518 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 346 311 service requests, 37 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 29 rodent inspections.
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 56.7. In ZIP 11216, 38% of residential buildings hold an A and 19% 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 | 6 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2001-10-30. |
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.
21 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Dirty Condition (4) · Derelict Vehicles (3) · New Tree Request (3) · Noise (3) · Graffiti (3) · Illegal Parking (2).
$163,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (3) |
| 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) | 279 NOSTRAND AVE LLC |
| Head officer | RAFAEL WHYTE |
| Managing agent | EDUARDO VARGAS |
| Last registered | 2025-07-10 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $675,600 | $304,020 |
| 2026 | $811,000 | $364,950 |
| 2027 | $973,000 | $437,850 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: UDAAP
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bureau Cafe | Coffee/Tea | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 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.
4 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2013 (1 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 | Bedford-Nostrand Avs — G · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Nostrand Av / Lafayette Av — B44 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Greene Ave & Nostrand Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 256 Benjamin Banneker. 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.
279 Nostrand 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
21 311 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: $33,109 on 2022-09-07 (lender: Bank Of Hope). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-07 | Mortgage $33,110 — from 279 NOSTRAND AVE LLC to BANK OF HOPE | $33,110 | |
| 2022-09-07 | Agreement $1,000,000 — from 279 NOSTRAND AVE LLC to BANK OF HOPE | $1,000,000 | |
| 2022-09-07 | AL&R $1,000,000 — from 279 NOSTRAND AVE LLC to BANK OF HOPE | $1,000,000 | |
| 2017-06-09 | Mortgage $1,100,000 — from 279 NOSTRAND AVE LLC to BANK OF HOPE | $1,100,000 | |
| 2017-06-09 | AL&R $1,100,000 — from 279 NOSTRAND AVE LLC to BANK OF HOPE | $1,100,000 | |
| 2016-04-08 | AL&R $1,000,000 — from 279 NOSTRAND AVE LLC to MAXIM CREDIT GROUP, LLC | $1,000,000 | |
| 2016-04-08 | Mortgage $1,000,000 — from 279 NOSTRAND AVE LLC to MAXIM CREDIT GROUP, LLC | $1,000,000 | |
| 2007-10-09 | Agreement $342,000 — from WHYTE, EDWARDO A to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS | $342,000 | |
| 2007-08-20 | Mortgage $112,054 — from WHYTE, EDWARD A to MERS | $112,054 | |
| 2000-07-10 | Mortgage $252,200 — from NHS COMMUNITY DEVELOPENT CORP to BNY MORTGAGE COMPANUY LLC | $252,200 | |
| 2000-07-10 | Mortgage $2,105,000 — from NHS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP to NYC HPD | $2,105,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| 2018 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 32 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 35 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 4 | 65 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 2 | 86 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 4 | 3 | 99 |
| 2023 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 37 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
Every one of the 518 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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