54 recorded events, 1977–2026, from 9 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 18 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 9 HPD housing violations, 5 DOB violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 90% 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 26.7. 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
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
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: Damaged Tree (1) · Curb Condition (1).
$45,000 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 (1872) |
| 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) | BEN BATROS; REBECCA J HAMILTON |
| Managing agent | TURF COMPANY |
| Last registered | 2025-07-10 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,104,000 | $126,240 |
| 2026 | $1,788,000 | $107,280 |
| 2027 | $1,557,000 | $93,420 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 26% 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 · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Utica Av — A C · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Marcus Garvey Blvd / MacDonough St — B15 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Marcus Garvey Blvd & Macon St · 300 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.
298 Macon 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 |
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 TURF COMPANY — 60 buildings, 624 units. Grades across the portfolio: A44 · B7 · C7 · D2. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $700,000 on 2013-08-10 (lender: Fifth Third Mortgage Company). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-10 | Deed $950,000 — from THOMAS, JOSEPH; THOMAS, GABRIEL; THOMAS, GABRIELLE to HAMILTON, REBECCA; BATROS, BEN | $950,000 | |
| 2013-08-10 | Mortgage $700,000 — from BATROS, BEN; HAMILTON, REBECCA to FIFTH THIRD MORTGAGE COMPANY | $700,000 | |
| 2004-08-10 | Mortgage $375,000 — from THOMAS, JOSEPH; THOMAS, GABRIEL to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK | $375,000 | |
| 1996-02-26 | Mortgage $55,000 — from THOMAS, JOSEPH; THOMAS, GABRIEL; THOMAS, GABRIELLE to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK | $55,000 | |
| 1992-12-21 | Mortgage $105,000 — from THOMAS, JOSEPH; THOMAS, GABRIEL to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK | $105,000 | |
| 1990-06-05 | Mortgage $100,000 — from THOMAS, GABRIEL; THOMAS, JOSEPH to FIRST DEPOSIT NAT'LBK | $100,000 |
| Year | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Every one of the 54 recorded events, 1977–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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