617 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 279 311 service requests, 115 HPD housing violations, 39 DOB permits.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 70% 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 43.8. In ZIP 11224, 81% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% 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 | 95 total — 22 class C (immediately hazardous), 42 class B, 31 class A. Oldest open since 1979-09-13. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$58,830 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
124 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (106) · Electrical (7) · Plumbing (2) · Street Condition (1) · Noise (1) · Street Sign (1).
$1,374,472 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (18 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 (1921) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (21) |
| 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) | RLM REALTY CORP |
| Head officer | MICHAEL A RUSSO |
| Managing agent | RLM REALTY CORP |
| Last registered | 2026-04-02 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,597,000 | $1,168,650 |
| 2026 | $2,634,000 | $1,185,300 |
| 2027 | $2,384,000 | $1,072,800 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | F — did not submit required benchmarking data, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chow Time | Chinese | Not yet graded | Closed by DOHMH on 2026-10-09 |
| Gargiulo's | Italian | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
In the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary flood maps) — lenders typically require flood insurance here.
Hurricane evacuation zone 1 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
In the city's stormwater flood map only under the extreme-storm scenario (3.66 in/hr cloudburst with 2080 sea levels) — an Ida-scale event.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2012 (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 | Coney Island-Stillwell Av — D F N Q · 300 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Mermaid Av / W 15 St — B74 · 200 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 90 Edna Cohen School Middle: I.S. 303 Herbert S. Eisenberg. 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.
1420 Mermaid 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
124 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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: $1,904,400 on 2013-06-05 (lender: U.s.small Business Administration). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-06-05 | Mortgage $1,904,400 — from R.L.M. REALTY CORP. to U.S.SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION | $1,904,400 | |
| 1994-06-09 | Mortgage $350,000 — from R.L.M. REALTY CORP to CHEMICAL BANK | $350,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2021 | 17 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 85 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| 2024 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 28 |
| 2025 | 0 | 6 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 56 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 | 73 | 0 | 4 | 83 |
Every one of the 617 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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