2,755 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,045 HPD complaints, 864 311 service requests, 317 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 87% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 46.3. In ZIP 11230, 82% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 285 total — 26 class C (immediately hazardous), 162 class B, 97 class A. Oldest open since 1988-01-06. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
173 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 78 · winter 2024–25: 88 · winter 2025–26: 7). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$21,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
237 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (86) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (26) · Elevator (13) · DOOR/WINDOW (13) · PAINT/PLASTER (12) · Noise (12).
$404,949 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 (1941) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (129) |
| 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) | WATERFALL APTS INC. |
| Head officer | SAUL FRIEDMAN |
| Managing agent | NEW BEDFORD MANAGEMENT CORP. |
| Last registered | 2025-09-04 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $10,621,000 | $4,779,450 |
| 2026 | $11,027,000 | $4,962,150 |
| 2027 | $11,638,000 | $5,237,100 |
The city's market estimate has risen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · 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 $2,514,402 a year ($16.83 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,130,958 ($7.57 per sq ft), net operating income $1,383,444. 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 71/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 10) |
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.
3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2013 (1 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 | Avenue J — Q · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Avenue J / E 16 St — B6 B11 · 650 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: 152, 315 Middle: 14, 78, 234, 278. 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.
1602 Avenue I
| 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 |
237 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 86 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: $300,000 on 2019-08-26 (lender: National Consumer Cooperative 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-03 | RPTT&RET $500,000 — from THE CHARLES SCHUSTER AND FLORA SCHUSTER ; PAUL H. SCHUSTER, TRUSTEE to MALDONADO SUAREZ, JOSE GABRIEL; FONTANEZ RODRIGUEZ, CRISTINA | $500,000 | |
| 2026-07-28 | Sold for $500,000 | $500,000 | $3,876 |
| 2026-03-25 | RPTT&RET $685,000 — from THE KLEIN 1989 SURVIVOR'S TRUST to NEWMAN, ROBERTA; SOYER, DANIEL | $685,000 | |
| 2026-03-24 | Sold for $685,000 | $685,000 | $5,310 |
| 2026-03-04 | RPTT&RET $600,000 — from MARKH, LEONID; MARKH, BORIS; MARKH, ALLA to CHU, ANNA STACEY; VAN HEEL, DEREK | $600,000 | |
| 2026-03-02 | Sold for $600,000 | $600,000 | $4,651 |
| 2025-07-30 | RPTT&RET $382,500 — from SHEA, DANIEL V. to BICKEL, LAYLA ESCH | $382,500 | |
| 2025-07-22 | Sold for $382,500 | $382,500 | $2,965 |
| 2024-12-04 | RPTT&RET $310,000 — from PESOCHINSKY, MICHAEL to GAVALETZ, MARIA LISA | $310,000 | |
| 2024-11-22 | Sold for $310,000 | $310,000 | $2,403 |
| 2024-11-19 | RPTT&RET $250,000 — from LAMPNER, SHMUEL to RYDER, VIVIEN | $250,000 | |
| 2024-11-07 | Sold for $250,000 | $250,000 | $1,938 |
| 2024-08-16 | RPTT&RET $178,000 — from BOLDYREV, AS SURVIVING TENANT, GENNADIY; BOLDYREV, GENNADIY to KAHAN, GARY; KAHAN, TEHILAH | $178,000 | |
| 2024-08-15 | Sold for $178,000 | $178,000 | $1,380 |
| 2024-04-18 | RPTT&RET $352,000 — from GOLDFISCHER, ALAN B; AUGENBAUM, SUSAN to 1620 AVE I UNIT 410 LLC | $352,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 107 | 7 | 0 | 118 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 72 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 49 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 54 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 37 |
| 2022 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 144 | 2 | 180 |
| 2023 | 1 | 10 | 157 | 2 | 2 | 172 |
| 2024 | 2 | 12 | 196 | 14 | 2 | 226 |
| 2025 | 1 | 11 | 166 | 4 | 1 | 183 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 | 91 | 6 | 2 | 104 |
Every one of the 2,755 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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