3,646 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,590 311 service requests, 917 HPD housing violations, 861 HPD complaints.
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A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 92% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 238. In ZIP 11373, 73% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 113 total — 34 class C (immediately hazardous), 53 class B, 26 class A. Oldest open since 2019-01-29. |
| Pending HPD litigation | 1 case(s) pending in housing court |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
35 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 14 · winter 2024–25: 12 · winter 2025–26: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
2 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$30,800 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
858 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (584) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (61) · WATER LEAK (34) · Panhandling (24) · PAINT/PLASTER (20) · HEAT/HOT WATER (16).
$84,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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 (1930) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (65) |
| 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) | SG 4215 LLC |
| Head officer | LARRY MALITZKY |
| Managing agent | SMRC MGMT LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-09-24 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,640,000 | $2,538,000 |
| 2026 | $6,451,000 | $2,902,950 |
| 2027 | $5,980,000 | $2,691,000 |
The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 | Elmhurst Av — M R · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 82 St-Jackson Hts — 7 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / 78 St — Q53-SBS · 850 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | 82 St & Broadway · 600 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 007 Louis F. Simeone Middle: I.S. 5 - The Walter Crowley Intermediate School. 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.
42-25 Layton 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 |
858 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 16 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 SMRC MGMT LLC — 27 buildings, 1,495 units. Grades across the portfolio: A2 · B17 · C6 · D2. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 455 Schenectady Avenue | BK | 108 | D |
| 1809 Albemarle Road | BK | 106 | D |
| 913 Park Place | BK | 78 | B |
| 602 Ocean Parkway | BK | 78 | B |
| 901 80 Street | BK | 77 | B |
| 815 East 14 Street | BK | 72 | B |
| 159 Eastern Parkway | BK | 72 | B |
| 305 Ocean Avenue | BK | 72 | B |
| 97 Brooklyn Avenue | BK | 71 | B |
| 42-25 Layton Street | QN | 65 | C |
| 464 Clinton Avenue | BK | 63 | B |
| 436 Eastern Parkway | BK | 60 | C |
| 73 St Pauls Place | BK | 59 | B |
| 39 Turner Place | BK | 56 | C |
| 42-15 Layton Street | QN | 53 | C |
| 74 Arlington Avenue | BK | 53 | B |
| 3026 Brighton 14 Street | BK | 53 | B |
| 244 Rogers Avenue | BK | 47 | B |
| 2540 Ocean Avenue | BK | 38 | B |
| 267 Lincoln Place | BK | 32 | A |
| 446 St Johns Place | BK | 32 | B |
| 326 St Johns Place | BK | 32 | B |
| 286 Eastern Parkway | BK | 30 | C |
| 2818 Foster Avenue | BK | 24 | C |
| 1101 Union Street | BK | 24 | A |
| 96 Hart Street | BK | 20 | B |
| 515 Clinton Avenue | BK | 20 | B |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,237,583 on 2004-11-30 (lender: Independence Community 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-11-30 | Mortgage $1,237,583 — from LAYTON, LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $1,237,583 | |
| 2004-11-30 | Agreement $3,000,000 — from LAYTON, LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $3,000,000 | |
| 1999-11-15 | Mortgage $374,114 — from LAYTON LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY REALTY CORP | $374,114 | |
| 1994-08-04 | Mortgage $483,064 — from STERNKLAR, JACK; GALLANT, STANLEY to INDEPENDENCE SAVINGSBANK | $483,064 | |
| 1991-02-13 | Mortgage $662,678 — from GALLANT, STANLEY; STERNKLAR, JACK to EAST NEW YORK SAVS BK | $662,678 | |
| 1985-08-05 | Mortgage $1,058,200 — from GALLANT, STANLEY; STERNKLAR, JACK to SEAMEN'S BK FOR SAVSFSB | $1,058,200 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 226 | 1 | 231 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 2 | 72 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 3 | 103 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 94 | 1 | 98 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 187 | 2 | 191 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 192 | 1 | 196 |
| 2023 | 1 | 7 | 223 | 1 | 232 |
| 2024 | 1 | 12 | 350 | 2 | 365 |
| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 583 | 7 | 597 |
| 2026 | 7 | 6 | 409 | 6 | 428 |
Every one of the 3,646 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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