157 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 43 311 service requests, 39 HPD housing violations, 18 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
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 58% 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 11.7. In ZIP 11206, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 17% 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 | 39 total — 10 class C (immediately hazardous), 25 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 1993-03-05. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
2 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (3) · Illegal Parking (2) · Lead (1) · Dead Animal (1) · Encampment (1).
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 (6) |
| 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) | 137 MONTROSE INC |
| Head officer | WING C LAM |
| Managing agent | N/A |
| Last registered | 2025-07-10 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,400,000 | $630,000 |
| 2026 | $1,680,000 | $756,000 |
| 2027 | $2,016,000 | $907,200 |
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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2020 (0 in the last three years).
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | Montrose Av — L · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Lorimer St — J M · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Montrose Av / Manhattan Av — B60 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | Scholes St & Manhattan Ave · 500 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.
137 Montrose 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 |
8 311 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 N/A — 414 buildings, 1,724 units. Grades across the portfolio: A126 · B87 · C146 · D40 · F10. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 414 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $75,000 on 1987-10-22 (lender: Great Eastern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-02-14 | Deed $985,000 — from WU, FRANK; WU, BING to HENDRY PROPERTY LLC | $985,000 | |
| 1987-10-22 | Mortgage $75,000 — from WU, BING TSAN; WU, FRANCES to GREAT EASTERN BANK | $75,000 | |
| 1986-01-02 | Mortgage $100,000 — from CHEN, AN-LO to ASIA BANK N.A. | $100,000 |
| Year | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Every one of the 157 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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