2,316 recorded events, 1993–2026, from 8 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,100 311 service requests, 1,073 HPD complaints, 128 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 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 3373.3. In ZIP 11214, 75% 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
| Open HPD violations | 110 total — 48 class C (immediately hazardous), 53 class B, 9 class A. Oldest open since 2021-04-06. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
167 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 139 · winter 2025–26: 18). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
1,089 service requests in the last three years. Most common: PLUMBING (529) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (181) · FLOORING/STAIRS (94) · GENERAL (94) · HEAT/HOT WATER (82) · APPLIANCE (36).
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 (1901) |
| No | Six or more residential units (3) |
| 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).
| Registered owner(s) | JOE DIMATTIA |
| Last registered | 2022-08-23 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,361,000 | $81,660 |
| 2026 | $1,278,000 | $76,680 |
| 2027 | $1,655,000 | $99,300 |
The city's market estimate has risen 22% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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.
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 | 20 Av — D · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Bath Av / 20 Av — B64 · 200 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.
8772 20 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 |
1,089 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 82 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: $250,000 on 2013-03-13 (recorded via MERS, the industry registry; the lender is not named on the record). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-03-13 | Mortgage $250,000 — from DIMATTIA, JOSEPH to MERS | $250,000 | |
| 2011-04-29 | Mortgage $250,000 — from DIMATTIA, JOSEPH to SOVEREIGN BANK | $250,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2,136 | 0 | 2,138 |
| 2026 | 0 | 138 | 2 | 140 |
Every one of the 2,316 recorded events, 1993–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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