353 recorded events, 1975–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 151 311 service requests, 98 HPD complaints, 28 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 56% 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 12.5. In ZIP 11212, 56% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
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.
7 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Missed Collection (1) · Illegal Fireworks (1) · Graffiti (1) · Dirty Condition (1) · Building/Use (1) · Illegal Parking (1).
$18,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1930) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (12) |
| Yes | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
3 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | RALPH BLAKE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP |
| Head officer | LAURIE KEFALIDIS |
| Managing agent | IBEC BUILDING CORP |
| Last registered | 2025-08-14 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $754,000 | $339,300 |
| 2026 | $635,000 | $285,750 |
| 2027 | $679,000 | $305,550 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 | Sutter Av-Rutland Rd — 3 · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 98 St / Blake Av — B15 B47 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Howard Ave & Blake Ave · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 189 The Bilingual Center. 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.
15 Blake 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
7 311 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 IBEC BUILDING CORP — 32 buildings, 780 units. Grades across the portfolio: A29 · B2 · C1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65 Hoyt Street | BK | 158 | A |
| 2170 8 Avenue | MN | 138 | A |
| 167 Clermont Avenue | BK | 111 | B |
| 1307 Pacific Street | BK | 49 | A |
| 686 Fulton Street | BK | 45 | A |
| 181 Rockaway Avenue | BK | 44 | A |
| 2106 Union Street | BK | 32 | A |
| 669 Ralph Avenue | BK | 23 | A |
| 661 Classon Avenue | BK | 14 | A |
| 15 Blake Avenue | BK | 12 | A |
| 150 Tapscott Street | BK | 12 | A |
| 459 Prospect Place | BK | 8 | A |
| 1454 Bedford Avenue | BK | 8 | A |
| 641 Grand Avenue | BK | 8 | A |
| 637 Grand Avenue | BK | 8 | A |
| 471 Prospect Place | BK | 8 | A |
| 1460 Bedford Avenue | BK | 8 | A |
| 757 Franklin Avenue | BK | 8 | A |
| 639 Grand Avenue | BK | 8 | A |
| 424 Prospect Place | BK | 8 | A |
| 759 Franklin Avenue | BK | 8 | A |
| 479 Park Place | BK | 8 | A |
| 761 Franklin Avenue | BK | 8 | A |
| 1450 Bedford Avenue | BK | 8 | A |
| 646 Classon Avenue | BK | 6 | A |
| 653 Classon Avenue | BK | 6 | A |
| 628 Sterling Place | BK | 6 | A |
| 670 Fulton Street | BK | 5 | A |
| 665 Classon Avenue | BK | 4 | A |
| 744 Franklin Avenue | BK | 4 | A |
| 681 Ralph Avenue | BK | 4 | C |
| 636 Classon Avenue | BK | 3 | B |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $3,967,397 on 2018-12-13 (lender: First Republic Bank), covering 5 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-13 | AL&R $8,000,000 — from RALPH BLAKE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK | $8,000,000 | |
| 2018-12-13 | Agreement $8,000,000 — from RALPH BLAKE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK | $8,000,000 | |
| 2018-12-13 | Mortgage $3,967,397 — from RALPH BLAKE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK | $3,967,397 | |
| 2010-11-09 | Mortgage $4,745,000 — from RALPH BLAKE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to SOVEREIGN BANK | $4,745,000 | |
| 1991-06-28 | Mortgage $3,697,000 — from RALPH BLAKE LTD PTRSHIP to COMMUNITY PRESERVATNCP | $3,697,000 | |
| 1991-06-28 | Mortgage $1,153,000 — from RALPH BLAKE LTD PTRSHIP to COMMUNITY PESERVATNCORP | $1,153,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 4 | 78 |
| 2018 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 2019 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 2022 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Every one of the 353 recorded events, 1975–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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