722 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 291 311 service requests, 245 HPD complaints, 81 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% 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 409.7. In ZIP 11211, 58% of residential buildings hold an A and 7% 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 | 20 total — 8 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 2019-05-10. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
318 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 135 · winter 2024–25: 54 · winter 2025–26: 122). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
190 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (157) · Noise (8) · FLOORING/STAIRS (4) · Illegal Dumping (4) · Dirty Condition (3) · Rodent (2).
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 (1920) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (7) |
| 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) | CONG. OHOLEY S. CORPORATION |
| Head officer | ROSE LEIFER |
| Managing agent | Feivish Spitz |
| Last registered | 2025-09-13 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $806,400 | $362,880 |
| 2026 | $968,000 | $435,600 |
| 2027 | $1,162,000 | $522,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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 | Hewes St — J M · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Broadway — G · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / Hooper St — B46 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Division Ave & Hooper St · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 380 John Wayne Elementary. 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.
298 Hooper 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 |
190 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 157 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,693,553 on 2019-02-19 (lender: Cross River 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-02-19 | Agreement $2,000,000 — from CONGREGATION OHOLEY SHEM to CROSS RIVER BANK | $2,000,000 | |
| 2019-02-19 | AL&R $2,000,000 — from CONGREGATION OHOLEY SHEM to CROSS RIVER BANK | $2,000,000 | |
| 2019-02-19 | Mortgage $1,693,554 — from CONGREGATION OHOLEY SHEM to CROSS RIVER BANK | $1,693,554 | |
| 2005-01-27 | M&CON $510,000 — from AKA CONGREGATION OHOLEY SCHEM; CONGREGATION OHOLEY SHEM to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $510,000 | |
| 1999-09-14 | Mortgage $40,421 — from CONGREGATION OHOLEYSHEM to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH | $40,421 | |
| 1990-07-31 | Mortgage $284,998 — from 302 H CORP to BAY RIDGE FED S&L ASSOC | $284,998 | |
| 1990-01-23 | Mortgage $349,000 — from GRO-WIT CAPITAL LTD to 302 H CORP | $349,000 | |
| 1987-11-16 | Mortgage $349,000 — from PAAL, VASELE to PARK LANE REALTY | $349,000 | |
| 1987-07-21 | Mortgage $150,000 — from PAAL, VASELE to CROSSLAND SAVS FSB | $150,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2018 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2019 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 25 |
| 2020 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 29 |
| 2021 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 45 |
| 2022 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 41 |
| 2023 | 5 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 75 |
| 2024 | 3 | 121 | 1 | 2 | 127 |
| 2025 | 2 | 174 | 0 | 3 | 179 |
| 2026 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
Every one of the 722 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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