1,912 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 630 311 service requests, 592 HPD housing violations, 506 HPD complaints.
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A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 94% 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 289. 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 | 98 total — 37 class C (immediately hazardous), 43 class B, 18 class A. Oldest open since 2016-10-09. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
105 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 39 · winter 2024–25: 28 · winter 2025–26: 34). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$17,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
226 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (58) · HEAT/HOT WATER (52) · Noise (17) · PAINT/PLASTER (17) · PLUMBING (12) · WATER LEAK (10).
$70,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1931) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (53) |
| 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 | ROBIN GALLANT |
| Managing agent | SMRC MGMT |
| Last registered | 2025-09-24 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,630,000 | $2,083,500 |
| 2026 | $4,724,000 | $2,125,800 |
| 2027 | $4,651,000 | $2,092,950 |
The city's market estimate has risen 0% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 37/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| 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 · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 82 St-Jackson Hts — 7 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / 78 St — Q53-SBS · 750 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | 41 Ave & 80 St · 650 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.
42-15 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 |
226 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 52 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: $374,114 on 1999-11-15 (lender: Independence Community Realty Corp), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | 95 | 2 | 97 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 52 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 39 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 2 | 129 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 125 | 3 | 129 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 191 | 3 | 197 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 136 | 2 | 142 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 | 317 | 7 | 333 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 | 206 | 3 | 218 |
Every one of the 1,912 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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