1,837 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 785 311 service requests, 574 HPD complaints, 347 HPD housing violations.
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 2152.3. 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 | 21 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 15 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 2025-08-04. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
122 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 46 · winter 2024–25: 32 · winter 2025–26: 34 · winter 2026–27: 8). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$3,125 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
438 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (169) · PLUMBING (61) · HEAT/HOT WATER (59) · DOOR/WINDOW (36) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (20) · PAINT/PLASTER (18).
$70,000 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 (1901) |
| 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) | 522 PUTNAM REALTY LLC |
| Head officer | CHANE TEITELBAUM |
| Managing agent | Yakov L Davidsohn |
| Last registered | 2025-08-27 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,749,000 | $104,940 |
| 2026 | $1,487,000 | $89,220 |
| 2027 | $1,955,000 | $117,300 |
The city's market estimate has risen 12% 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 | Kingston-Throop Avs — C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Nostrand Av — A C · 0.6 mi straight-line (about a 15-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Throop Av / Jefferson Av — B43 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | Putnam Ave & Throop Ave · 200 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.
522 Putnam 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 |
438 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 59 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: $615,318 on 2021-03-17 (lender: Signature Bank), covering 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-17 | AL&R $2,400,000 — from JOEL TEITLEBAUM LLC; 522 PUTNAM REALTY LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,400,000 | |
| 2021-03-17 | Agreement $2,400,000 — from JOEL TEITLEBAUM LLC; 522 PUTNAM REALTY LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,400,000 | |
| 2021-03-17 | Mortgage $615,319 — from 522 PUTNAM REALTY LLC; JOEL TEITLEBAUM LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $615,319 | |
| 2015-09-02 | Mortgage $985,455 — from 522 PUTNAM INC.; JOEL TEITELBAUM INC. to SIGNATURE BANK | $985,455 | |
| 2015-09-02 | Agreement $2,000,000 — from 522 PUTNAM INC.; JOEL TEITELBUAM INC. to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,000,000 | |
| 2015-09-02 | AL&R $2,000,000 — from 522 PUTNAM INC.; JOEL TEITELBAUM INC. to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,000,000 | |
| 2015-01-28 | Mortgage $500,000 — from 522 PUTNAM INC. to ASSET PRESERVATION, INC. | $500,000 | |
| 2015-01-14 | Deed $900,000 — from SEAY-JOHNSON, BERTHA; SEAY, BERTHA M; JOHNSON, RICHARD to 522 PUTNAM INC. | $900,000 | |
| 1996-06-21 | Mortgage $107,000 — from SEAY, BERTHA M to GREENPOINT BANK | $107,000 | |
| 1993-10-19 | Mortgage $20,000 — from JOHNSON, RICHARD C.; SEAY, BERTHA M. to APELEWICZ, JACOB; APELWEICZ, ASIA | $20,000 | |
| 1993-02-09 | Mortgage $75,000 — from SEAY, BERTHA M to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK | $75,000 | |
| 1986-01-16 | Mortgage $24,000 — from 522-524 PUTNAM AVE RLTY to EISENSTADT, ROBERT | $24,000 | |
| 1982-08-25 | Mortgage $8,850 — from 522-524 PUTNAM AV REALTY to EISENSTADT, ROBERT | $8,850 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 8 | 46 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 425 | 6 | 0 | 431 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | 106 | 0 | 2 | 112 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 250 | 2 | 0 | 254 |
| 2024 | 1 | 12 | 213 | 4 | 1 | 231 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 286 | 0 | 3 | 291 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 267 | 0 | 3 | 272 |
Every one of the 1,837 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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