342 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 163 311 service requests, 39 DOB complaints, 38 DOB permits.
Full record, year by year Support this site
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (2) · Street Sign (1) · Food Establishment (1) · Sewer (1) · Noise (1).
$501,582 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (8 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.
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,142,000 | $513,900 |
| 2026 | $1,032,000 | $464,400 |
| 2027 | $1,128,000 | $507,600 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taco Express | Tex-Mex | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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: Hillside Av / 250 St — Q43 · 400 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 133 The Bellerose School of Excellence Middle: Irwin Altman Middle School 172. 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.
251-12 Hillside Avenue
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
6 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,070,000 on 2021-07-19 (lender: Velocity Commercial Capital, LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-19 | Deed $3,250,000 — from CHOKSHI BROTHERS LLC to HILLSIDE ESSEN REALTY ONE LLC; HILLSIDE ESSEN REALTY TWO LLC | $3,250,000 | |
| 2021-07-19 | Mortgage $2,070,000 — from HILLSIDE ESSEN REALTY TWO LLC; HILLSIDE ESSEN REALTY ONE LLC to VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, LLC | $2,070,000 | |
| 2021-06-17 | Sold for $3,250,000 | $3,250,000 | $1,083,333 |
| 2021-02-25 | Sold for $3,300,000 | $3,300,000 | $1,100,000 |
| 2016-05-24 | M&CON $1,900,000 — from CHOKSHI BROTHERS LLC to BETHPAGE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | $1,900,000 | |
| 2016-05-24 | AL&R $1,900,000 — from CHOKSHI BROTHERS LLC to BETHPAGE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | $1,900,000 | |
| 2008-01-29 | Deed $2,700,000 — from SECURITY REAL ESTATE LLC to CHOKSHI BROTHERS LLC | $2,700,000 | |
| 2008-01-29 | Mortgage $2,100,000 — from CHOKSHI BROTHERS LLC to SECURITY REAL ESTATE LLC | $2,100,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 27 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Every one of the 342 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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