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552 Seneca Avenue

278Records
15City systems
22Open violations
33.3Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11385 · Neighborhood: Ridgewood
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278 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 116 311 service requests, 34 HPD housing violations, 30 HPD complaints.

BoroughQueens 11385
Built1930
Floors2
Res. units3
ClassS3
Owner (PLUTO)552 SENECA ENTERPRISES, INC.
BBL4034370029
BIN4082084

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 93% 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 33.3. In ZIP 11385, 73% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations22 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 19 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 1987-04-07.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

31 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Blocked Driveway (7) · Food Establishment (7) · Illegal Parking (5) · Noise (2) · Food Poisoning (2) · Consumer Complaint (2).

Filed construction activity

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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1930)
NoSix or more residential units (3)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)552 SENECA ENTERPRISE
Head officerDULCE E SURIEL
Managing agentRICARDO PENA
Last registered2025-10-23

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$710,000 $319,500
2026$852,000 $383,400
2027$1,022,000 $459,900

The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Estrella Del MarSpanishA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

2 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick)
7 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Food Contains Foreign Object) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

SubwaySeneca Av — M · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
DeKalb Av — L · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Seneca Av / Bleecker St — B38 · 100 ft
Citi BikeMenahan St & Seneca Ave · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: 305, 81
Middle: I.S. 093 Ridgewood. 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.

Report a problem to 311

552 Seneca Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

31 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $499,900 on 2009-04-07 (lender: The Dime Savings Bank Of Williamsburgh). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2014-12-26AL&R $400,000 — from 552 SENECA ENTERPRISES, INC. to FLUSHING BANK $400,000
2014-12-26Agreement $400,000 — from 552 SENECA ENTERPRISES, INC. to FLUSHING BANK $400,000
2009-04-07AL&R $499,900 — from 552 SENECA ENTERPRISES, INC. to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $499,900
2009-04-07Mortgage $499,900 — from 552 SENECA ENTERPRISES, INC. to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $499,900
2009-04-07Deed $700,000 — from TECHNICAL DIMENSION AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR CE to 552 SENECA ENTERPRISES, INC. $700,000
2006-02-23Deed $841,000 — from TAM , KWON OI; TAM , SUI CHU; THE ESTATE OF KWOK CHI TAM; TAM , YIN OY to TECHNICAL DIMENSION AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR CE $841,000
2006-02-23AL&R $540,000 — from GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. to TECHNICAL DIMENSION AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR CE $540,000
2006-02-23Mortgage $540,000 — from TECHNICAL DIMENSION AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR CE to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. $540,000

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20174110419
201805218
201903014
202005005
20210240125
20220180119
20231170422
20240230124
202516029
202613026
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The full timeline

Construction 17Enforcement 17Housing & tenants 188Ownership & money 17Health & systems 39

Every one of the 278 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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