5,274 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 2,754 311 service requests, 1,617 HPD complaints, 781 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
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 2146.7. In ZIP 11373, 73% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% 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 | 224 total — 51 class C (immediately hazardous), 126 class B, 47 class A. Oldest open since 2011-01-08. |
| Alternative Enforcement | currently in HPD's worst-buildings program |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
585 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 585).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
505 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (291) · Noise (151) · Encampment (29) · PLUMBING (19) · DOOR/WINDOW (7) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3).
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 (1942) |
| 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) | REBECA CERECEDO |
| Managing agent | REBECA CERECEDO |
| Last registered | 2015-07-14 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,427,000 | $85,620 |
| 2026 | $1,405,000 | $84,300 |
| 2027 | $1,480,000 | $88,800 |
The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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 | 90 St-Elmhurst Av — 7 · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Citi Bike | Benham St & Roosevelt Ave · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 019 Marino Jeantet Middle: I.S. 73 - The Frank Sansivieri 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.
40-26 Benham 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 |
505 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 291 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: $575,000 on 2007-06-28 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-06-28 | Mortgage $575,000 — from CERECEDO, REBECA; CERECEDO, JAVIER to MERS | $575,000 | |
| 2006-10-20 | Mortgage $420,000 — from CERECEDO, JAVIER; CERECEDO, REBECA to GOLDEN FIRST MORTGAGE CORP. | $420,000 | |
| 2004-10-28 | Mortgage $315,000 — from CREECEDO, JAVIER; CERECEDO, REBECA to DBA AAMES HOME LOAN; AAMES FUNDING CORPORATION | $315,000 | |
| 2002-02-06 | Mortgage $209,000 — from CERECEDO, JAVIER to ''MERS AS NOMINEE''; FULL SPECTRUM LENDING INC | $209,000 | |
| 2000-04-26 | Mortgage $150,000 — from CERECEDO, JAVIER to DELTA FUNDING CORPORATION | $150,000 | |
| 1999-06-28 | Mortgage $110,000 — from CERECEDO, JAVIER; CERECEDO, REBECA to AMERIQUEST MORTGAGECOMPANY | $110,000 | |
| 1998-04-08 | Mortgage $76,093 — from CERECEDO, JAVIER to ASSOCIATES CONSUMERDISCOUNT CO INC | $76,093 | |
| 1996-12-13 | Mortgage $44,000 — from CERECEDO, JAVIER to RESOURC ONE CONSUMERDISCOUNT CO INC; RECORE ONE MORTGAGECORP | $44,000 | |
| 1985-07-16 | Mortgage $7,000 — from CERECEDO, JAVIER to BANK OF COMMERCE | $7,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 335 | 0 | 335 |
| 2018 | 0 | 179 | 1 | 180 |
| 2019 | 1 | 256 | 2 | 259 |
| 2020 | 3 | 201 | 0 | 204 |
| 2021 | 4 | 509 | 0 | 513 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1,073 | 4 | 1,080 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1,263 | 0 | 1,265 |
| 2024 | 1 | 408 | 0 | 409 |
| 2025 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2026 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
Every one of the 5,274 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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