937 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 385 HPD complaints, 326 311 service requests, 94 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 62% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 11.5. In ZIP 11219, 66% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 17 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 13 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2021-11-29. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$6,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
133 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (97) · Illegal Parking (8) · Rodent (6) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4) · ELECTRIC (4) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2).
$45,000 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 (1923) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (40) |
| 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) | BORO PARK COURTS ASSOCIATES LP |
| Head officer | AVROHOM JAFFE |
| Managing agent | B.P. HAND INC |
| Last registered | 2025-07-08 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,722,000 | $2,124,900 |
| 2026 | $4,434,000 | $1,995,300 |
| 2027 | $4,544,000 | $2,044,800 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 28/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| 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.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2019 (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 | Fort Hamilton Pkwy — D · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 39 St / 10 Av — B35 · 850 ft |
| Citi Bike | New Utrecht Ave & 9 Ave · 0.2 mi · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 131 Brooklyn 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.
970 42 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 |
133 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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 BP HAND INC — 15 buildings, 368 units. Grades across the portfolio: A13 · B2. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 680 Ocean Parkway | BK | 90 | A |
| 1006 44th Street | BK | 73 | A |
| 970 42 Street | BK | 40 | A |
| 1017 44 Street | BK | 40 | A |
| 922 42 Street | BK | 27 | A |
| 958 42 Street | BK | 16 | A |
| 966 42 Street | BK | 16 | A |
| 946 42 Street | BK | 16 | A |
| 952 42 Street | BK | 16 | B |
| 4007 15 Avenue | BK | 12 | A |
| 4108 15 Avenue | BK | 6 | A |
| 941 42 Street | BK | 6 | A |
| 1016 43 Street | BK | 4 | B |
| 4008 New Utrecht Avenue | BK | 3 | A |
| 1212 40 Street | BK | 3 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $6,552,194 on 2006-12-14 (lender: New York City Housing Development Corporation), covering 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-12-14 | Mortgage $6,552,195 — from BOROUGH PARK COURTS ASSOCIATES, L.P. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR | $6,552,195 | |
| 1984-07-23 | Mortgage $8,459,100 — from BOROUGH PARK COURTSASSO to NYC HOUSING DVLPT CORP | $8,459,100 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 18 |
| 2018 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 21 |
| 2019 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 37 |
| 2020 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 43 |
| 2021 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 32 |
| 2022 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 25 |
| 2023 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 31 |
| 2024 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 21 |
| 2025 | 2 | 42 | 7 | 51 |
| 2026 | 2 | 93 | 1 | 96 |
Every one of the 937 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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