179 recorded events, 2015–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 42 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 25 FDNY inspections, 24 DOB permits.
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 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 11222, 66% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% 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.
10 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Water System (6) · Noise (3) · Construction Safety Enforcement (1).
$37,500 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.
| No | Built before 1974 (2018) |
| No | Six or more residential units (4) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
0 of 3 signals present. None of the common signals are present — stabilization is unlikely (though never impossible). The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | 78 FREEMAN CONDO ASSOCIATION |
| Head officer | SAM WURTZBERGER |
| Managing agent | MRE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-07-08 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $304,996 | $137,248 |
| 2026 | $365,912 | $164,660 |
| 2027 | $439,177 | $197,629 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
In the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary flood maps) — lenders typically require flood insurance here.
Hurricane evacuation zone 2 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 | Greenpoint Av — G · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av — 7 · 0.6 mi straight-line (about a 17-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Franklin St / Green St — B32 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | West St & Freeman St · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 031 Samuel F. Dupont. 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.
78 Freeman St
| 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 |
10 311 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.
Managed by MRE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC — 112 buildings, 897 units. Grades across the portfolio: A71 · B14 · C15 · D4 · F2. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 112 buildings
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-25 | Deed $1,650,000 — from FRANKENFIELD, KARL to BROWN, TIMOTHY CHEN | $1,650,000 | |
| 2024-07-01 | Sold for $1,650,000 | $1,650,000 | $412,500 |
| 2020-10-08 | Deed $1,460,000 — from 78 FREEMAN LLC to WENDY WANZHONG DA, AS TRUSTEE; KEQIN CHEN AS TRUSTEE; LAURENCE CHEN, DAGIAN; HUANG SHI, TI | $1,460,000 | |
| 2020-10-02 | Mortgage $960,000 — from FRANKENFIELD, KARL to MERS | $960,000 | |
| 2020-10-02 | Deed $1,200,000 — from 78 FREEMAN LLC to FRANKENFIELD, KARL | $1,200,000 | |
| 2020-09-21 | Sold for $1,460,000 | $1,460,000 | $365,000 |
| 2020-09-15 | Sold for $1,200,000 | $1,200,000 | $300,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 37 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2019 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 2020 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 47 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Every one of the 179 recorded events, 2015–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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