199 recorded events, 1977–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 91 311 service requests, 25 rodent inspections, 19 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 82% 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 10. 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.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
17 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (9) · Food Establishment (2) · Real Time Enforcement (2) · Homeless Person Assistance (2) · Investigations and Discipline (IAD) (1) · Electrical (1).
$170,000 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 (2) |
| 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) | Shum Myrtle LLC |
| Head officer | LEPSAN SHUM |
| Managing agent | LEPSAN SHUM |
| Last registered | 2026-01-23 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $909,000 | $409,050 |
| 2026 | $824,000 | $370,800 |
| 2027 | $630,000 | $37,800 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 31% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Apolo | Chinese/Cuban | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Temperature, Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · 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 | Knickerbocker Av — M · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs — L M · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Myrtle Av / Menahan St — B54 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | Myrtle Ave & Grove St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell Middle: J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes. 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.
1477 Myrtle 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 |
17 311 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 2001-12-10 (lender: Abacus Federal Savings Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-12-10 | Mortgage $150,000 — from SHUM, YUK PING; SHUM, YUK FAU; SHUM, YUK PIN CHANG to ABACUS FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | $150,000 | |
| 1998-06-01 | Mortgage $96,000 — from ORTIZ, EVELYN; CORUJO, DAVID to DELTA FUNDING CORPORATION | $96,000 | |
| 1996-08-19 | Mortgage $57,000 — from CORUJO, DAVID; ORTIZ, EVELYN to NYC HPD | $57,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 2019 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Every one of the 199 recorded events, 1977–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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