394 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 132 311 service requests, 107 HPD complaints, 91 HPD housing violations.
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A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 1414.7. In ZIP 11221, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 17% 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 | 80 total — 24 class C (immediately hazardous), 54 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2009-03-11. |
| Active vacate order | 2 unit(s) under an unrescinded HPD vacate order |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
11 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 11).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
29 service requests in the last three years. Most common: ELECTRIC (10) · PLUMBING (6) · WATER LEAK (2) · DOOR/WINDOW (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (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 (1920) |
| No | Six or more residential units (3) |
| 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).
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,414,000 | $84,840 |
| 2026 | $1,340,000 | $80,400 |
| 2027 | $1,300,000 | $78,000 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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 — J · 900 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Chauncey St — J Z · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Halsey St / Bushwick Av — B26 · 600 ft |
| Citi Bike | Jefferson Ave & Evergreen Ave · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S./I.S. 045 Horace E. Greene Middle: Evergreen Middle School for Urban Exploration. 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.
1049 Hancock 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 |
29 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $40,000 on 1997-05-30 (lender: Cityscape Corp). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-13 | Deed $100,000 — from WILLIEMAE BROWN; ANDERSON, ROSALINDA; GUSTUS, AYANA; GEORGIA NEALY; PHILLIPS, CYNTHIA to 574 LAFA CORP. | $100,000 | |
| 2016-03-03 | Sold for $100,000 | $100,000 | $33,333 |
| 1997-05-30 | Mortgage $40,000 — from BROWN, WILLIE MAE; NEALY, GEORGIA to CITYSCAPE CORP | $40,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2024 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 75 |
| 2025 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 44 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Every one of the 394 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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