251 recorded events, 1978–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 161 311 service requests, 30 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 21 rodent inspections.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 79% 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 2. In ZIP 11237, 39% of residential buildings hold an A and 15% 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 | 2 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2006-04-06. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (2) · Sidewalk Condition (1) · Lead (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · ELECTRIC (1).
$14,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1931) |
| No | Six or more residential units (4) |
| 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).
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,012,800 | $455,760 |
| 2026 | $810,000 | $364,500 |
| 2027 | $972,000 | $437,400 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melany Restaurant Ii | Latin American | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
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 | Jefferson St — L · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Central Av — M · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Wilson Av / Willoughby Av — B60 · 600 ft |
| Citi Bike | Wilson Ave & Troutman St · 600 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson Middle: 347, 349. 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.
234 Knickerbocker 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
6 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $150,000 on 2025-10-20 (lender: Emigrant Funding Corporation). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-20 | AL&R $150,000 — from YJM CORP. to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION | $150,000 | |
| 2025-10-20 | Mortgage $150,000 — from YJM CORP. to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION | $150,000 | |
| 2025-01-15 | Agreement $268,896 — from YJM CORP to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION | $268,896 | |
| 2009-10-19 | AL&R $337,500 — from YJM CORP. to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION | $337,500 | |
| 2009-10-19 | Agreement $337,500 — from YJM CORP. to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION | $337,500 | |
| 2009-10-19 | Mortgage $241,317 — from YJM CORP. to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION | $241,317 | |
| 2001-09-26 | Mortgage $150,000 — from Y J M CORP to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION | $150,000 | |
| 1996-12-11 | Mortgage $100,000 — from Y J M CORP to GREENPOINT BANK | $100,000 | |
| 1990-07-20 | Agreement $100,000 — from SHIN, MAN JAE to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK | $100,000 | |
| 1990-03-30 | Mortgage $100,000 — from COHOJO RLTY INC to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK | $100,000 | |
| 1989-04-04 | Mortgage $40,000 — from COHOJO REALTY INC to FRIEDMAN, JACOB/CUSTOF; FRIEDMAN, ESTHER/CUST OF; FRIEDMAN, AARON/CUSTOF; FRIEDMAN, BERNAR | $40,000 | |
| 1985-07-12 | Mortgage $32,000 — from RODRIGUEZ, ROY F; GAIBOR, TELMO to PIRRELLO, VITA; PIRRELLO, JACK | $32,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 72 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Every one of the 251 recorded events, 1978–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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