931 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 301 HPD complaints, 234 311 service requests, 195 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 54% 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 19.3. 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 | 12 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2003-03-13. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
30 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (8) · Graffiti (5) · Rodent (4) · Dirty Condition (2) · WATER LEAK (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1888) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (20) |
| 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) | DECATUR RESIDENCES LLC |
| Head officer | HOWARD TEPLER |
| Managing agent | DECATUR RESIDENCES LLC |
| Last registered | 2026-07-29 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,558,000 | $1,151,100 |
| 2026 | $2,672,000 | $1,202,400 |
| 2027 | $2,783,000 | $1,252,350 |
The city's market estimate has risen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Je T'Aime Patisserie | Bakery Products/Desserts | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Protection) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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 | Kingston-Throop Avs — C · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Utica Av — A C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Marcus Garvey Blvd / Fulton St — B15 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | Albany Ave & Fulton St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: 243, 262. 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.
142 Decatur 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 |
30 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $357,120 on 2004-10-12 (lender: Carver Federal Savings Abnk). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-03 | Mortgage $23,634 — from DECATUR RESIDENCES LLC to SANTANDER BANK N.A. | $23,634 | |
| 2020-03-03 | Agreement $5,145,000 — from DECATUR RESIDENCES LLC to SANTANDER BANK N.A. | $5,145,000 | |
| 2015-03-09 | Deed $8,000,000 — from 142-144 DECATUR RESIDENCES, LLC to DECATUR RESIDENCES LLC | $8,000,000 | |
| 2015-03-09 | Mortgage $856,877 — from DECATUR RESIDENCES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $856,877 | |
| 2015-03-09 | Agreement $5,600,000 — from DECATUR RESIDENCES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $5,600,000 | |
| 2014-07-16 | Mortgage $1,500,000 — from 142-144 DECATURE RESIDENCES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,500,000 | |
| 2014-07-16 | Agreement $4,800,000 — from 142-144 DECATURE RESIDENCES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $4,800,000 | |
| 2014-07-16 | AL&R $4,800,000 — from 142-144 DECATURE RESIDENCES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $4,800,000 | |
| 2013-11-04 | Mortgage $3,300,000 — from 142-144 DECATUR RESIDENCES, LLC to 2090 FUNDING ASSOCIATES, LLC | $3,300,000 | |
| 2013-11-04 | Deed $4,000,000 — from 142 DECATUR FT LLC to 142-144 DECATUR RESIDENCES, LLC | $4,000,000 | |
| 2013-01-10 | Deed $1,942 — from WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, ESQ., AS REFEREE to FTBK INVESTOR LLC, AS TRUSTEE; FOR NY BROOKLYN INVESTOR TRUST 8 | $1,942 | |
| 2013-01-10 | Deed $1,942 — from WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, ESQ., AS REFEREE to FTBK INVESTOR LLC, AS TRUSTEE; FOR NY BROOKLYN INVESTOR TRUST 8 | $1,942 | |
| 2005-10-04 | Mortgage $1,500,000 — from 334 MARCUS GARVEY BOULEVARD CORPORATION to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK | $1,500,000 | |
| 2005-10-04 | Agreement $1,500,000 — from WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK to 334 MARCUS GARVEY BOULEVARD CORPORATION | $1,500,000 | |
| 2005-10-04 | Mortgage $224,894 — from 334 MARCUS GARVEY BOULEVARD CORPORATION to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK | $224,894 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| 2018 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 2021 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 2022 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2023 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 20 |
| 2024 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 2025 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 22 |
| 2026 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 18 |
Every one of the 931 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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