3,583 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,587 HPD complaints, 1,532 311 service requests, 371 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 2215.3. In ZIP 11204, 76% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% 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 | 78 total — 35 class C (immediately hazardous), 24 class B, 19 class A. Oldest open since 2018-10-22. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
895 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 250 · winter 2024–25: 74 · winter 2025–26: 318 · winter 2026–27: 59). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
711 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (447) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (115) · DOOR/WINDOW (74) · Boilers (16) · PLUMBING (12) · WATER LEAK (10).
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 (1927) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (6) |
| 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) | CheongWing LAU |
| Last registered | 2026-02-06 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $939,000 | $422,550 |
| 2026 | $1,064,000 | $478,800 |
| 2027 | $1,277,000 | $574,650 |
The city's market estimate has risen 36% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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 | Bay Pkwy — N · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Bay Ridge Pkwy / 21 Av — B4 · 100 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 247 Brooklyn Middle: I.S. 096 Seth Low. 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.
7424 21 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 |
711 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 447 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: $229,000 on 2005-07-21 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-07-21 | Mortgage $229,000 — from LAU, CHEONG WING to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB | $229,000 | |
| 2005-07-21 | AL&R $229,000 — from FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB to LAU, CHEONG WING | $229,000 | |
| 2005-07-21 | Deed $510,000 — from WU, KWOK FONG to LAU, CHEONG WING | $510,000 | |
| 1984-08-31 | Mortgage $60,000 — from WU, KWOK FONG to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK | $60,000 | |
| 1983-01-13 | Mortgage $70,000 — from CHAN, SAU CHUN; CHAN, WUN CHEUNG to LARKIN, MARINYA; LARKIN, MARY AKA; RUSKEWICH, ALEX | $70,000 | |
| 1983-01-13 | Mortgage $70,000 — from CHAN, WUN CHEUNG; CHAN, SAU CHUN to LARKIN, MARINYA; LARKIN, MARY AKA | $70,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 3 | 88 |
| 2018 | 0 | 255 | 0 | 5 | 260 |
| 2019 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 34 |
| 2020 | 0 | 116 | 0 | 1 | 117 |
| 2021 | 2 | 543 | 0 | 1 | 546 |
| 2022 | 0 | 220 | 0 | 4 | 224 |
| 2023 | 0 | 90 | 2 | 1 | 93 |
| 2024 | 0 | 454 | 0 | 1 | 455 |
| 2025 | 13 | 425 | 0 | 1 | 439 |
| 2026 | 7 | 614 | 0 | 3 | 624 |
Every one of the 3,583 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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