627 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 370 311 service requests, 93 HPD housing violations, 44 HPD complaints.
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A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% 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 130. 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 | 13 total — 9 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 1997-07-28. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 1 case(s) pending in housing court |
| Active vacate order | 2 unit(s) under an unrescinded HPD vacate order |
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.
59 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (26) · Illegal Parking (11) · Water System (9) · Illegal Tree Damage (2) · Graffiti (2) · Food Poisoning (1).
$62,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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) | SHUMING WANG; YING WANG |
| Managing agent | SHUMING WANG |
| Last registered | 2026-07-29 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $921,000 | $414,450 |
| 2026 | $1,027,000 | $462,150 |
| 2027 | $1,232,000 | $554,400 |
The city's market estimate has risen 34% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caraotas NYC | Latin American | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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 | DeKalb Av — L · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Knickerbocker Av — M · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: De Kalb Av / Irving Av — B38 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | Irving Ave & DeKalb Ave · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 376 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.
162 Irving 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 |
59 311 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: $612,000 on 2007-07-23 (lender: Flushing Savings Bank, FSB). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-07-23 | Deed $900,000 — from LIN, CHANG GUANG; QU, PEI LING to WANG, YING; WANG, SHU MING | $900,000 | |
| 2007-07-23 | AL&R $612,000 — from WANG, SHU MING; WANG, YING to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB | $612,000 | |
| 2007-07-23 | Mortgage $612,000 — from WANG, SHU MING; WANG, YING to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB | $612,000 | |
| 2004-02-12 | Mortgage $343,200 — from QU, PEI LING; LIN, CHANG GUANG to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB | $343,200 | |
| 2004-02-12 | DEEDO $528,000 — from LIN, FENG; YANG, XING TAI to QU, PEI LING; LIN, CHANG GUANG | $528,000 | |
| 2002-06-10 | Mortgage $236,250 — from YANG, XING TAI; LIN, FENG to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $236,250 | |
| 1995-03-03 | Mortgage $110,000 — from VACANTI, MARIA to LOSER, KARL H; LOSER, ROSALIE | $110,000 | |
| 1989-01-12 | Mortgage $80,000 — from LOSER, ROSALIE; LOSER, KARL H to TURRICIANO, JOSEPH; VARIO, ANTONINO | $80,000 | |
| 1986-05-14 | Mortgage $45,000 — from VARIO, ANTONINO; TURRICIANO, JOSEPH to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK | $45,000 | |
| 1985-06-11 | Mortgage $40,000 — from FORI REALTY CORP to CENTRAL FUNDING COMPANY | $40,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 33 |
| 2018 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 3 | 64 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 40 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 65 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 108 | 3 | 113 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 4 | 35 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 34 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 27 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 46 |
Every one of the 627 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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