435 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 8 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 154 311 service requests, 129 HPD housing violations, 118 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
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 1297.3. In ZIP 11412, 88% 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 | 118 total — 31 class C (immediately hazardous), 79 class B, 8 class A. Oldest open since 2010-08-04. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
43 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 19 · winter 2025–26: 18). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$6,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
72 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (15) · PLUMBING (13) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (7) · PAINT/PLASTER (6) · SAFETY (6) · WATER LEAK (6).
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 (1930) |
| No | Six or more residential units (2) |
| 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).
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $795,000 | $47,700 |
| 2026 | $820,000 | $49,200 |
| 2027 | $740,000 | $44,400 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 7% 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.
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 036 Saint Albans School Middle: I.S. 059 Springfield Gardens. 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.
186-20 Murdock 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 |
72 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 15 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: $89,000 on 2005-12-22 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-06 | M&CON $491,216 — from PHRPHETE, THASIA CHIN to HSBC BANK USA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $491,216 | |
| 2010-03-21 | M&CON $402,405 — from PROPHETE, THASIA C to WELLS FARGO BANK | $402,405 | |
| 2005-12-22 | Mortgage $356,000 — from PROPHETE, THASIA CHIN to MERS | $356,000 | |
| 2005-12-22 | Deed $445,000 — from MCGRADY, ROY; MCGRADY, RUTH to PROPHETE, THASIA CHIN | $445,000 | |
| 2005-12-22 | Mortgage $89,000 — from PROPHETE, THASIA CHIN to MERS | $89,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 86 | 0 | 87 |
| 2023 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 36 |
| 2024 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 86 |
| 2025 | 2 | 93 | 3 | 98 |
| 2026 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
Every one of the 435 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
Explore: ZIP 11412 · Landlord rankings · How grades work · The map · The Mice Map