85 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 6 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 32 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 16 311 service requests, 14 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 81% 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 5. 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 | 7 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 6 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 1997-11-12. |
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.
2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Street Condition (1) · Lead (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 (1900) |
| No | Six or more residential units (4) |
| 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) | 214 VAN BUREN; 214 VAN BUREN LLC |
| Head officer | YOSEF EMERGI |
| Managing agent | SUPERIOR HOME PROPERTY MGMT |
| Last registered | 2025-11-05 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $568,800 | $255,960 |
| 2026 | $683,000 | $307,350 |
| 2027 | $820,000 | $369,000 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% 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 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Utica Av — A C · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 14-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Throop Av / Jefferson Av — B43 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Putnam Ave & Throop Ave · 450 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.
442 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
2 311 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.
Managed by SUPERIOR HOME PROPERTY MGMT — 86 buildings, 349 units. Grades across the portfolio: A39 · B25 · C15 · D7. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 86 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $400,000 on 2012-07-18 (lender: E & J Funding Associates). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-27 | Agreement $2,331,971 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,331,971 | |
| 2017-12-20 | Agreement $2,500,153 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,500,153 | |
| 2017-12-20 | AL&R $2,500,153 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,500,153 | |
| 2012-11-02 | M&CON $2,750,000 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,750,000 | |
| 2012-11-02 | AL&R $2,750,000 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,750,000 | |
| 2012-07-18 | AL&R $400,000 — from 200 PROPERTIES LLC to E & J FUNDING ASSOCIATES | $400,000 | |
| 2012-07-18 | Mortgage $400,000 — from 200 PROPERTIES LLC to E & J FUNDING ASSOCIATES | $400,000 | |
| 2012-03-15 | Deed $250,000 — from SMOOT, JAMES R to 200 PROPERTIES LLC | $250,000 | |
| 1998-03-16 | Mortgage $189,720 — from SMOOT, JAMES R to MFS MORTGAGE COMPANYINC | $189,720 | |
| 1990-05-11 | Mortgage $116,400 — from BOMANI, AKINKANJU to CHEMICAL BANK | $116,400 | |
| 1987-01-23 | Mortgage $71,200 — from BOMANI, AKINKANJU to DIME SAVINGS BK OF NY | $71,200 |
| Year | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Every one of the 85 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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