690 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 203 311 service requests, 124 HPD complaints, 107 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 59% 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 13.8. 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 | 2 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2024-03-19. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
18 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 18).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$5,000 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
37 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (9) · Curb Condition (4) · Illegal Parking (4) · Blocked Driveway (3) · Sewer (3) · Noise (3).
$1,262,845 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (10 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 (1956) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (73) |
| 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 AVENUE OWNERS CORP |
| Head officer | MARLEEN LEVI |
| Managing agent | NEW BEDFORD MANAGEMENT CORP. |
| Last registered | 2025-08-26 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $6,378,000 | $2,870,100 |
| 2026 | $6,751,000 | $3,037,950 |
| 2027 | $6,991,000 | $3,145,950 |
The city's market estimate has risen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $1,427,956 a year ($18.23 per sq ft), operating expenses $642,306 ($8.20 per sq ft), net operating income $785,650. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | B — ENERGY STAR score 78/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9) |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 3 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
6 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2011 (4 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 · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Bay Pkwy / Benson Av — B6 B82 · 650 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 101 The Verrazano 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.
2250 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 |
37 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 9 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 NEW BEDFORD MANAGEMENT CORP. — 141 buildings, 8,387 units. Grades across the portfolio: A116 · B18 · C5. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 141 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $250,000 on 2020-12-03 (lender: Connectone Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | RPTT&RET $460,000 — from BEURY, VASIL; BEURY, AKSANA to YOUNG, GRACE | $460,000 | |
| 2026-09-09 | Sold for $460,000 | $460,000 | $6,301 |
| 2026-04-07 | RPTT&RET $385,000 — from HOBENSON, WILLIE to CHAN, AMELIA SIU; CHAN, CHUN K | $385,000 | |
| 2026-03-26 | Sold for $385,000 | $385,000 | $5,274 |
| 2026-02-02 | RPTT&RET $550,000 — from ZELTSMAN, LIYA; ZELTSMAN, DANIL; ZELTSMAN, VYACHESLAV to YU, YAJUAN; CHAN, BILLY | $550,000 | |
| 2026-01-27 | Sold for $550,000 | $550,000 | $7,534 |
| 2025-01-29 | RPTT&RET $353,000 — from ZELTSMAN, DANIL; ZELTSMAN, LIYA; ZELTSMAN, VYACHESLAV to WU, ZOEY Z | $353,000 | |
| 2025-01-22 | Sold for $353,000 | $353,000 | $4,836 |
| 2024-11-14 | RPTT&RET $399,000 — from KHARON, ILYA to ZENG, ELAINE HUI; HAU, KAM WAN | $399,000 | |
| 2024-11-07 | Sold for $399,000 | $399,000 | $5,466 |
| 2024-09-10 | RPTT&RET $480,000 — from STEVEN H. LAVE; ESTATE OF STANLEY IRVING LAVE; ESTATE OF MARTIN A. LAVE to WENG, JONATHAN JIN WEI | $480,000 | |
| 2024-09-09 | Sold for $480,000 | $480,000 | $6,575 |
| 2024-04-30 | RPTT&RET $450,000 — from MO, SUI HUA to TRAN, TAI QUEN; CHAU, THI BINH DUT | $450,000 | |
| 2024-04-17 | Sold for $450,000 | $450,000 | $6,164 |
| 2024-04-03 | RPTT&RET $575,000 — from ZHONG, HELEN to CHAN, SAU YEE PETER | $575,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 30 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 33 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 2020 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 36 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 25 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 44 |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 34 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 39 |
Every one of the 690 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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