306 recorded events, 2003–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 212 311 service requests, 29 HPD complaints, 21 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
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 180.7. 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 | 8 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2005-11-29. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
147 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (136) · Noise (2) · GENERAL (2) · Smoking or Vaping (2) · Building/Use (1) · Derelict Vehicles (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.
| No | Built before 1974 (2004) |
| No | Six or more residential units (3) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
0 of 3 signals present. None of the common signals are present — stabilization is unlikely (though never impossible). The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | 1309 DECATUR RESIDENCE LLC |
| Head officer | MARTIN SPITZER |
| Managing agent | REDSTONE REALTY NYC LLC |
| Last registered | 2026-02-10 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,681,000 | $100,860 |
| 2026 | $1,703,000 | $102,180 |
| 2027 | $1,483,000 | $88,980 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 12% 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 | Wilson Av — L · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Manhattan-bound only) |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Decatur St / Knickerbocker Av — B20 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | Knickerbocker Ave & Moffat St · 550 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.
1309 Decatur 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 |
147 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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.
Managed by REDSTONE REALTY NYC — 42 buildings, 295 units. Grades across the portfolio: A15 · B13 · C6 · D5 · F3. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $134,213 on 2022-03-31 (recorded via MERS, the industry registry; the lender is not named on the record). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-26 | Agreement $1,309,000 — from SPITZER, MARTIN to MERS | $1,309,000 | |
| 2022-03-31 | Mortgage $134,214 — from SPITZER, MARTIN to MERS | $134,214 | |
| 2016-10-12 | Mortgage $1,297,000 — from 1309 DECATUR RESIDENCE LLC to NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK CITY | $1,297,000 | |
| 2016-10-12 | Deed $1,730,000 — from 88-39 187TH STREET CORP to 1309 DECATUR RESIDENCE LLC | $1,730,000 | |
| 2016-10-12 | AL&R $1,297,000 — from 1309 DECATUR RESIDENCE LLC to NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK CITY | $1,297,000 | |
| 2016-09-30 | Sold for $1,730,000 | $1,730,000 | $576,667 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 2023 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 37 |
| 2024 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
| 2025 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 68 |
| 2026 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 49 |
Every one of the 306 recorded events, 2003–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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