859 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 260 311 service requests, 166 HPD complaints, 122 HPD housing violations.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 74% 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 1.1. In ZIP 11229, 91% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% 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 | 36 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 31 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 1992-01-30. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
10 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 8 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
59 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (44) · HEAT/HOT WATER (5) · Illegal Parking (3) · Sidewalk Condition (1) · Illegal Fireworks (1) · Graffiti (1).
$430,900 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (6 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 (1962) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (113) |
| 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) | THE CASTLE APARTMENT CORP. |
| Head officer | HAIM AZOULAY |
| Managing agent | NARROWS MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2025-08-07 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7,906,000 | $3,557,700 |
| 2026 | $9,028,000 | $4,062,600 |
| 2027 | $9,256,000 | $4,165,200 |
The city's market estimate has risen 17% 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 $2,212,301 a year ($19.63 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,337,749 ($11.87 per sq ft), net operating income $874,552. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 69/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (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.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (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 | Neck Rd — Q · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Coney Island Av / Gravesend Neck Rd — B68 · 750 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 153 Homecrest Middle: J.H.S. 234 Arthur W. Cunningham. 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.
2277 Homecrest 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 |
59 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 5 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 NARROWS MANAGEMENT — 85 buildings, 3,159 units. Grades across the portfolio: A66 · B14 · C5. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 85 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $300,000 on 2019-08-01 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | RPTT&RET $350,000 — from THE BLAU FAMILY TRUST to KOTOV, ANTON; KOTOVA, REGINA | $350,000 | |
| 2026-09-18 | RPTT&RET $325,000 — from LERMAN, MIKHAIL; LERMAN, SVETLANA to BERNATSKY, LENA; FAYNIN, EDWARD | $325,000 | |
| 2026-09-09 | Sold for $350,000 | $350,000 | $3,097 |
| 2026-07-01 | Sold for $325,000 | $325,000 | $2,876 |
| 2026-03-19 | RPTT&RET $500,000 — from PEARLIN, RAISA; PEARLIN, YURY; PEREPLUTCHIK, RAISA; PEREPLUTCHIK, YURY to BUKRINSKY, YANA | $500,000 | |
| 2026-03-09 | Sold for $500,000 | $500,000 | $4,425 |
| 2025-12-30 | RPTT&RET $310,000 — from SOFIYA KRUZHKOVA ESTATE BY VADIM KRUZHKO to BADALYAN, MUSHEGH; BADALYAN, GOHAR | $310,000 | |
| 2025-12-23 | Sold for $310,000 | $310,000 | $2,743 |
| 2025-06-02 | RPTT&RET $365,000 — from COHEN, NORMAN to SHIDLOVSKIY, VALENTIN; SHIDLOVSKIY, KONSTANTIN | $365,000 | |
| 2025-05-27 | Sold for $365,000 | $365,000 | $3,230 |
| 2024-07-29 | RPTT&RET $385,000 — from BERMINGHAM, LYNN to LIUBIY, VOLODYMYR; LIUBA, IVANNA | $385,000 | |
| 2024-07-25 | Sold for $385,000 | $385,000 | $3,407 |
| 2024-06-10 | RPTT&RET $320,000 — from ESTATE OF MICHAEL DORTO to TSVAYGENBOK, LEON; TSVAYGENBOK, ELLA; LENSKAYA, ANNA | $320,000 | |
| 2024-06-10 | RPTT&RET $253,000 — from FISH, DAVID to UROSKINA, SOFIYA; UROSKIN, KONSTANTIN | $253,000 | |
| 2024-06-03 | Sold for $320,000 | $320,000 | $2,832 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 45 |
| 2018 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 42 |
| 2019 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 59 |
| 2020 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 41 |
| 2021 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 43 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 26 |
Every one of the 859 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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