283 recorded events, 1980–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 127 311 service requests, 32 HPD complaints, 31 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 85% 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 124.5. 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 | 3 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2024-08-21. |
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.
77 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Dirty Condition (29) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (7) · Water System (6) · Industrial Waste (5) · Illegal Parking (4) · Sewer (4).
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) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (6) |
| Yes | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
3 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | CHAIR BRUCHA LLC |
| Head officer | MOVZESH RUTNER |
| Managing agent | ISSAC LEBO |
| Last registered | 2025-09-29 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $821,600 | $369,720 |
| 2026 | $728,000 | $327,600 |
| 2027 | $874,000 | $393,300 |
The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curry Leaf Indian Cuisine | Indian | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 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.
5 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (4 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 | Seneca Av — M · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-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: Seneca Av / Bleecker St — B38 · 550 ft |
| Citi Bike | Menahan St & Seneca Ave · 600 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 086 The Irvington Middle: I.S. 093 Ridgewood. 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.
435 Menahan 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
77 311 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: $239,724 on 2025-06-10 (lender: Ridgewood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-10 | Mortgage $239,724 — from CHAI BRUCHA LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $239,724 | |
| 2025-06-10 | AL&R $2,525,000 — from CHAI BRUCHA LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $2,525,000 | |
| 2025-06-10 | Agreement $2,525,000 — from CHAI BRUCHA LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $2,525,000 | |
| 2019-11-29 | Mortgage $896,375 — from CHAI BRUCHA LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $896,375 | |
| 2019-11-29 | Agreement $2,550,000 — from CHAI BRUCHA LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $2,550,000 | |
| 2019-11-29 | AL&R $2,550,000 — from CHAI BRUCHA LLC to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $2,550,000 | |
| 2014-08-28 | Mortgage $1,050,000 — from CHAI BRUCHA LLC to ASTORIA BANK | $1,050,000 | |
| 2014-08-28 | Agreement $1,850,000 — from CHAI BRUCHA LLC to ASTORIA BANK | $1,850,000 | |
| 2013-11-10 | AMTX $300,000 — from INFINITY LAND SERVICES LLC | $300,000 | |
| 2013-10-25 | AL&R $500,000 — from CHAI BRUCHA LLC to EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC | $500,000 | |
| 2013-10-25 | Deed $650,000 — from CHAN, KAI LUN to CHAI BRUCHA LLC | $650,000 | |
| 2013-10-25 | Mortgage $300,000 — from CHAI BRUCHA LLC to EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC | $300,000 | |
| 2013-10-25 | Mortgage $500,000 — from CHAI BRUCHA LLC to EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC | $500,000 | |
| 2013-10-25 | AL&R $300,000 — from CHAI BRUCHA LLC to EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC | $300,000 | |
| 1985-04-03 | Mortgage $90,000 — from CHAN, KAI LUN to HOME FEDL SAVINGS BANK | $90,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2019 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 29 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2022 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2023 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2024 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 6 | 54 |
| 2025 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 44 |
| 2026 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
Every one of the 283 recorded events, 1980–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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