309 recorded events, 1977–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 75 311 service requests, 66 HPD complaints, 45 rodent inspections.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 88% 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 153.2. In ZIP 11237, 39% of residential buildings hold an A and 15% 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 | 7 total — 7 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2016-03-02. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
11 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Drug Activity (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · Rodent (1) · Dumpster Complaint (1).
$558,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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) |
| 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) | Himrod Partners LLC |
| Head officer | Melissa Luse |
| Managing agent | BEDFORD MANAGEMENT COMPANY |
| Last registered | 2026-04-02 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,096,800 | $493,560 |
| 2026 | $1,062,000 | $477,900 |
| 2027 | $1,238,000 | $557,100 |
The city's market estimate has risen 13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
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.
3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2014 (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 | Knickerbocker Av — M · 700 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none DeKalb Av — L · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: De Kalb Av / Irving Av — B38 · 750 ft |
| Citi Bike | Irving Ave & Harman St · 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.
247 Himrod Street
| 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 |
11 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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.
Managed by BEDFORD MANAGEMENT COMPANY — 66 buildings, 530 units. Grades across the portfolio: A33 · B21 · C10 · D1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 66 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $38,617 on 2026-07-28 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank N A). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-28 | Agreement $1,315,000 — from HIMROD PARTNERS LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N A | $1,315,000 | |
| 2026-07-28 | Mortgage $38,617 — from HIMROD PARTNERS LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N A | $38,617 | |
| 2019-05-22 | AL&R $1,430,000 — from HIMROD PARTNERS LLC to BNB BANK | $1,430,000 | |
| 2019-05-22 | Mortgage $1,430,000 — from HIMROD PARTNERS LLC to BNB BANK | $1,430,000 | |
| 2019-02-06 | Deed $2,200,000 — from HIMROD LLC to HIMROD PARTNERS LLC | $2,200,000 | |
| 2019-02-06 | Mortgage $572,798 — from HIMROD PARTNERS LLC to BUSHWICK LLC | $572,798 | |
| 2019-02-06 | Agreement $1,430,000 — from HIMROD PARTNERS LLC to BUSHWICK LLC | $1,430,000 | |
| 2019-01-08 | Sold for $2,200,000 | $2,200,000 | $366,667 |
| 2016-07-05 | Mortgage $900,000 — from HIMROD LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $900,000 | |
| 2016-07-05 | AL&R $900,000 — from HIMROD LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $900,000 | |
| 2016-07-05 | Deed $1,350,000 — from COLON, EFRAIN to HIMROD LLC | $1,350,000 | |
| 2016-06-08 | Sold for $1,350,000 | $1,350,000 | $225,000 |
| 1987-11-16 | Mortgage $75,000 — from QUILES, AWILDA T; COLON, JOSEPH to PONCE DE LEON FED SAVS B | $75,000 | |
| 1985-03-04 | Mortgage $30,000 — from BAILEY, CHARLES JR; MAC DONALD, BARBARA; SZOSTEK, FRED to GEORGHIOU, HELEN | $30,000 | |
| 1983-02-25 | Mortgage $22,000 — from GEORGHIOU, HELEN to VENTIMIGLIA, GIUSEPPE; GULOTTA, MATTHEW; NUZZO, BENEDETTO | $22,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
Every one of the 309 recorded events, 1977–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
Explore: ZIP 11237 · Landlord rankings · How grades work · The map · The Mice Map