125 recorded events, 1992–2026, from 8 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 45 rodent inspections, 35 311 service requests, 27 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% 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 53.3. In ZIP 11221, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 17% 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.
$625 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Rodent (2) · Water System (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.
| No | Built before 1974 (1993) |
| No | Six or more residential units (2) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
0 of 3 signals present. None of the common signals are present — stabilization is unlikely (though never impossible). The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | Kosciuszko Street Holdings LLC |
| Head officer | Abraham Lebowitz |
| Managing agent | Residents Living |
| Last registered | 2025-09-11 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,021,000 | $61,260 |
| 2026 | $1,126,000 | $67,560 |
| 2027 | $1,043,000 | $62,580 |
The city's market estimate has risen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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 | Kosciuszko St — J · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Myrtle Av — J M Z · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: De Kalb Av / Malcolm X Blvd — B38 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lafayette Ave & Stuyvesant Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 081 Thaddeus Stevens. 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.
551 Kosciuszko 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 |
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.
Managed by RESIDENTS LIVING — 41 buildings, 251 units. Grades across the portfolio: A3 · B13 · C7 · D15 · F3. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $208,500 on 2025-04-15 (lender: Cross County 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-15 | Mortgage $208,500 — from LEBOWITZ, ABRAHAM to CROSS COUNTY SAVINGS BANK | $208,500 | |
| 2024-08-23 | Mortgage $915,000 — from LEBOWITZ, ABRAHAM to MERS | $915,000 | |
| 2024-08-23 | Deed $1,220,000 — from KOS8 REALTY INC. to LEBOWITZ, ABRAHAM | $1,220,000 | |
| 2024-08-15 | Sold for $1,220,000 | $1,220,000 | $610,000 |
| 2019-07-01 | Deed $830,000 — from BROWN, ESQ. AS REFEREE, CHARLANE to KOS8 REALTY INC. | $830,000 | |
| 2019-06-19 | Sold for $830,000 | $830,000 | $415,000 |
| 2015-05-15 | Deed $589,752 — from JOHNSON, ELISHA to NYC BROOK LLC | $589,752 | |
| 2005-09-06 | Mortgage $390,400 — from JOHNSON, ELISHA to FIRST CONTINENTAL MORTGAGE AND INVESTMEN | $390,400 | |
| 2005-09-06 | Deed $488,000 — from MARSHALL, EARL to JOHNSON, ELISHA | $488,000 | |
| 2005-09-06 | Mortgage $97,600 — from JOHNSON, ELISHA to FIRST CONTINENTAL MORTGAGE AND INVESTMEN | $97,600 | |
| 2004-05-07 | Deed $290,000 — from IYMAANI MUHAMMAD to JEAN CHONG | $290,000 | |
| 2004-05-07 | Deed $405,000 — from JEAN CHONG to EARL MARSHALL | $405,000 | |
| 2004-05-07 | Mortgage $384,750 — from EARL MARSHALL to MERS | $384,750 | |
| 1994-07-12 | Mortgage $11,840 — from MUHAMMAD, IYMAANI; MUHAMMED, WARD to HOMETRUST MORTGAGE BANKERS; T.A.M. EQUITY CORP | $11,840 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2018 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 19 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Every one of the 125 recorded events, 1992–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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