568 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 193 HPD complaints, 140 311 service requests, 137 HPD housing violations.
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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 55.2. 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 | 91 total — 8 class C (immediately hazardous), 60 class B, 23 class A. Oldest open since 2006-03-06. |
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.
3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Air Quality (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · Residential Disposal Complaint (1).
$231,000 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 (1888) |
| No | Six or more residential units (5) |
| 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) | MADISON EDJ LLC |
| Head officer | CHERYL IGHODARO |
| Managing agent | PRECISE REAL MGMT INC |
| Last registered | 2025-08-31 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $909,600 | $409,320 |
| 2026 | $1,092,000 | $491,400 |
| 2027 | $1,310,000 | $589,500 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI
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 | Nostrand Av — A C · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Franklin Av — C S · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Halsey St / Nostrand Av — B26 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | Putnam Ave & Nostrand Ave · 700 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.
188 Hancock Street
| 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 |
3 311 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 PRECISE REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT INC — 63 buildings, 382 units. Grades across the portfolio: A4 · B14 · C19 · D15 · F11. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 63 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $344,625 on 2016-07-14 (lender: The City Of New York), covering 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-14 | Mortgage $761,330 — from MADISON EDJ LLC; EDJ APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $761,330 | |
| 2016-07-14 | Mortgage $344,625 — from EDJ APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND ; MADISON EDJ LLC to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $344,625 | |
| 2016-07-14 | Agreement $6,481,817 — from EDJ APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND ; MADISON EDJ LLC to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $6,481,817 | |
| 2016-07-14 | Deed $6,439,124 — from EVERETT D. JENNINGS APARTMENTS, L.P. to MADISON EDJ LLC; EDJ APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT | $6,439,124 | |
| 2016-07-14 | Mortgage $2,197,628 — from EDJ APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND ; MADISON EDJ LLC to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $2,197,628 | |
| 2001-04-03 | Mortgage $4,141,126 — from EVERETT D JENNINGS APARTMENTS LP to CITY OF NEW YORK HPD | $4,141,126 | |
| 1998-07-24 | Mortgage $7,556,365 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP; MADISON ST DEVELOPMENT CORP to EAB COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP | $7,556,365 | |
| 1998-07-24 | Mortgage $988,163 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP; MADISON ST DEVELOPMENT CORP to EAB COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP | $988,163 |
| Year | Construction | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 33 |
| 2018 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 50 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2021 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 34 |
| 2022 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2023 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2026 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
Every one of the 568 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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