545 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 176 HPD complaints, 157 311 service requests, 144 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% 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 376.7. 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 | 63 total — 8 class C (immediately hazardous), 40 class B, 15 class A. Oldest open since 2018-08-16. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
20 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 5 · winter 2024–25: 7 · winter 2025–26: 8). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
49 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (8) · DOOR/WINDOW (7) · Abandoned Vehicle (6) · WATER LEAK (5) · PLUMBING (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4).
$1,754,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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 (1925) |
| 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) | CYPRESS COURT ASSOCIATES LP |
| Head officer | MICHELLE NEUGEBAUER |
| Managing agent | SHINDA MANAGEMENT CORPORATION |
| Last registered | 2025-10-03 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $548,000 | $246,600 |
| 2026 | $658,000 | $296,100 |
| 2027 | $745,000 | $335,250 |
The city's market estimate has risen 36% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
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 | Van Siclen Av — C · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Van Siclen Av — J Z · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Atlantic Av / Van Siclen Av — Q24 · 800 ft |
| Citi Bike | Schenck Ave & Liberty Ave · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Shared bike route mapped within 75 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 149 Danny Kaye Middle: J.H.S. 292 Margaret S. Douglas. 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.
553 Glenmore 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 |
49 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 8 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 SHINDA MANAGEMENT CORPORATION — 274 buildings, 8,157 units. Grades across the portfolio: A48 · B108 · C66 · D40 · F10. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 274 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $3,959,934 on 1998-10-01 (lender: City Of New York Hpd), covering 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-10-01 | Mortgage $3,959,934 — from CYPRESS WEST HOUSINGDEVELOPMENT FD CORPO to CITY OF NEW YORK HPD | $3,959,934 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 32 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 41 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 64 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 0 | 2 | 88 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 53 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 61 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
Every one of the 545 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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