171 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 32 HPD housing violations, 31 311 service requests, 30 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 59% 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 11.1. In ZIP 11221, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 17% 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 | 2 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2020-08-28. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
8 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (4) · Noise (1) · Street Light Condition (1) · Rodent (1) · PLUMBING (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 (1931) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (8) |
| 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) | RALPH GATES CLUSTER LP |
| Head officer | WILLIE WREN, SR |
| Managing agent | RALPH GATES CLUSTER LP |
| Last registered | 2025-09-10 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,242,000 | $558,900 |
| 2026 | $1,490,000 | $670,500 |
| 2027 | $1,788,000 | $804,600 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 2012 (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 | Bedford-Nostrand Avs — G · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 12-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Kingston-Throop Avs — C · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 13-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Gates Av / Tompkins Av — B52 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Monroe St & Tompkins Ave · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey. 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.
540 Gates 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 |
8 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 4 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.
Managed by RALPH GATES CLUSTER LP — 9 buildings, 45 units. Grades across the portfolio: A2 · B4 · C1 · D2. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 540 Gates Avenue | BK | 8 | A |
| 145 Marcus Garvey Blvd | BK | 8 | B |
| 85 Mac Dougal Street | BK | 6 | A |
| 819 Gates Avenue | BK | 4 | B |
| 908 Herkimer Street | BK | 4 | D |
| 719 Mac Donough Street | BK | 4 | B |
| 241 Van Buren Street | BK | 4 | C |
| 3 Sumpter Street | BK | 4 | D |
| 121 Ralph Avenue | BK | 3 | B |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $4,790,334 on 2003-10-07 (lender: The City Of New York (''hpd'')), covering 9 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-10-07 | Mortgage $4,790,334 — from RALPH-GATES CLUSTER, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK (''HPD'') | $4,790,334 | |
| 1985-07-09 | Mortgage $8,400 — from SADLER, TERENCE V to CENTRAL FEDL SAVS FSB | $8,400 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 17 |
| 2023 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 13 |
Every one of the 171 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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