778 recorded events, 1993–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 433 HPD housing violations, 165 311 service requests, 109 HPD complaints.
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 3852.7. 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 | 391 total — 75 class C (immediately hazardous), 257 class B, 59 class A. Oldest open since 2000-05-19. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
53 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 19 · winter 2024–25: 6 · winter 2025–26: 21 · winter 2026–27: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
102 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (22) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (20) · PAINT/PLASTER (12) · Dirty Condition (11) · Rodent (6) · DOOR/WINDOW (5).
$60,000 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 (1931) |
| 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) | WILLIE D DILLARD |
| Last registered | 2020-08-20 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,636,000 | $98,160 |
| 2026 | $1,705,000 | $102,300 |
| 2027 | $1,751,000 | $105,060 |
The city's market estimate has risen 7% 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 | Gates Av — J Z · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Ralph Av / Madison St — B47 · 50 ft |
| Citi Bike | Putnam Ave & Ralph Ave · 200 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.
74 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
102 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 22 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.
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 95 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 115 | 0 | 2 | 119 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 0 | 4 | 120 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 0 | 5 | 136 |
Every one of the 778 recorded events, 1993–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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