276 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 80 HPD complaints, 68 311 service requests, 52 HPD housing violations.
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A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 302.4. In ZIP 11211, 58% of residential buildings hold an A and 7% 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 | 1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2026-10-03. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
30 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 4 · winter 2025–26: 13 · winter 2026–27: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$625 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
22 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (12) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (5) · PLUMBING (3) · Noise (2).
$45,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (1910) |
| No | Six or more residential units (5) |
| 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) | GROWER HDFC |
| Head officer | STEPHEN R KRAUS |
| Managing agent | ASHTON MANAGEMENT CORP |
| Last registered | 2025-08-19 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,774,800 | $798,660 |
| 2026 | $2,130,000 | $958,500 |
| 2027 | $2,556,000 | $1,150,200 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 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 | Lorimer St — G L · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Marcy Av — J M Z · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Marcy Av / S 2 St — B24 · 500 ft |
| Citi Bike | Grand St & Havemeyer St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 017 Henry D. Woodworth. 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.
285 South 1 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 |
22 311 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 ASHTON MANAGEMENT CORP — 42 buildings, 1,439 units. Grades across the portfolio: A15 · B19 · C5 · D2 · F1. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,410,940 on 2023-08-03 (lender: Walker & Dunlop, LLC), covering 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-03 | Mortgage $26,088,121 — from GROWER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORAT; DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES (BUFF) L.P. to WALKER & DUNLOP, LLC | $26,088,121 | |
| 2023-08-03 | Mortgage $8,100,939 — from GROWER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORAT; DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES (BUFF) L.P. to WALKER & DUNLOP, LLC | $8,100,939 | |
| 2023-08-03 | Mortgage $1,410,940 — from DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES (BUFF) L.P.; GROWER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORAT to WALKER & DUNLOP, LLC | $1,410,940 | |
| 2023-08-03 | Agreement $9,511,879 — from DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES (BUFF) L.P.; GROWER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORAT to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $9,511,879 | |
| 2023-08-03 | Deed $9,486,635 — from TRUST AGREEMENT MADE BY 236-1 DEVELOPMEN; STEPHEN R. KRAUS, AS TRUSTEE to GROWER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORAT; DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES (BUFF) L.P. | $9,486,635 | |
| 2023-07-25 | Sold for $9,486,635 | $9,486,635 | $1,897,327 |
| 2006-05-09 | Agreement $9,368,596 — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK THRU DEP'T OF HPD to KRAUS,TRUSTEE, VALERIE | $9,368,596 | |
| 2006-05-09 | Agreement $9,407,993 — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK THRU DEP'T OF HPD to KRAUS,TRUSTEE, VALERIE | $9,407,993 | |
| 2006-05-09 | Agreement $9,253,537 — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK THRU DEP'T OF HPD to KRAUS,TRUSTEE, VALERIE | $9,253,537 | |
| 2003-01-14 | Agreement $4,831,841 — from KRAUS, VALERIE; THE CITY OF NEW YORK to KRAUS, VALERIE | $4,831,841 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 30 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
Every one of the 276 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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