1,720 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 548 HPD complaints, 491 311 service requests, 476 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% 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 489.8. 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 | 31 total — 17 class C (immediately hazardous), 10 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 2023-02-15. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
59 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 21 · winter 2024–25: 15 · winter 2025–26: 21). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
155 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (25) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (20) · Noise (18) · Illegal Parking (16) · FLOORING/STAIRS (16) · DOOR/WINDOW (11).
$1,806,826 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (10 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 (1900) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (13) |
| 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) | 39 MACDONOUGH LLC |
| Head officer | GEORGE NUNEZ |
| Managing agent | DAVID EISENSTEIN REAL ESTATE |
| Last registered | 2025-07-21 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,454,000 | $654,300 |
| 2026 | $1,688,000 | $759,600 |
| 2027 | $1,767,000 | $795,150 |
The city's market estimate has risen 22% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
| 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 2023 (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 | Kingston-Throop Avs — C · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Nostrand Av — A C · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Fulton St / Marcy Av — B25 · 450 ft |
| Citi Bike | MacDonough St & Marcy Ave · 400 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.
39 Mac Donough 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 |
155 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 25 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 DAVID EISENSTEIN REAL ESTATE — 136 buildings, 4,843 units. Grades across the portfolio: A34 · B42 · C35 · D20 · F3. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 136 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $762,000 on 2023-06-06 (lender: Nef Workforce Housing Innovation Fund LP), covering 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-06 | AL&R $12,500,000 — from 189-191-193 JEFFERSON LLC; 39 MACDONOUGH LLC; 44 MACDONOUGH LLC to NEF WORKFORCE HOUSING INNOVATION FUND LP | $12,500,000 | |
| 2023-06-06 | Agreement $12,500,000 — from 189-191-193 JEFFERSON LLC; 39 MACDONOUGH LLC; 44 MACDONOUGH LLC to NEF WORKFORCE HOUSING INNOVATION FUND LP | $12,500,000 | |
| 2023-06-06 | Mortgage $762,000 — from 44 MACDONOUGH LLC; 189-191-193 JEFFERSON LLC; 39 MACDONOUGH LLC to NEF WORKFORCE HOUSING INNOVATION FUND LP | $762,000 | |
| 2021-07-07 | Mortgage $656,133 — from 44 MACDONOUGH LLC; 189-191-193 JEFFERSON LLC; 39 MACDONOUGH LLC to KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $656,133 | |
| 2021-07-07 | Agreement $11,738,000 — from 39 MACDONOUGH LLC; 189-191-193 JEFFERSON LLC; 44 MACDONOUGH LLC to KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $11,738,000 | |
| 2019-07-15 | AL&R $11,250,000 — from 189-191-193 JEFFERSON LLC; 44 MACDONOUGH LLC; 39 MACDONOUGH LLC to METROPOLITAN COMMERCIAL BANK | $11,250,000 | |
| 2019-07-15 | Agreement $11,250,000 — from 44 MACDONOUGH LLC; 39 MACDONOUGH LLC; 189-191-193 JEFFERSON LLC to METROPOLITAN COMMERCIAL BANK | $11,250,000 | |
| 2019-07-15 | Mortgage $3,619,739 — from 189-191-193 JEFFERSON LLC; 39 MACDONOUGH LLC; 44 MACDONOUGH LLC to METROPOLITAN COMMERCIAL BANK | $3,619,739 | |
| 2017-08-08 | Deed $15,000,000 — from JM DEVELOPMENT GROUP ASSOCIATES to 44 MACDONOUGH LLC; 39 MACDONOUGH LLC; 189-191-193 JEFFERSON LLC | $15,000,000 | |
| 2017-08-08 | Mortgage $7,750,000 — from 39 MACDONOUGH LLC; 44 MACDONOUGH LLC; 189-191-193 JEFFERSON LLC to BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA | $7,750,000 | |
| 2017-08-08 | AL&R $7,750,000 — from 39 MACDONOUGH LLC; 189-191-193 JEFFERSON LLC; 44 MACDONOUGH LLC to BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA | $7,750,000 | |
| 2017-08-03 | Sold for $15,000,000 | $15,000,000 | $1,153,846 |
| 1989-01-24 | Mortgage $2,045,000 — from JM DVLPMT GROUP ASSOCS to COMMUNITY PRESERVATNCP | $2,045,000 | |
| 1989-01-24 | Mortgage $821,000 — from JM DVLPMT GROUP ASSOCS to COMMUNITY PRESERVATNCP | $821,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 59 |
| 2018 | 8 | 10 | 112 | 0 | 3 | 133 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 34 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 3 | 90 |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 72 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 3 | 72 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 4 | 3 | 98 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 0 | 5 | 87 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 0 | 4 | 150 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 0 | 7 | 153 |
Every one of the 1,720 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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