186 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 65 311 service requests, 23 HPD housing violations, 21 DOB violations.
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A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 93% 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 36.7. In ZIP 11218, 71% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% 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 | 17 total — 8 class C (immediately hazardous), 8 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2016-10-18. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (2) · Sewer (2) · Blocked Driveway (1) · Illegal Parking (1) · Water System (1) · General Construction/Plumbing (1).
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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1930) |
| 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).
| Registered owner(s) | BETSER FAMILY TRUST |
| Head officer | ALLA IMAS |
| Managing agent | ALLA IMAS |
| Last registered | 2018-02-21 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,068,000 | $124,080 |
| 2026 | $2,618,000 | $157,080 |
| 2027 | $2,351,000 | $141,060 |
The city's market estimate has risen 14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tajmahal Restaurant | Bangladeshi | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2022 (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.
| Subway | Church Av — F G · under 50 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Church Av / McDonald Av — B35 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Church Ave & McDonald Ave · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 179 Kensington Middle: J.H.S. 223 The Montauk. 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.
473 McDonald 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 |
9 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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: $540,615 on 2019-07-16 (lender: Ridgewood Savings Bank), covering 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-16 | Agreement $2,000,000 — from SUGANDHA REALTY CORP. to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $2,000,000 | |
| 2019-07-16 | Mortgage $540,615 — from SUGANDHA REALTY CORP. to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $540,615 | |
| 2019-07-16 | AL&R $2,000,000 — from SUGANDHA REALTY CORP. to RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK | $2,000,000 | |
| 2018-08-30 | Mortgage $1,100,000 — from SUGANDHA REALTY CORP. to COLUMBIA CAPITAL CO. | $1,100,000 | |
| 2018-08-30 | Deed $1,100,000 — from REBECCA RITA MATYASH, AS TRUSTEE; BETSER FAMILY TRUST; ALLA IMAS, AS TRUSTEE to SUGANDHA REALTY CORP. | $1,100,000 | |
| 2018-08-01 | Sold for $1,100,000 | $1,100,000 | $550,000 |
| 1985-03-05 | Mortgage $53,000 — from BETSER, GITLA; BETSER, BORIS to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK | $53,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 2019 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Every one of the 186 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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