273 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 95 311 service requests, 63 HPD complaints, 61 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 168.7. 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
| Open HPD violations | 54 total — 8 class C (immediately hazardous), 37 class B, 9 class A. Oldest open since 2019-07-17. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
8 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2025–26: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
21 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (4) · HEAT/HOT WATER (4) · Missed Collection (3) · PAINT/PLASTER (3) · Food Establishment (2) · Dirty Condition (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 (1910) |
| 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).
| Registered owner(s) | DONALD CREARY |
| Managing agent | KEVIN GOLDING |
| Last registered | 2020-03-04 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,086,000 | $65,160 |
| 2026 | $1,201,000 | $72,060 |
| 2027 | $1,292,000 | $77,520 |
The city's market estimate has risen 19% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soulkofa | Vegan | Grade Pending | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick)
2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Spoiled, 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.
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 | Ralph Av — C · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Utica Av — A C · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Ralph Av / Chauncey St — B47 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | Chauncey St & Howard Ave · 700 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 040 George W. Carver. 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.
235 Ralph 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 |
21 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $270,300 on 2004-05-11 (lender: Alliance Mortgage Banking Corp.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-03 | M&CON $395,279 — from CREARY, DONALD to US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $395,279 | |
| 2004-05-11 | Mortgage $270,300 — from CREARY, DONALD to ALLIANCE MORTGAGE BANKING CORP. | $270,300 | |
| 2004-05-11 | Deed $360,400 — from WILLIAMS, ARETHA to CREARY, DONALD | $360,400 | |
| 1999-08-18 | Mortgage $161,249 — from MCMAHON, SHAWN to BENEFICIAL HOMEOWNERSERVICE CORPORATION | $161,249 | |
| 1999-08-18 | Mortgage $15,000 — from MCMAHON, SHAWN to BENEFICIAL HOMEOWNERSERVICE CORPORATION | $15,000 | |
| 1999-01-15 | Mortgage $97,500 — from MCMAHON, SHAWN to DELTA FUNDING CORPORATION | $97,500 | |
| 1984-09-25 | Mortgage $4,000 — from HAYNES, WILFRED ARLINGTO; HAYNES, GWENDOLYN to HAYNES, MIGNON; SPARROW, WHITNEY | $4,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6 | 67 | 0 | 73 |
| 2020 | 1 | 75 | 1 | 77 |
| 2021 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2022 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2023 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2024 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2026 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 36 |
Every one of the 273 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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