430 recorded events, 1972–2025, from 8 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 169 311 service requests, 160 HPD complaints, 75 HPD housing violations.
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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 1645.3. In ZIP 11234, 92% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% 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 | 11 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2024-07-23. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
283 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 33 · winter 2024–25: 250). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
165 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (139) · Noise (8) · PLUMBING (6) · PAINT/PLASTER (5) · WATER LEAK (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2).
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 (1960) |
| No | Six or more residential units (2) |
| 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).
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $909,000 | $54,540 |
| 2026 | $913,000 | $54,780 |
| 2027 | $1,058,000 | $63,480 |
The city's market estimate has risen 16% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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.
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.
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Ralph Av / Farragut Rd — B47 · 950 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 208 Elsa Ebeling Middle: I.S. 285 Meyer Levin. 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.
799 East 56 Street
| 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 |
165 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 139 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: $345,000 on 2007-03-06 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-03-06 | Mortgage $345,000 — from WISDOM, DEXTER; WISDOM, ALICE A to MERS | $345,000 | |
| 2007-03-06 | Deed $5,000 — from BARNETT, DONALD to WISDOM, DEXTER A | $5,000 | |
| 2003-06-17 | Mortgage $248,300 — from WISDOM, DEXTER A to ASSOCIATES CONSUMER DISCOUNT COMPANY, IN | $248,300 | |
| 1996-04-19 | Mortgage $224,650 — from BARNETT, DONALD; WISDOM, DEXTER A. to GOLDEN NATIONAL MORTGAGE BANKING CORP | $224,650 | |
| 1985-07-24 | Mortgage $112,000 — from WITTER, RODERICK T; BINNS, ELIZABETH R to EMPBANQUE CAPITAL CORP | $112,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 2024 | 3 | 126 | 129 |
| 2025 | 0 | 250 | 250 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Every one of the 430 recorded events, 1972–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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