202 recorded events, 1978–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 53 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 53 311 service requests, 28 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. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11217, 60% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% 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 | 12 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 8 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 1986-03-13. |
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.
17 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Blocked Driveway (9) · Illegal Parking (2) · Lead (2) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (1) · Damaged Tree (1) · Overgrown Tree/Branches (1).
$105,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (6 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 (1930) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (16) |
| 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) | LAFAYETTE PROPERTIES LLC |
| Head officer | RICHARD MARANS |
| Managing agent | LAFAYETTE PROPERTIES, LLC |
| Last registered | 2026-07-27 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,435,000 | $1,095,750 |
| 2026 | $2,663,000 | $1,198,350 |
| 2027 | $2,901,000 | $1,305,450 |
The city's market estimate has risen 19% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| 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 2018 (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 | Fulton St — G · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Lafayette Av — C · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Lafayette Av / South Portland Av — B38 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Cumberland St & Lafayette Ave · 150 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.
121 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 |
17 311 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 LAFAYETTE PROPERTIES LLC — 4 buildings, 43 units. Grades across the portfolio: A4. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 121 Lafayette Avenue | BK | 16 | A |
| 129 Lafayette Avenue | BK | 11 | A |
| 127 Lafayette Avenue | BK | 8 | A |
| 125 Lafayette Avenue | BK | 8 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,058,672 on 2019-06-27 (lender: Flushing Bank), covering 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-27 | AL&R $3,600,000 — from LAFAYETTE PROPERTIES, LLC to FLUSHING BANK | $3,600,000 | |
| 2019-06-27 | Agreement $3,600,000 — from LAFAYETTE PROPERTIES, LLC to FLUSHING BANK | $3,600,000 | |
| 2019-06-27 | Mortgage $1,058,672 — from LAFAYETTE PROPERTIES, LLC to FLUSHING BANK | $1,058,672 | |
| 2009-06-23 | Mortgage $900,000 — from LAFAYETTE PROPERTIES, LLC to M&T REALTY CAPITAL CORPORATION | $900,000 | |
| 2009-06-23 | Agreement $3,000,000 — from LAFAYETTE PROPERTIES, LLC to M&T REALTY CAPITAL CORPORATION | $3,000,000 | |
| 2009-01-08 | Mortgage $65,812 — from LAFAYETTE PROPERTIES, LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY | $65,812 | |
| 2009-01-08 | Agreement $2,100,000 — from LAFAYETTE PROPERTIES, LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY | $2,100,000 | |
| 2009-01-08 | AL&R $2,100,000 — from LAFAYETTE PROPERTIES, LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY | $2,100,000 | |
| 2004-03-18 | M&CON $2,300,000 — from LAFAYETTE PROPERTIES,LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $2,300,000 | |
| 2004-03-18 | AL&R $2,300,000 — from ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA to LAFAYETTE PROPERTIES,LLC | $2,300,000 | |
| 2002-01-03 | Mortgage $719,119 — from LAFAYETTE PROPERTIESLLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $719,119 | |
| 1997-11-06 | Mortgage $289,927 — from LAFAYETTE PROPERTIESLLC to LAFAYE REALTY INC | $289,927 | |
| 1996-10-02 | Mortgage $150,000 — from LAFAYE REALTY INC to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK | $150,000 | |
| 1988-09-30 | Mortgage $920,000 — from CONTINENTAL EQUITIES to COMMONWEALTH MTG CO/AMER | $920,000 | |
| 1982-10-14 | Mortgage $330,874 — from CONTINENTAL EQUITIES to GREENFIELD, JOEL; TULMAN, LAWRENCE | $330,874 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Every one of the 202 recorded events, 1978–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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