534 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 159 311 service requests, 59 DOB violations, 54 DOB permits.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 61% 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 2. In ZIP 11223, 79% 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 | 19 total — 8 class C (immediately hazardous), 8 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 1999-10-15. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$7,560 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
71 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (23) · Noise (7) · Sidewalk Condition (7) · Air Quality (6) · General Construction/Plumbing (5) · Street Sweeping Complaint (3).
$5,456,785 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (20 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 (1960) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (125) |
| 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) | HIGHLAWN TERRACE INC |
| Head officer | ANTOINETTE BLANKINSHIP |
| Managing agent | METRO MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT, INC |
| Last registered | 2025-11-13 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $13,179,000 | $5,930,550 |
| 2026 | $13,436,000 | $6,046,200 |
| 2027 | $13,962,000 | $6,282,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: MITCHELL-LAMA
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $3,191,309 a year ($28.15 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,468,116 ($12.95 per sq ft), net operating income $1,723,194. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 9/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 10) |
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 | Avenue U — N · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Kings Hwy — F · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Avenue U / W 5 St — B3 · 0.2 mi |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 215 Morris H. Weiss Middle: I.S. 228 David A. Boody. 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.
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| 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 |
71 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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 METRO MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT — 178 buildings, 46,381 units. Grades across the portfolio: A122 · B48 · C4 · D1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 178 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,509,000 on 2024-06-13 (lender: The City Of New York, Acting By And Through Its). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-13 | Mortgage $2,509,000 — from HIGHLAWN TERRACE INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ACTING BY AND THRO | $2,509,000 | |
| 2024-06-13 | AL&R $4,284,873 — from HIGHLAWN TERRACE INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ACTING BY AND THRO | $4,284,873 | |
| 2024-06-13 | Mortgage $1,775,873 — from HIGHLAWN TERRACE INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ACTING BY AND THRO | $1,775,873 | |
| 2017-08-08 | AL&R $600,000 — from HIGHLAWN TERRACE INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $600,000 | |
| 2017-08-08 | Mortgage $600,000 — from HIGHLAWN TERRACE INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $600,000 | |
| 2010-04-06 | Mortgage $249,379 — from HIGHLAWN TERRACE INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $249,379 | |
| 2006-01-26 | M&CON $420,000 — from HIGHLAWN TERRACE INC. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $420,000 | |
| 2006-01-26 | AL&R $420,000 — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK to HIGHLAWN TERRACE INC. | $420,000 | |
| 2002-07-23 | Mortgage $1,334,666 — from HIGHLAWN TERRACE INC to CITY OF NEW YORK | $1,334,666 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 28 |
| 2018 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| 2019 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 27 |
| 2022 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 38 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
| 2024 | 24 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 27 | 92 |
| 2025 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 29 | 71 |
| 2026 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 43 |
Every one of the 534 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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