225 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 64 311 service requests, 41 HPD housing violations, 38 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
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A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% 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 110. In ZIP 11372, 71% of residential buildings hold an A and 7% 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 | 15 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 8 class A. Oldest open since 1986-01-07. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
8 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
14 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (4) · Noise (4) · Illegal Parking (4) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (1).
$2,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1926) |
| No | Six or more residential units (3) |
| 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).
| Registered owner(s) | SEBAS REALTY CORP |
| Head officer | OSCAR FRANCO |
| Managing agent | OSCAR FRANCO |
| Last registered | 2025-11-26 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,560,000 | $702,000 |
| 2026 | $1,604,000 | $721,800 |
| 2027 | $1,689,000 | $760,050 |
The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cositas Ricas | Latin American | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
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 | 82 St-Jackson Hts — 7 · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 74 St-Broadway — 7 E F M R · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 81 St / Roosevelt Av — Q32 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | 79 St & Roosevelt Ave · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: 222 (K-2), 69 (K-5) Middle: I.S. 230. 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.
79-19 Roosevelt 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 |
14 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 4 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: $1,080,000 on 2012-01-20 (lender: Ponce De Leon Federal Bank), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-02-07 | Agreement $942,766 — from SEBAS REALTY CORP.; EL PALACIO DE LOS FRISOLES, INC. to PONCE BANK | $942,766 | |
| 2012-01-20 | Mortgage $1,080,000 — from SEBAS REALTY CORP.; EL PALACIO DE LOS FRISOLES, INC. to PONCE DE LEON FEDERAL BANK | $1,080,000 | |
| 1998-03-09 | Mortgage $55,000 — from SEBAS REALTY CORP to GARCIA, LUZ MARINA | $55,000 | |
| 1998-03-09 | Mortgage $365,000 — from SEBAS REALTY CORP to PONCE DE LEON FEDERAL BANK | $365,000 | |
| 1994-03-09 | Mortgage $71,500 — from GARCIA, VICTOR to BARRETO, ALBERTO; BARRETO, EDILMA | $71,500 | |
| 1990-07-16 | Mortgage $300,000 — from GARCIA, VICTOR to MASPETH FED S&L ASSN | $300,000 | |
| 1989-03-13 | Mortgage $71,500 — from GARCIA, VICTOR to BARRETO, ALBERTO SR | $71,500 | |
| 1987-04-09 | Mortgage $15,000 — from GARCIA, MARINA; GARCIA, VICTOR to RUSSELL, KEYES & COINC | $15,000 | |
| 1986-01-27 | Mortgage $18,750 — from GARCIA, MARINA; GARCIA, VICTOR to RUSSELL KEYES & CO INC | $18,750 | |
| 1984-11-08 | Mortgage $56,250 — from GARCIA, VICTOR to ANDREADIS, NIKOS | $56,250 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Every one of the 225 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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