177 recorded events, 1996–2025, from 8 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 77 311 service requests, 42 HPD housing violations, 28 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 605.3. In ZIP 11421, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% 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 | 27 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 18 class B, 7 class A. Oldest open since 2024-12-31. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
13 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 13).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
12 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (6) · Obstruction (2) · DOOR/WINDOW (2) · Building/Use (1) · Residential Disposal Complaint (1).
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 (1901) |
| 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) | DEF BEAR 86-04 89TH STREET, LLC |
| Head officer | ALEXANDER DEFENDINI |
| Managing agent | ALEXANDER DEFENDINI |
| Last registered | 2025-12-05 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $736,000 | $44,160 |
| 2026 | $871,000 | $52,260 |
| 2027 | $947,000 | $56,820 |
The city's market estimate has risen 29% 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 | 85 St-Forest Pkwy — J · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Woodhaven Blvd — J Z · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Jamaica Av / 88 St — Q56 · 550 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 254 - The Rosa Parks School Middle: J.H.S. 210 Elizabeth Blackwell. 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.
86-04 89 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 |
12 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 6 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: $540,000 on 2006-09-06 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-15 | M&CON $624,373 — from DEFENDINI, ALEXANDER to CENTRAL MORTGAGE COMPANY | $624,373 | |
| 2013-11-08 | M&CON $603,765 — from DEFENDINI, ALEXANDER to CENTRAL MORTGAGE COMPANY | $603,765 | |
| 2006-09-06 | Mortgage $540,000 — from DEFENDINI, ALEXANDER to MERS | $540,000 | |
| 2004-10-06 | Mortgage $444,570 — from DEFENDINI, ALEXANDER to ALLIANCE MORTGAGE BANKING CORP. | $444,570 | |
| 2004-10-06 | DEEDO $449,000 — from SAVAGE-VERDUCCI, JILL; SAVAGE , DOROTHY to DEFENDINI, ALEXANDER | $449,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 2018 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2024 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 19 |
| 2025 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 60 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Every one of the 177 recorded events, 1996–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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