956 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 393 311 service requests, 238 HPD complaints, 140 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 52% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 20.8. In ZIP 11205, 49% of residential buildings hold an A and 13% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-05-27. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
25 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 8). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
92 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (53) · HEAT/HOT WATER (12) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (7) · DOOR/WINDOW (5) · Elevator (2) · WATER LEAK (2).
$25,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1928) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (70) |
| 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) | CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS L.P. |
| Head officer | ADAM PARKOFF |
| Managing agent | NEW PARK MANAGEMENT, LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-10-14 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $8,294,000 | $3,732,300 |
| 2026 | $9,027,000 | $4,062,150 |
| 2027 | $9,886,000 | $4,448,700 |
The city's market estimate has risen 19% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 51/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| 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.
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 | Fulton St — G · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Lafayette Av — C · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Lafayette Av / Carlton Av — B38 · 450 ft |
| Citi Bike | Cumberland St & Lafayette Ave · 300 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.
249 Cumberland 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 |
92 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 12 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 PARK MANAGEMENT, LLC — 62 buildings, 4,143 units. Grades across the portfolio: A27 · B21 · C6 · D8. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 62 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $897,184 on 2020-03-06 (lender: New York Community Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | EASE $651,113 — from CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS L.P. to WIRELESS PROPCO, LLC | $651,113 | |
| 2020-03-06 | Mortgage $897,184 — from CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS, L.P. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $897,184 | |
| 2020-03-06 | Agreement $12,352,000 — from CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS, L.P. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $12,352,000 | |
| 2015-07-01 | Agreement $11,850,000 — from CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS, L.P. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $11,850,000 | |
| 2015-07-01 | Mortgage $3,115,448 — from CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS, L.P. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $3,115,448 | |
| 2013-07-09 | RPTT $1,810,281 — from METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC to T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH; T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH | $1,810,281 | |
| 2013-07-09 | RPTT $1,810,281 — from METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC to T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH; T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH | $1,810,281 | |
| 2012-07-30 | AL&R $8,870,000 — from CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS, L.P. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $8,870,000 | |
| 2012-07-30 | Agreement $8,870,000 — from CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS, L.P. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $8,870,000 | |
| 2012-07-30 | Mortgage $2,991,348 — from CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS, L.P. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $2,991,348 | |
| 2007-11-23 | AL&R $6,300,000 — from CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS, L.P. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $6,300,000 | |
| 2007-11-23 | Agreement $6,300,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS, L.P. | $6,300,000 | |
| 2007-11-23 | Mortgage $3,678,288 — from CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS, L.P. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $3,678,288 | |
| 2002-09-26 | Mortgage $1,000,000 — from CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS LP to LEGG MASON REAL ESTATE SERVICES INC | $1,000,000 | |
| 1998-03-23 | Mortgage $838,839 — from CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS LP to LEGG MASON DORMAN &WILSON INC | $838,839 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 84 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 59 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 103 | 0 | 1 | 107 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 0 | 2 | 94 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 46 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 56 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 50 |
Every one of the 956 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
Explore: ZIP 11205 · Landlord rankings · How grades work · The map · The Mice Map