155 recorded events, 1980–2026, from 8 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 99 311 service requests, 22 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 9 boiler inspections.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11205, 49% of residential buildings hold an A and 13% 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.
50 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (44) · Sewer (2) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (2) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Water System (1).
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1868) |
| No | Six or more residential units (2) |
| 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).
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,987,000 | $1,344,150 |
| 2026 | $2,390,000 | $1,075,500 |
| 2027 | $1,912,000 | $860,400 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 36% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alibi Club | American | B | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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 2025 (1 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 | Clinton-Washington Avs — G · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Lafayette Av — C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: De Kalb Av / Vanderbilt Av — B38 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | DeKalb Ave & Vanderbilt Ave · 200 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.
242 DeKalb 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
50 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $310,000 on 1993-02-08 (lender: Itt Small Bus Finance Cp), covering 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-02-08 | Mortgage $310,000 — from MALICKAL, MAHARANEE; MALIECKAL, JUBIL to ITT SMALL BUS FINANCE CP | $310,000 | |
| 1989-04-11 | Mortgage $155,000 — from ALTHEA S LEWIS INC; LEWIS, BOBBY GWENDOLYN to EQUITABLE FUNDING CORP; DELUKEY &SHAPIRO,PCP&PSP | $155,000 | |
| 1988-08-26 | Mortgage $155,000 — from LEWIS, ALTHEA S INC to NEWCO PARTNERS | $155,000 | |
| 1986-12-04 | Mortgage $102,600 — from ALTHEA S LEWIS INC to EQUITABLE FUNDING CORP; DELUKEY & SHAPIRO PC/PEN | $102,600 | |
| 1986-09-10 | Mortgage $13,800 — from ALTHEA S. LEWIS INC. to MARKET HOME RESEARCHINC | $13,800 | |
| 1986-01-22 | Mortgage $165,000 — from ALTHEA S LEWIS INC to AMERICAN S&L ASSN | $165,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2020 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2023 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2024 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| 2025 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| 2026 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
Every one of the 155 recorded events, 1980–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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