153 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 10 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 54 311 service requests, 21 HPD housing violations, 19 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 316.7. In ZIP 11427, 93% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% 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 | 12 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 10 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2022-04-01. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$18,750 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
27 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (6) · Illegal Parking (5) · General Construction/Plumbing (4) · HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · Building/Use (2) · WATER LEAK (1).
$307,150 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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.
| No | Built before 1974 (1975) |
| No | Six or more residential units (2) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
0 of 3 signals present. None of the common signals are present — stabilization is unlikely (though never impossible). The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | LEENA VARKEY |
| Managing agent | LEENA VARKEY |
| Last registered | 2025-12-15 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,121,000 | $67,260 |
| 2026 | $1,053,000 | $63,180 |
| 2027 | $1,009,000 | $60,540 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 10% 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.
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Braddock Av / 224 St — Q1 · 400 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 033 Edward M. Funk Middle: Jean Nuzzi 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.
89-29 Pontiac 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 |
27 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 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: $447,600 on 2008-07-01 (lender: First United Mortgage Banking). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-07-01 | Mortgage $447,600 — from VARKEY, LEENA to FIRST UNITED MORTGAGE BANKING | $447,600 | |
| 2007-12-19 | Mortgage $280,000 — from VARKEY, LEENA to MERS, INC. | $280,000 | |
| 2007-01-12 | Mortgage $170,000 — from VARKEY, LEENA to MERS, INC. | $170,000 | |
| 2006-05-09 | Mortgage $110,000 — from 89-29 PONTIAC STREET ASSOCIATES, LLC to MERS | $110,000 | |
| 1994-11-30 | Mortgage $50,000 — from VARKEY, ALEYAMMA to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK | $50,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 39 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Every one of the 153 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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