838 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 611 311 service requests, 49 DOB complaints, 41 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
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A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 93% 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 38. In ZIP 11217, 60% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 14 total — 8 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2014-12-09. |
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.
$3,125 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
224 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (178) · Illegal Parking (10) · Vendor Enforcement (8) · Outdoor Dining (6) · Dirty Condition (4) · Homeless Person Assistance (3).
$19,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1931) |
| No | Six or more residential units (3) |
| 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).
| Registered owner(s) | JAMES MCDOWELL |
| Managing agent | HONORA JACK |
| Last registered | 2026-07-27 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,629,000 | $1,183,050 |
| 2026 | $2,120,000 | $954,000 |
| 2027 | $2,485,000 | $1,118,250 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinner Party | Not yet graded | — | |
| Mo's Bar | American | A | — |
| Saint Street Cakes | Bakery Products/Desserts | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
3 restaurants · 1 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.
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 · under 50 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: none Lafayette Av — C · 150 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Lafayette Av / South Portland Av — B38 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lafayette Ave & Ft Greene Pl · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Painted bike lane mapped within 75 ft |
| 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.
80 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
224 311 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: $290,000 on 2006-08-22 (lender: Velocity Commercial Capital, LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-08-22 | Mortgage $290,000 — from MCDOWELL, JAMES to VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, LLC | $290,000 | |
| 2005-07-22 | Mortgage $450,000 — from MCDOWELL, JAMES to ZELIK, JOSEPH | $450,000 | |
| 1997-01-22 | Mortgage $273,000 — from MCDOWELL, JAMES; RICHARDSON, THERESAM to HOMETRUST MORTGAGE BANKERS | $273,000 | |
| 1994-09-22 | Mortgage $150,000 — from ARTSCHWAGER, RICHARD; MACGREGOR, THOMAS W to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK | $150,000 | |
| 1987-11-09 | Mortgage $125,000 — from O'GORMAN, MOLLY; MAC GREGOR, THOMAS W to SEALEY, FRANK | $125,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 22 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 27 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 13 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 32 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 65 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 49 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 36 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 102 | 1 | 105 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 2 | 66 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 57 |
Every one of the 838 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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