123 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 10 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 61 311 service requests, 27 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 12 rodent inspections.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11233, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
14 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Damaged Tree (5) · Food Establishment (2) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Sewer (1) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (1) · Blocked Driveway (1).
$3,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1925) |
| No | Six or more residential units (2) |
| 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).
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $872,400 | $392,580 |
| 2026 | $1,047,000 | $471,150 |
| 2027 | $1,256,000 | $565,200 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zamzam Halal | Mediterranean | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
2 Food Establishment complaints 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.
4 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2022 (1 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 | Halsey St — J · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-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 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Decatur St & Saratoga Ave · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
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.
636 Decatur 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
14 311 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: $630,000 on 2026-03-03 (lender: Velocity Commercial Capital, LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | Mortgage $630,000 — from SARATOGA-DECATUR LLC to VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, LLC | $630,000 | |
| 2021-05-13 | Mortgage $400,000 — from SARATOGA-DECATUR LLC to VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, LLC | $400,000 | |
| 2006-05-23 | Mortgage $150,084 — from WALDEN, KEITH to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. | $150,084 | |
| 2006-05-23 | Agreement $300,000 — from WALDEN, KEITH to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. | $300,000 | |
| 2004-05-26 | AL&R $157,000 — from WALDEN, KEITH; WALDEN, DEBORAH to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. | $157,000 | |
| 2004-05-26 | Mortgage $157,000 — from WALDEN, DEBORAH; WALDEN, KEITH to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. | $157,000 | |
| 2000-10-20 | Mortgage $80,000 — from WALDEN, KEITH to FLEET BANK NA | $80,000 | |
| 1997-11-25 | Mortgage $25,000 — from WALDEN, CHARLES MELTON to CENTRAL FUNDING COMPANY; COLUMBIA CAPITAL CO | $25,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Every one of the 123 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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