318 recorded events, 2004–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 110 HPD housing violations, 92 311 service requests, 43 HPD complaints.
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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 1854.3. In ZIP 11208, 69% of residential buildings hold an A and 9% 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 | 96 total — 32 class C (immediately hazardous), 33 class B, 31 class A. Oldest open since 2024-07-17. |
| Active vacate order | 1 unit(s) under an unrescinded HPD vacate order |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
17 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 15).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
50 service requests in the last three years. Most common: ELECTRIC (10) · PAINT/PLASTER (7) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (7) · HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · WATER LEAK (4) · Derelict Vehicles (3).
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).
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,059,000 | $63,540 |
| 2026 | $900,000 | $54,000 |
| 2027 | $1,036,000 | $62,160 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 2 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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 | Grant Av — A · 0.8 mi straight-line (about a 20-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Linden Blvd / 78 St — B15 BM5 · 900 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 224 Hale A. Woodruff Middle: Van Siclen Community Middle School. 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.
438 Sapphire 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 |
50 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 7 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $600,000 on 2023-08-10 (lender: Logan Finance Corporation) (recorded via MERS). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-10 | Mortgage $600,000 — from SAPPHIRE EQUITIES NY LLC to LOGAN FINANCE CORPORATION; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS | $600,000 | |
| 2023-08-10 | Deed $756,844 — from STOUT STREET FUND I, L.P. to SAPPHIRE EQUITIES NY LLC | $756,844 | |
| 2023-07-31 | Sold for $756,844 | $756,844 | $252,281 |
| 2023-02-27 | Deed $4,110,000 — from BENJAMIN, ESQ. REFEREE, MICHAEL to STOUT STREET FUND I, LP | $4,110,000 | |
| 2022-12-29 | Sold for $4,110,000 | $4,110,000 | $1,370,000 |
| 2013-02-15 | Deed $3,432,825 — from EDGAR DOMENECH, AS SHERIFF OF THE CITY O to GRIFFON LORING LLC C/O DELSHAH CAPITAL | $3,432,825 | |
| 2010-04-29 | Agreement $1,800,050 — from HALIFAX GROUP, LLC to STOUT STREET FUNDING, LLC | $1,800,050 | |
| 2010-04-29 | Mortgage $257,150 — from HALIFAX GROUP, LLC to STOUT STREET FUNDING, LLC | $257,150 | |
| 2009-10-19 | Deed $153,421 — from LORING ESTATES LLC to HALIFAX GROUP LLC | $153,421 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 2021 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| 2022 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2023 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 2024 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 39 |
| 2025 | 6 | 103 | 0 | 2 | 111 |
| 2026 | 1 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
Every one of the 318 recorded events, 2004–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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