538 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 172 311 service requests, 156 HPD complaints, 116 HPD housing violations.
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A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 90% 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 187.7. In ZIP 11207, 62% of residential buildings hold an A and 13% 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 | 45 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 34 class B, 9 class A. Oldest open since 2016-07-01. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
24 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 8 · winter 2024–25: 6 · winter 2025–26: 10). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
35 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (11) · DOOR/WINDOW (5) · GENERAL (4) · PLUMBING (3) · Noise (2) · PAINT/PLASTER (2).
$178,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (8 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) | NYTA HOLDINGS LLC |
| Head officer | NGAI TAI |
| Managing agent | NYTA HOLDINGS LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-07-17 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,238,000 | $557,100 |
| 2026 | $1,320,000 | $594,000 |
| 2027 | $1,056,000 | $475,200 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 15% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comoe Buffet Soul Food | Soul Food | B | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 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.
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 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Chauncey St — J Z · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / Schaeffer St — Q24 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | Thomas S. Boyland St & Macon St · 300 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.
1639 Broadway
| 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 |
35 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 11 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: $395,000 on 2010-08-12 (lender: Flushing Savings Bank, FSB). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-05-02 | Deed $850,000 — from NORTHERN STAR ENTERPRISES, INC. to WU, SUI FEI; TAI, NGAI | $850,000 | |
| 2010-08-12 | Mortgage $395,000 — from NORTHERN STAR ENTERPRISES INC. to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB | $395,000 | |
| 2010-08-12 | Deed $757,500 — from GHANI AHSAN CORP. to NORTHERN STAR ENTERPRISES INC. | $757,500 | |
| 2010-08-12 | AL&R $395,000 — from NORTHERN STAR ENTERPRISES INC. to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB | $395,000 | |
| 2005-11-16 | Mortgage $483,750 — from AHSAN, GHANI A; ACHIKZAI, LAILUMA to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS | $483,750 | |
| 2005-11-16 | Deed $645,000 — from BAYNE, WALTER; BAYNES AKA, WALTER to ACHIKZAI, LAILUMA; AHSAN, GHANI A | $645,000 | |
| 1984-11-08 | Mortgage $3,000 — from BAYNES, WALTER to WILLIAMS, WOODROW | $3,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 62 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 66 |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 2 | 63 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 39 |
Every one of the 538 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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