574 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 198 311 service requests, 125 HPD complaints, 95 HPD housing violations.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 55% 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 31.8. In ZIP 11214, 75% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% 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 | 5 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2004-09-29. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
8 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6 · winter 2024–25: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
2 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
53 service requests in the last three years. Most common: PAINT/PLASTER (8) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (6) · Noise (6) · Water System (5) · HEAT/HOT WATER (4) · Illegal Parking (3).
$63,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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 (72) |
| 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) | BENSON REALTY LLC |
| Head officer | AARON SIRULNICK |
| Managing agent | DITMAS MANAGEMENT CORP. |
| Last registered | 2025-09-03 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,221,000 | $1,899,450 |
| 2026 | $4,621,000 | $2,079,450 |
| 2027 | $4,668,000 | $2,100,600 |
The city's market estimate has risen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | B — ENERGY STAR score 74/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2014 (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 | Bay Pkwy — D · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Bay Pkwy / Benson Av — B6 B82 · 400 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 200 Benson School Middle: I.S. 281 Joseph B Cavallaro. 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.
2126 Benson 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 |
53 311 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 DITMAS MANAGEMENT CORP. — 42 buildings, 2,249 units. Grades across the portfolio: A37 · B5. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,200,000 on 2022-05-24 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-24 | Mortgage $1,200,000 — from BENSON REALTY LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $1,200,000 | |
| 2022-05-24 | Agreement $2,750,000 — from BENSON REALTY LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $2,750,000 | |
| 2012-07-26 | Agreement $1,550,000 — from BENSON REALTY LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK, N.A. | $1,550,000 | |
| 2012-07-26 | Mortgage $288,575 — from BENSON REALTY LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK, N.A. | $288,575 | |
| 2002-10-24 | Mortgage $1,500,000 — from BENSON REALTY CORP to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $1,500,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 29 |
| 2020 | 4 | 16 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 87 |
| 2021 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 72 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 64 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Every one of the 574 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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