190 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 74 311 service requests, 41 HPD complaints, 37 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 81% 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 90. 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 | 22 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 14 class B, 7 class A. Oldest open since 2004-07-23. |
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.
15 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (2) · Animal (2) · DOOR/WINDOW (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · PLUMBING (2) · SAFETY (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 (1903) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (8) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | 129 MACDONOUGH ST HDFC |
| Head officer | ESTHER EDWARDS |
| Managing agent | JALEN MANAGEMENT COMPANY |
| Last registered | 2025-12-30 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,804,800 | $812,160 |
| 2026 | $1,938,000 | $872,100 |
| 2027 | $1,586,000 | $713,700 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
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 2020 (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 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Nostrand Av — A C · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 12-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Throop Av / MacDonough St — B43 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Halsey St & Tompkins Ave · 900 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.
129 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 |
15 311 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 JALEN MANAGEMENT COMPANY — 43 buildings, 2,278 units. Grades across the portfolio: A30 · B11 · C2. See the whole portfolio
| Year | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2025 | 38 | 1 | 39 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Every one of the 190 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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