6,615 recorded events, 1913–2026, from 22 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 2,761 311 service requests, 1,868 HPD complaints, 617 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 54% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 4.6. In ZIP 11239, 92% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 16 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 7 class A. Oldest open since 2023-05-25. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
365 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 107 · winter 2024–25: 149 · winter 2025–26: 95). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
22 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
790 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (250) · HEAT/HOT WATER (180) · Noise (72) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (48) · PLUMBING (42) · Derelict Vehicles (22).
$10,220,038 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (80 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.
| No | Built before 1974 (1975) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (2229) |
| 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) | BSC OWNER LLC |
| Head officer | DAVID SORISE |
| Managing agent | TWIN PINES MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2025-09-18 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $130,824,000 | $58,870,800 |
| 2026 | $134,581,000 | $60,561,450 |
| 2027 | $142,733,000 | $64,229,850 |
The city's market estimate has risen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: MITCHELL-LAMA
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 3 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2019 (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.
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Pennsylvania Av / Schroeders Av — B82 B82-SBS B83 BM2 +1 more · 700 ft · Select Bus Service |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 346 Abe Stark Middle: I.S. 364 Gateway. 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.
1540 Van Siclen 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 |
790 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 180 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 TWIN PINES MANAGEMENT — 11 buildings, 10,831 units. Grades across the portfolio: A6 · B4 · C1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 180 Bethel Loop | BK | 2926 | A |
| 1540 Van Siclen Avenue | BK | 2229 | A |
| 1325 Pennsylvania Avenue | BK | 2222 | A |
| 1260 Croton Loop | BK | 1168 | B |
| 1155 Pennsylvania Avenue | BK | 1092 | A |
| 159 Alaska Street | SI | 634 | B |
| 741 Concourse Village West | BX | 265 | B |
| 112 St Edwards Street | BK | 146 | A |
| 153-24 90th Road | QN | 139 | C |
| 2107 Fredrick Douglass Bl | MN | 9 | B |
| 1620 Fulton Street | BK | 1 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $501,471,000 on 2018-05-11 (lender: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association), covering 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-27 | RPTT&RET $1,558,231,415 — from ROCKPOINT GROWTH AND INCOME LOWER REIT A; BROOKSVILLE SPRING CREEK LLC; ROCKPOINT GROWTH A to BSC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION | $1,558,231,415 | |
| 2021-08-27 | RPTT&RET $243,572,984 — from SPRING CREEK PRESERVATION PARTNERS, LLC to BSC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION | $243,572,984 | |
| 2021-07-13 | Mortgage $567,567,000 — from BSC OWNER LLC; BSC HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $567,567,000 | |
| 2018-05-11 | Deed $869,612,896 — from STARRETT CITY ASSOCIATES, L.P.; STARRETT CITY, INC. to BSC HOUSING COMPANY, INC. | $869,612,896 | |
| 2018-05-11 | Mortgage $501,471,000 — from BSC OWNER LLC; BSC HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $501,471,000 | |
| 2009-12-23 | Mortgage $531,485,000 — from STARRETT CITY, INC.; STARRETT CITY ASSOCIATES, L.P. to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $531,485,000 | |
| 1964-01-06 | Mortgage $417,789 — from MEADOWLAND ESTATES,INC. to APPLEMAN, JOSEPH; ARANOFF, FREDA; GOLDBERG, HANA; WEINGARTEN, TOBY | $417,789 | |
| 1964-01-06 | Mortgage $3,340,492 — from MEADOWLAND ESTATES,INC to WEINGARTEN, TOBY; ARANOFF, FREDA; APPLEMAN, JOSEPH; GOLDBERG, HANA | $3,340,492 | |
| 1964-01-06 | Mortgage $2,104,974 — from MEADOWLAND ESTATES,INC. to APPLEMAN, JOSEPH; ARANOFF, FREDA; WEINGARTEN, TOBY; GOLDBERG, HANA | $2,104,974 | |
| 1964-01-06 | Mortgage $675,000 — from MEADOWLAND ESTATES,INC. to GOLDBERG, HANA; APPLEMAN, JOSEPH; WEINGARTEN, TOBY; ARANOFF, FREDA | $675,000 | |
| 1964-01-06 | Mortgage $389,232 — from MEADOWLAND ESTATES,INC. to WEINGARTEN, TOBY; GOLDBERG, HANA; ARANOFF, FREDA; APPLEMAN, JOSEPH | $389,232 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12 | 14 | 403 | 1 | 7 | 437 |
| 2018 | 10 | 15 | 372 | 9 | 10 | 416 |
| 2019 | 22 | 22 | 297 | 0 | 6 | 347 |
| 2020 | 7 | 11 | 333 | 1 | 0 | 352 |
| 2021 | 0 | 40 | 438 | 5 | 0 | 483 |
| 2022 | 56 | 39 | 349 | 0 | 0 | 444 |
| 2023 | 29 | 18 | 442 | 0 | 10 | 499 |
| 2024 | 26 | 16 | 345 | 0 | 3 | 390 |
| 2025 | 14 | 9 | 547 | 0 | 7 | 577 |
| 2026 | 24 | 1 | 283 | 1 | 3 | 312 |
Every one of the 6,615 recorded events, 1913–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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