1,463 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 580 311 service requests, 265 HPD housing violations, 230 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 64% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 8.3. In ZIP 11238, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and 10% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 40 total — 13 class C (immediately hazardous), 17 class B, 10 class A. Oldest open since 2019-10-19. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 1 case(s) pending in housing court |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
12 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 8). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$12,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
167 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (74) · Illegal Parking (10) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (10) · GENERAL (8) · PLUMBING (7) · HEAT/HOT WATER (6).
$5,507,248 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (13 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 (1963) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (326) |
| 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) | RYERSON TOWERS INC |
| Head officer | ROSEANNE KING |
| Managing agent | NEW BEDFORD MANAGEMENT CORP. |
| Last registered | 2025-08-14 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $26,085,000 | $11,738,250 |
| 2026 | $27,082,000 | $12,186,900 |
| 2027 | $27,641,000 | $12,438,450 |
The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: MITCHELL-LAMA
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $7,019,131 a year ($18.92 per sq ft), operating expenses $2,949,371 ($7.95 per sq ft), net operating income $4,069,760. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 53/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 7) |
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 | Clinton-Washington Avs — G · 700 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: De Kalb Av / Ryerson Av — B38 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lafayette Ave & St James Pl · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 020 Clinton Hill. 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.
309 Lafayette 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 |
167 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 6 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 NEW BEDFORD MANAGEMENT CORP. — 141 buildings, 8,387 units. Grades across the portfolio: A116 · B18 · C5. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 141 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $3,685,000 on 2023-07-06 (lender: The City Of New York). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-06 | Mortgage $231,788 — from RYERSON TOWERS INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $231,788 | |
| 2023-07-06 | Mortgage $3,685,000 — from RYERSON TOWERS INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $3,685,000 | |
| 2015-01-16 | Mortgage $16,057 — from RYERSON TOWERS, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $16,057 | |
| 2015-01-16 | Mortgage $1,992,563 — from RYERSON TOWERS, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $1,992,563 | |
| 2015-01-16 | Mortgage $1,672,832 — from RYERSON TOWERS, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $1,672,832 | |
| 2015-01-16 | Mortgage $2,942,113 — from RYERSON TOWERS, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $2,942,113 | |
| 2015-01-16 | Mortgage $145,742 — from RYERSON TOWERS, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $145,742 | |
| 2015-01-16 | Mortgage $7,382,437 — from RYERSON TOWERS, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $7,382,437 | |
| 2008-07-09 | AL&R $3,500,000 — from RYERSON TOWERS, INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $3,500,000 | |
| 2008-07-09 | Mortgage $3,500,000 — from RYERSON TOWERS, INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $3,500,000 | |
| 1998-06-09 | Mortgage $618,825 — from RYERSON TOWERS, INC to THE CITY OF N.Y. | $618,825 | |
| 1989-10-16 | Mortgage $627,300 — from RYERSON TOWERS INC to NYC HPD | $627,300 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| 2018 | 4 | 11 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 99 |
| 2019 | 0 | 7 | 83 | 0 | 5 | 95 |
| 2020 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 56 |
| 2021 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 40 |
| 2022 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 46 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8 | 56 | 2 | 4 | 79 |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 | 93 | 0 | 9 | 117 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 72 | 0 | 3 | 80 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 95 | 0 | 9 | 108 |
Every one of the 1,463 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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