2,289 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 857 311 service requests, 486 HPD complaints, 291 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 59% 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 6.4. 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 | 152 total — 13 class C (immediately hazardous), 108 class B, 31 class A. Oldest open since 1983-05-17. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
50 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 46). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$2,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
157 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (26) · HEAT/HOT WATER (25) · Elevator (19) · Illegal Parking (12) · PLUMBING (8) · WATER LEAK (8).
$15,038,767 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (12 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 (327) |
| 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) | PRATT TOWERS, INC |
| Head officer | LESLIE SIERRA |
| Managing agent | METRO MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INC |
| Last registered | 2025-11-24 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $29,675,000 | $13,353,750 |
| 2026 | $30,809,000 | $13,864,050 |
| 2027 | $32,358,000 | $14,561,100 |
The city's market estimate has risen 9% 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 $7,798,210 a year ($21.02 per sq ft), operating expenses $4,288,644 ($11.56 per sq ft), net operating income $3,509,565. 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 33/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
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.
3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2024 (3 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 | Classon Av — G · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Lafayette Av / Grand Av — B38 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lafayette Ave & St James Pl · 800 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 270 Johann DeKalb. 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.
333 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 |
157 311 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 METRO MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT — 178 buildings, 46,381 units. Grades across the portfolio: A122 · B48 · C4 · D1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 178 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,600,000 on 2021-01-05 (lender: New York City Housing Development Corporation). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-05 | Mortgage $6,275,988 — from PRATT TOWERS, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $6,275,988 | |
| 2021-01-05 | Mortgage $2,004,012 — from PRATT TOWERS, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $2,004,012 | |
| 2021-01-05 | Mortgage $22,400,000 — from PRATT TOWERS, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $22,400,000 | |
| 2021-01-05 | Mortgage $1,600,000 — from PRATT TOWERS, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $1,600,000 | |
| 2021-01-05 | Agreement $1,440,979 — from PRATT TOWERS, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $1,440,979 | |
| 2009-07-13 | AL&R $2,273,635 — from PRATT TOWERS, INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK; DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND | $2,273,635 | |
| 2009-07-13 | Mortgage $2,273,635 — from PRATT TOWERS, INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK; DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND | $2,273,635 | |
| 1999-07-30 | Mortgage $1,900,430 — from PRATT TOWERS INC to CITY OF NEW YORK | $1,900,430 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 7 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 94 |
| 2018 | 0 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 6 | 54 |
| 2019 | 1 | 14 | 159 | 0 | 10 | 184 |
| 2020 | 5 | 11 | 134 | 0 | 4 | 154 |
| 2021 | 8 | 15 | 69 | 9 | 5 | 106 |
| 2022 | 5 | 20 | 133 | 0 | 151 | 309 |
| 2023 | 4 | 19 | 142 | 0 | 76 | 241 |
| 2024 | 13 | 5 | 73 | 0 | 9 | 100 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 61 |
| 2026 | 7 | 10 | 141 | 0 | 5 | 163 |
Every one of the 2,289 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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