1,350 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 578 HPD housing violations, 359 HPD complaints, 234 311 service requests.
Full record, year by year Support this site
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 1958.4. 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 | 56 total — 36 class C (immediately hazardous), 16 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 1999-01-19. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 1 case(s) pending in housing court |
| Active vacate order | 4 unit(s) under an unrescinded HPD vacate order |
| Alternative Enforcement | currently in HPD's worst-buildings program |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
22 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 10 · winter 2024–25: 10). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$52,530 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
54 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (14) · HEAT/HOT WATER (8) · PAINT/PLASTER (6) · ELECTRIC (5) · WATER LEAK (4) · General Construction/Plumbing (3).
$5,500 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 (1926) |
| No | Six or more residential units (5) |
| 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) | CLINTON E SPICER |
| Last registered | 2026-05-29 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $550,000 | $247,500 |
| 2026 | $660,000 | $297,000 |
| 2027 | $622,000 | $279,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Dem Xpress | Caribbean | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Utica Av / Snyder Av — B46 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 49 St & Church Ave · 550 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.
915 Utica 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 |
54 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $352,500 on 2004-08-11 (lender: Flushing Savings Bank, FSB). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-11-01 | Deed $470,000 — from DOUGLAS, HUNTLEY to SPICER, CLINTON | $470,000 | |
| 2004-08-11 | Mortgage $352,500 — from SPICER, CLINTON to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB | $352,500 | |
| 2003-06-18 | DEEDO $300,000 — from SWABY, DANISTON to DOUGLAS, HUNTLEY | $300,000 | |
| 1998-04-07 | Mortgage $192,500 — from SWABY, DANISTON to DELTA FUNDING CORP | $192,500 | |
| 1997-01-31 | Mortgage $40,000 — from SWABY, DANISTON to DOUGLAS, HUNTLEY | $40,000 | |
| 1996-10-02 | Mortgage $178,750 — from SWABY, DANISTON to UMG FUNDING GROUP INC; UNITED MORTGAGE GUARANTEE | $178,750 | |
| 1990-01-23 | Mortgage $180,000 — from H & D REALTY CORP to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK | $180,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 34 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 60 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 3 | 136 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 44 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 26 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 0 | 81 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 2 | 53 |
| 2024 | 2 | 5 | 158 | 1 | 166 |
| 2025 | 0 | 13 | 106 | 1 | 120 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 25 |
Every one of the 1,350 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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