185 recorded events, 1975–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 60 HPD housing violations, 37 311 service requests, 26 DOB violations.
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A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 90% 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 30. 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
| Open HPD violations | 47 total — 16 class C (immediately hazardous), 18 class B, 13 class A. Oldest open since 1983-10-21. |
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.
15 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (5) · Street Condition (2) · Dirty Condition (2) · Graffiti (1) · Consumer Complaint (1) · Illegal Dumping (1).
$5,000 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 (1931) |
| No | Six or more residential units (4) |
| 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) | EDWARD J HARDAWAY |
| Last registered | 2026-07-31 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $493,000 | $221,850 |
| 2026 | $592,000 | $266,400 |
| 2027 | $710,000 | $319,500 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chez Alex | Coffee/Tea | 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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2014 (0 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 | Gates Av — J Z · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Ralph Av / Madison St — B47 · under 50 ft |
| Citi Bike | Putnam Ave & Ralph Ave · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 309 The George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy. 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.
850 Madison 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 |
15 311 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: $350,000 on 2023-10-11 (lender: Exclusive Marketing Direct 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-11 | Mortgage $350,000 — from HARDAWAY, EDWARD to EXCLUSIVE MARKETING DIRECT LLC | $350,000 | |
| 2005-05-27 | Mortgage $188,060 — from HARDAWAY, EDWARD to MERS | $188,060 | |
| 2001-07-11 | Mortgage $189,000 — from HARDAWAY, EDWARD to FIRST FUNDING MORTGAGE BANKERS CORP | $189,000 | |
| 1999-08-03 | Mortgage $189,000 — from HARDAWAY, EDWARD to FIRST FUNDING MORTGAGE BANKERS CORP | $189,000 | |
| 1997-06-13 | Mortgage $114,000 — from GREEN, ANN; HARDAWAY, FRANK to FHB FUNDING CORP | $114,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Every one of the 185 recorded events, 1975–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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