151 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 43 HPD housing violations, 34 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 22 DOB violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% 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 64.7. 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 | 13 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 1993-08-17. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$3,125 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · Illegal Parking (1) · Missed Collection (1).
$160,000 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 (1899) |
| 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) | RKN ACQUISITIONS LLC |
| Head officer | GREGORY CANNING |
| Managing agent | RKN ACQUISITIONS II |
| Last registered | 2020-08-18 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $890,000 | $53,400 |
| 2026 | $1,038,000 | $62,280 |
| 2027 | $1,291,000 | $77,460 |
The city's market estimate has risen 45% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bread & Butter | Bakery Products/Desserts | 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 | Chauncey St — J Z · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Rockaway Av — C · 1,050 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Rockaway Av / Sumpter St — B60 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | MacDougal St & Rockaway Ave · 450 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.
53 Rockaway 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 |
3 311 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: $466,257 on 2020-08-17 (lender: Ridgewood Savings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-17 | AL&R $975,000 — from RKN ACQUISITIONS II LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $975,000 | |
| 2020-08-17 | Agreement $975,000 — from RKN ACQUISITIONS II LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $975,000 | |
| 2020-08-17 | Mortgage $466,257 — from RKN ACQUISITIONS II LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $466,257 | |
| 2018-05-01 | Deed $875,000 — from JULIEN, LANSMARK | $875,000 | |
| 2018-04-09 | Mortgage $525,000 — from RKN ACQUISITIONS II LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION | $525,000 | |
| 2018-04-09 | AL&R $525,000 — from RKN ACQUISITIONS II LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION | $525,000 | |
| 2018-01-29 | Sold for $875,000 | $875,000 | $437,500 |
| 2008-03-19 | AL&R $290,000 — from JULIEN, CLAUDIA; JULIEN, LANSMARK to GNOSIS II LLC | $290,000 | |
| 1999-09-27 | Mortgage $164,100 — from JULIEN, LANSMARK; JULIEN, CLAUDIA to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK | $164,100 | |
| 1994-11-03 | Mortgage $80,000 — from FLORES, GILBERT to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK | $80,000 | |
| 1993-11-19 | Mortgage $110,000 — from FLORES, GILBERT to NEW YORK NATL BANK | $110,000 | |
| 1990-05-10 | Mortgage $130,000 — from FLORES, GILBERT to CAPITAL NATIONAL BANK | $130,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 28 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Every one of the 151 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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