409 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 106 HPD complaints, 89 311 service requests, 52 rodent inspections.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% 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 77. 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 | 19 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 12 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 2014-07-25. |
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.
13 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (4) · Homeless Person Assistance (2) · Panhandling (1) · Overgrown Tree/Branches (1) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Illegal Parking (1).
$153,400 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (9 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).
| Registered owner(s) | LIK TIN CENTURY INC |
| Head officer | WAI LAM |
| Managing agent | WAI LAM |
| Last registered | 2025-12-01 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $960,000 | $432,000 |
| 2026 | $768,000 | $345,600 |
| 2027 | $774,000 | $348,300 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 19% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sushi & Noodles | Other | 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 a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Wilson Av / Troutman St — B60 · 750 ft |
| Citi Bike | Irving Ave & Jefferson St · 750 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Painted bike lane mapped within 75 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 123 Suydam Middle: J.H.S. 162 The Willoughby. 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.
217 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 |
13 311 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: $886,504 on 2016-03-03 (lender: Investors Bank), covering 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-03 | AL&R $1,150,000 — from LIK TIN CENTURY, INC. to INVESTORS BANK | $1,150,000 | |
| 2016-03-03 | Agreement $1,150,000 — from LIK TIN CENTURY, INC. to INVESTORS BANK | $1,150,000 | |
| 2016-03-03 | Mortgage $886,504 — from LIK TIN CENTURY, INC. to INVESTORS BANK | $886,504 | |
| 2003-11-19 | Mortgage $435,000 — from LIN TIN CENTURY,INC to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB | $435,000 | |
| 2003-11-19 | DEEDO $610,000 — from LIN, FENG to LIK TIN CENTURY INC | $610,000 | |
| 2003-11-19 | AL&R $435,000 — from FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB to LIN TIN CENTURY,INC | $435,000 | |
| 2001-12-10 | Mortgage $350,000 — from LIN, FENG to CATHAY BANK | $350,000 | |
| 2001-01-25 | Mortgage $217,000 — from LIN, FENG to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $217,000 | |
| 1998-09-01 | Mortgage $100,000 — from HSU, MO FONG to AMERASIA BANK | $100,000 | |
| 1990-07-11 | Mortgage $10,000 — from HSU, MO-FONG to CONTE, ANTHONY | $10,000 | |
| 1990-06-21 | Mortgage $85,000 — from HSU, MO FUNG to AMERASIA BANK | $85,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 23 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 14 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 2026 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 29 |
Every one of the 409 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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