $5,603,877 | |
| 2006-10-06 | Mortgage $702,806 — from MACBAIN DEVELOPMENT LLC to BPD BANK | $702,806 | |
| 2006-10-06 | Mortgage $5,603,877 — from MACBAIN DEVELOPMENT LLC to UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING | $5,603,877 | |
| 2000-01-21 | Mortgage $325,500 — from ADVANCE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORP to SMITH-HAVEN MORTGAGECORP | $325,500 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 24 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2019 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 2020 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2021 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 37 |
| 2022 | 2 | 87 | 1 | 90 |
| 2023 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 18 |
| 2024 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 75 |
| 2025 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 36 |
| 2026 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 47 |
Every one of the 468 recorded events, 1980–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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