376 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 120 311 service requests, 79 HPD complaints, 53 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 52% 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 18.3. In ZIP 11216, 38% of residential buildings hold an A and 19% 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 | 40 total — 13 class C (immediately hazardous), 19 class B, 8 class A. Oldest open since 1982-10-08. |
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.
29 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Damaged Tree (9) · Noise (8) · Graffiti (3) · Sewer (3) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (1) · Root/Sewer/Sidewalk Condition (1).
$190,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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 (1901) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (6) |
| Yes | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
3 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | DBDX Management LLC |
| Head officer | Nan Gan |
| Managing agent | DBDX Management LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-05-16 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,036,800 | $466,560 |
| 2026 | $1,244,000 | $559,800 |
| 2027 | $1,493,000 | $671,850 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lo-Fi Cafe | Coffee/Tea | A | — |
| Platanar Bar and Restaurant | Other | Not yet graded | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 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.
4 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2019 (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 | Nostrand Av — A C · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Franklin Av — C S · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Nostrand Av / Putnam Av — B44 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Putnam Ave & Nostrand Ave · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 093 William H. Prescott. 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.
187 Jefferson 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 |
29 311 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: $301,000 on 1991-12-16 (lender: NYC Hpd). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991-12-16 | Mortgage $229,200 — from KAO, CHI; MANN, TERESA S C; MAN, TERESA/AKA to NYC HPD | $229,200 | |
| 1991-12-16 | Mortgage $301,000 — from MANN, TERESA S C; KAO, CHI; MAN, TERESA/AKA to NYC HPD | $301,000 | |
| 1984-04-16 | Mortgage $22,500 — from SHING, ZEE LIG to CITY OF NEW YORK | $22,500 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2019 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 28 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 2026 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 37 |
Every one of the 376 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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