179 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 61 311 service requests, 28 HPD housing violations, 27 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% 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 107.5. In ZIP 11207, 62% of residential buildings hold an A and 13% 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 | 6 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2021-04-08. |
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.
17 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Dirty Condition (6) · Noise (6) · Illegal Parking (3) · Graffiti (1) · Illegal Dumping (1).
$30,577 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1912) |
| No | Six or more residential units (4) |
| 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) | 217 COVERT STREET LLC |
| Head officer | STEVEN SPERANZA |
| Managing agent | STEVEN SPERANZA |
| Last registered | 2022-08-24 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,354,000 | $609,300 |
| 2026 | $1,083,000 | $487,350 |
| 2027 | $1,300,000 | $585,000 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sakura Japan | Japanese | A | — |
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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2018 (0 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 | Wilson Av — L · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Manhattan-bound only) |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Wilson Av / Schaeffer St — B60 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | Central Ave & Covert St · 700 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. /I.S. 384 Frances E. Carter 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.
217 Covert 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 |
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: $15,000 on 2016-03-16 (lender: Benedek, Ludovik). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-05 | CMTG $900,000 — from 233 SUYDAM STREET LLC; 1281 JEFFERSON AVENUE LLC; 217 COVERT STREET LL to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION | $900,000 | |
| 2019-02-12 | AL&R $950,000 — from 217 COVERT STREET LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION | $950,000 | |
| 2019-02-12 | Mortgage $950,000 — from 217 COVERT STREET LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION | $950,000 | |
| 2017-08-16 | Deed $1,800,000 — from HC ASSOCIATES LLC to 217 COVERT STREET LLC | $1,800,000 | |
| 2017-08-02 | Sold for $1,800,000 | $1,800,000 | $450,000 |
| 2016-03-16 | Mortgage $15,000 — from HC ASSOCIATES, LLC to BENEDEK, LUDOVIK | $15,000 | |
| 2003-06-19 | Mortgage $85,000 — from HENRY, GERALDO to DELTA FUNDING CORPORATION | $85,000 | |
| 1991-03-29 | Mortgage $11,325 — from HENRY, GERALDO to GENERAL HOME SVC INC | $11,325 | |
| 1983-10-19 | Mortgage $9,800 — from HENRY, MODESTA; HENRY, GERALDO to DARTMOUTH PLAN INC | $9,800 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
Every one of the 179 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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