1,154 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 480 HPD complaints, 345 311 service requests, 121 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 88% 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 152. In ZIP 11226, 60% of residential buildings hold an A and 10% 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 | 9 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2018-10-18. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
9 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 7 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
32 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Dirty Condition (14) · HEAT/HOT WATER (4) · GENERAL (4) · Lead (2) · ELECTRIC (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2).
$25,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (8) |
| 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) | Michael Benjamin As Reciever |
| Head officer | Michael Benjamin |
| Managing agent | New York City MGMT LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-12-02 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,239,600 | $557,820 |
| 2026 | $1,488,000 | $669,600 |
| 2027 | $1,499,000 | $674,550 |
The city's market estimate has risen 21% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 | Winthrop St — 2 5 · 300 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Clarkson Av / Nostrand Av — B12 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Clarkson Ave & Nostrand Ave · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 397 Foster-Laurie Middle: Parkside Preparatory Academy. 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.
305 Clarkson 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 |
32 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 4 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 NEW YORK CITY MGMT LLC — 9 buildings, 86 units. Grades across the portfolio: A3 · C4 · D2. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 West 55 Street | MN | 36 | A |
| 50 South Oxford Street | BK | 10 | A |
| 305 Clarkson Avenue | BK | 8 | C |
| 118 St Marks Place | MN | 8 | A |
| 16 Judge Street | BK | 8 | D |
| 536 Liberty Avenue | BK | 5 | D |
| 644 Lorimer Street | BK | 5 | C |
| 207 West 22 Street | MN | 3 | C |
| 205 West 22 Street | MN | 3 | C |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,219,827 on 2019-07-18 (lender: Popular Bank), covering 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-18 | AL&R $6,050,000 — from WESTERN CLARKSON ESTATES 305, LLC to POPULAR BANK | $6,050,000 | |
| 2019-07-18 | Agreement $6,050,000 — from WESTERN CLARKSON ESTATES 305, LLC to POPULAR BANK | $6,050,000 | |
| 2019-07-18 | Mortgage $1,219,827 — from WESTERN CLARKSON ESTATES 305, LLC to POPULAR BANK | $1,219,827 | |
| 2015-09-30 | Mortgage $1,970,000 — from WESTERN CLARKSON ESTATES 305, LLC to GREYSTONE SERVICING CORPORATION, INC. | $1,970,000 | |
| 2015-09-30 | Agreement $5,120,000 — from WESTERN CLARKSON ESTATES 305, LLC to GREYSTONE SERVICING CORPORATION, INC. | $5,120,000 | |
| 2015-05-04 | SPRD $1,326,973 — from WESTERN CLARKSON ESTATES 305, LLC; EASTERN CLARKSON ESTATES 311, LLC; CENTRAL CLARKSON EST to TBG FUNDING LLC | $1,326,973 | |
| 2015-05-04 | Mortgage $1,823,027 — from EASTERN CLARKSON ESTATES 311, LLC; WESTERN CLARKSON ESTATES 305, LLC; CENTRAL CLARKSON EST to TBG FUNDING LLC | $1,823,027 | |
| 2015-05-04 | AL&R $3,150,000 — from EASTERN CLARKSON ESTATES 311, LLC; WESTERN CLARKSON ESTATES 305, LLC; CENTRAL CLARKSON EST to TBG FUNDING LLC | $3,150,000 | |
| 2015-05-04 | Agreement $3,150,000 — from WESTERN CLARKSON ESTATES 305, LLC; EASTERN CLARKSON ESTATES 311, LLC; CENTRAL CLARKSON EST to TBG FUNDING LLC | $3,150,000 | |
| 2013-05-08 | Deed $1,500,000 — from 309-311 CLARKSON AVE REALTY, LLC to WESTERN CLARKSON ESTATES 305, LLC | $1,500,000 | |
| 2006-07-01 | AL&R $944,000 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to 309-311 CLARKSON AVE REALTY, LLC | $944,000 | |
| 2006-07-01 | Mortgage $211,211 — from 309-311 CLARKSON AVE REALTY, LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $211,211 | |
| 2006-07-01 | Deed $1,180,000 — from PRML HOLDINGS, LLC to 309-311 CLARKSON AVE REALTY LLC | $1,180,000 | |
| 2006-07-01 | Agreement $944,000 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to 309-311 CLARKSON AVE REALTY, LLC | $944,000 | |
| 2004-07-27 | Mortgage $757,500 — from PRML HOLDINGS LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $757,500 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 4 | 56 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
Every one of the 1,154 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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