1,085 recorded events, 1987–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 339 HPD complaints, 338 HPD housing violations, 296 311 service requests.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 1317. 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 | 12 total — 10 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2023-10-30. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
19 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 17).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$17,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
179 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (49) · PLUMBING (22) · PAINT/PLASTER (21) · DOOR/WINDOW (16) · WATER LEAK (14) · FLOORING/STAIRS (13).
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 (1911) |
| 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) | 268 UNION LLC |
| Head officer | DAVID TENNENBAUM |
| Managing agent | DAVID TENNENBAUM |
| Last registered | 2025-08-11 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,329,000 | $598,050 |
| 2026 | $1,595,000 | $717,750 |
| 2027 | $1,914,000 | $861,300 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Broadway — G · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Meserole St / Union Av — B60 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | Stagg St & Union Ave · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 250 George H. Lindsay. 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.
268 Union 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
179 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 7 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: $1,462,500 on 2021-12-30 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-30 | Deed $1,910,914 — from DANIEL NATHAN KNOLL, AS TRUSTEE; THE MORRIS KNOLL FAMILY IRREVOCABLE TRUS; THE PAULA KNOLL to 268 UNION LLC | $1,910,914 | |
| 2021-12-30 | Mortgage $1,462,500 — from 268 UNION LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $1,462,500 | |
| 2021-12-08 | Sold for $1,910,914 | $1,910,914 | $272,988 |
| 2016-03-21 | Deed $180,810 — from KNOLL, LUSIA to PAULA KNOLL GOLD FAMILY IRREVOCABLE TRUS; MORRIS JOSEPH KNOLL, TRUSTEE; MORRIS KNOLL FAMIL | $180,810 | |
| 2016-02-29 | Sold for $180,810 | $180,810 | $25,830 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2018 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| 2019 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 22 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 134 | 0 | 1 | 135 |
| 2023 | 5 | 306 | 0 | 5 | 316 |
| 2024 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 6 | 56 |
| 2025 | 1 | 275 | 0 | 3 | 279 |
| 2026 | 8 | 162 | 0 | 7 | 177 |
Every one of the 1,085 recorded events, 1987–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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