680 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 296 311 service requests, 152 HPD complaints, 119 HPD housing violations.
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A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 84% 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 109.1. 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 | 15 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 10 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2013-04-07. |
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.
167 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (108) · DOOR/WINDOW (6) · Consumer Complaint (5) · FLOORING/STAIRS (4) · HEAT/HOT WATER (4) · Outdoor Dining (4).
$21,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1927) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (9) |
| 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) | US MCLEOD |
| Head officer | PELHAM A BOLLERS |
| Managing agent | URBAN STRATEGIES MGT CORP |
| Last registered | 2025-12-05 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $695,000 | $312,750 |
| 2026 | $788,000 | $354,600 |
| 2027 | $871,000 | $391,950 |
The city's market estimate has risen 25% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
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 | Rockaway Av — C · under 50 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: none Chauncey St — J Z · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Rockaway Av / Fulton St — B60 · 50 ft |
| Citi Bike | Somers St & Rockaway Ave · 100 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.
38 Somers 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 |
167 311 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 URBAN STRATEGIES MGT CORP — 53 buildings, 520 units. Grades across the portfolio: A19 · B18 · C7 · D5 · F3. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $102,371 on 2015-09-03 (lender: The City Of New York), covering 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-03 | Agreement $102,371 — from US MCLEOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPO to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $102,371 | |
| 2015-09-03 | Mortgage $102,371 — from US MCLEOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPO to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $102,371 | |
| 2015-09-03 | Mortgage $2,245,313 — from US MCLEOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPO to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $2,245,313 | |
| 2015-09-03 | Deed $2,529,182 — from ROCKHULL REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES, L.P. to US MCLEOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPO | $2,529,182 | |
| 2015-08-18 | RPTT $2,513,996 — from NEW YORK EQUITY FUND 1990 LIMITED PARTNE to US MCLEOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPO | $2,513,996 | |
| 1991-10-17 | Mortgage $2,839,182 — from ROCKHULL REDVLPT ASSOCS to NYC HPD | $2,839,182 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 30 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 48 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 28 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 22 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 47 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 43 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 115 | 1 | 119 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 52 |
Every one of the 680 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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