294 recorded events, 1986–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 80 311 service requests, 77 HPD housing violations, 48 HPD complaints.
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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 61. 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
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
64 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (35) · Outdoor Dining (7) · Illegal Parking (6) · Animal (2) · Vendor Enforcement (2) · Consumer Complaint (2).
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 (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) | FROZEN PENGUIN LLC. |
| Head officer | SOPHIA CROWN |
| Managing agent | FROZEN PENGUIN LLC. |
| Last registered | 2025-08-07 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $922,000 | $414,900 |
| 2026 | $1,027,000 | $462,150 |
| 2027 | $883,000 | $397,350 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Werkshop | Coffee/Tea | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Protection) · 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 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-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 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | Irving Ave & DeKalb Ave · 450 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.
181 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 |
64 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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: $398,665 on 2024-04-19 (lender: Polish & Slavic Fcu). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-19 | AL&R $1,300,000 — from FROZEN PENGUIN LLC to POLISH & SLAVIC FCU | $1,300,000 | |
| 2024-04-19 | Agreement $1,300,000 — from FROZEN PENGUIN LLC to POLISH & SLAVIC FCU | $1,300,000 | |
| 2024-04-19 | Mortgage $398,666 — from FROZEN PENGUIN LLC to POLISH & SLAVIC FCU | $398,666 | |
| 2019-08-30 | AL&R $980,000 — from FROZEN PENGUIN LLC to POLISH & SLAVIC FCU | $980,000 | |
| 2019-08-30 | Mortgage $980,000 — from FROZEN PENGUIN LLC to POLISH & SLAVIC FCU | $980,000 | |
| 2019-08-30 | Deed $2,610,000 — from VUTERA, CARLO; VUTERA, GINA to FROZEN PENGUIN LLC | $2,610,000 | |
| 2019-06-27 | Sold for $2,610,000 | $2,610,000 | $652,500 |
| 2005-09-15 | Mortgage $487,500 — from VUTERA, GINA; VUTERA, CARLO to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB | $487,500 | |
| 2005-09-15 | Deed $770,000 — from SOTO, ABRAHAM to VUTERA, GINA; VUTERA, CARLO | $770,000 | |
| 2000-05-30 | Mortgage $100,000 — from SOTO, ABRAHAM to SAID, MICHAEL | $100,000 | |
| 1993-12-29 | Mortgage $71,250 — from SOTO, ABRAHAM to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK | $71,250 | |
| 1989-06-12 | Mortgage $35,000 — from VELEZ, CARMEN to SLAMAT, MARIA | $35,000 | |
| 1989-06-12 | Mortgage $75,000 — from VELEZ, CARMEN to SLAMAT, MARIA | $75,000 | |
| 1989-06-12 | Mortgage $95,000 — from VELEZ, CARMEN to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK | $95,000 | |
| 1989-01-31 | Mortgage $75,000 — from SLAMAT, MARIA to RIVERA, AIXA | $75,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2018 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2024 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 2025 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 23 |
| 2026 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 3 | 51 |
Every one of the 294 recorded events, 1986–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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