187 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 67 311 service requests, 33 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 24 DOB violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 85% 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 13.3. In ZIP 11209, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
26 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (14) · Blocked Driveway (5) · Illegal Parking (4) · Obstruction (1) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (1) · Dirty Condition (1).
$49,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (1921) |
| 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 | $1,878,000 | $112,680 |
| 2026 | $2,137,000 | $128,220 |
| 2027 | $1,911,000 | $114,660 |
The city's market estimate has risen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puertas | Latin American | 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).
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 | 86 St — R · 900 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 3 Av / 83 St — B37 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | 84 St & 3 Ave · 50 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Painted bike lane mapped within 75 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 185 Walter Kassenbrock Middle: The Madeleine Brennan School. 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.
8320 3 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 |
26 311 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: $911,200 on 2007-05-08 (lender: Creative Financial Services Of Tampa Bay, INC.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-05-08 | Deed $1,300,000 — from 8320 3RD LLC to SEPE, PAUL; SEPE, CARMELO | $1,300,000 | |
| 2007-05-08 | Mortgage $911,200 — from SEPE, CARMELO; SEPE, PAUL to CREATIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES OF TAMPA BAY | $911,200 | |
| 2007-05-08 | AL&R $911,200 — from SEPE, CARMELO; SEPE, PAUL to CREATIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES OF TAMPA BAY | $911,200 | |
| 2000-08-09 | Mortgage $390,000 — from VARVERIS, CHRIS; EPSTEIN, ALAN to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY REALTY CORP | $390,000 | |
| 1998-10-13 | Mortgage $346,079 — from VARVERIS, CHRIS; EPSTEIN, ALAN to INDEPENDENCE SAVINGSBANK | $346,079 | |
| 1991-04-15 | Mortgage $190,799 — from EPSTEIN, ALAN; VARVERIS, CHRIS to RIDGEWOOD SAVS BANK | $190,799 | |
| 1986-05-12 | Mortgage $160,000 — from VARVERIS, CHRIS; EPSTEIN, ALAN to ATLANTIC BANK/NY | $160,000 | |
| 1983-07-05 | Mortgage $140,000 — from EPSTEIN, ALAN; VARVERIS, CHRIS; FARRUGGIO, PHILIP BYATT to 8320 THIRD AVE CORP | $140,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 20 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 23 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Every one of the 187 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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