98 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 31 311 service requests, 24 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 15 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 93% 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 40. 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 | 10 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 1985-07-22. |
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.
10 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Water System (2) · Illegal Parking (2) · Dumpster Complaint (1) · Derelict Vehicles (1) · Vendor Enforcement (1) · Illegal Dumping (1).
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 (1910) |
| 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) | ELBIA RODRIGUEZ |
| Last registered | 2021-10-18 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $467,000 | $210,150 |
| 2026 | $489,000 | $220,050 |
| 2027 | $491,000 | $220,950 |
The city's market estimate has risen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Luncheonette | Latin American | 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 Contaminated) · 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 | Halsey St — L · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs — L M · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Wilson Av / Cornelia St — B60 · 750 ft |
| Citi Bike | Putnam Ave & Knickerbocker Ave · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Painted bike lane mapped within 75 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 106 Edward Everett Hale 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.
685 Knickerbocker 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 |
10 311 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: $172,250 on 2003-11-25 (lender: Emigrant Funding Corporation). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-11-25 | AL&R $172,250 — from EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION to RODRIGUEZ, ELVIA; RODRIGUEZ, MAXIMO | $172,250 | |
| 2003-11-25 | Mortgage $172,250 — from RODRIGUEZ, ELVIA; RODRIGUEZ, MAXIMO to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION | $172,250 | |
| 2001-05-31 | Mortgage $55,000 — from RODRIGUEZ, MAXIMO to AMERICAN BUSINESS CREDIT INC | $55,000 | |
| 1999-02-19 | Mortgage $77,000 — from RODRIGUEZ, MAXIMO to ALLIANCE FUNDING | $77,000 | |
| 1988-04-18 | Mortgage $131,250 — from COLLADO, ANCELMO R to CITY OF NEW YORK | $131,250 |
| Year | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Every one of the 98 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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