200 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 92 311 service requests, 36 HPD complaints, 23 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% 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 53.3. In ZIP 11203, 76% of residential buildings hold an A and 7% 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 | 15 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 7 class A. Oldest open since 2003-09-24. |
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.
$6,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
60 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (55) · Food Establishment (2) · Water System (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · Drinking (1).
$105,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 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 (1931) |
| No | Six or more residential units (2) |
| 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).
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $700,000 | $42,000 |
| 2026 | $724,000 | $43,440 |
| 2027 | $725,000 | $43,500 |
The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richards Restaurant and Grill | Caribbean | B | Mice evidence · Closed by DOHMH on 2026-07-24 |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contaminated, No Permit or License) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 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 | Saratoga Av — 3 · 0.8 mi straight-line (about a 21-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Church Av / E 55 St — B35 · 50 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 54 St & Linden Blvd · 650 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 244 Richard R. Green Middle: The Middle School of Media, Law and Fine Arts. 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.
5505 Church 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
60 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $63,494 on 2002-12-04 (lender: Delta Funding Corp). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-12-04 | Mortgage $63,495 — from BEMBRIDGE, MONICA to DELTA FUNDING CORP | $63,495 | |
| 1999-01-27 | Mortgage $143,000 — from BEMBRIDGE, MONICA to RESOURCE ONE INC | $143,000 | |
| 1997-06-10 | Mortgage $132,000 — from BEMBRIDGE, MONICA to PARKWAY MORTGAGE INC | $132,000 | |
| 1988-03-02 | Mortgage $20,000 — from BEMBRIDGE, MONICA to BARBERO, BYRON | $20,000 | |
| 1988-02-10 | Mortgage $70,000 — from BEMBRIDGE, MONICA to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK | $70,000 | |
| 1986-12-02 | Mortgage $12,000 — from BARBERO, BYRON to GREENE, ROBBIE | $12,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 30 |
| 2026 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 43 |
Every one of the 200 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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