284 recorded events, 1982–2026, from 10 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 141 311 service requests, 68 HPD housing violations, 50 HPD complaints.
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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 627.3. In ZIP 11385, 73% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% 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 | 46 total — 11 class C (immediately hazardous), 23 class B, 12 class A. Oldest open since 1988-07-05. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
51 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (14) · Blocked Driveway (13) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (5) · Illegal Parking (5) · APPLIANCE (2) · DOOR/WINDOW (2).
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 (1920) |
| 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) | Pipitone Properties LLC |
| Head officer | Baldassare Pipitone |
| Managing agent | Baldassare Pipitone |
| Last registered | 2025-04-03 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $526,400 | $236,880 |
| 2026 | $632,000 | $284,400 |
| 2027 | $631,000 | $283,950 |
The city's market estimate has risen 20% 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 | Middle Village-Metropolitan Av — M · 0.7 mi straight-line (about an 18-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Myrtle Av / 71 Pl — Q55 QM24 QM25 QM34 · 950 ft |
| Citi Bike | 65 Pl & Central Ave · 0.5 mi · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 091 Richard Arkwright Middle: P.S./I.S. 119 The Glendale. 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.
70-20 Central 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
51 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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: $20,816 on 1985-06-13 (lender: Maspeth Fed S&l Assn). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-06-13 | Mortgage $20,816 — from PIPITONE, BENNY A/K/A; PIPITONE, BALDASSARE; PIPITONE, JOSEPHINE to MASPETH FED S&L ASSN | $20,816 | |
| 1982-03-25 | Mortgage $30,000 — from PIPITONE, ANTHONY J. to MASPETH FEDERAL S/L/ASSN | $30,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2018 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 19 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 45 |
| 2023 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 64 |
| 2024 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 45 |
| 2025 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 33 |
| 2026 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
Every one of the 284 recorded events, 1982–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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