223 recorded events, 1979–2025, from 8 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 62 311 service requests, 60 HPD housing violations, 51 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 892.7. In ZIP 11429, 89% 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 | 42 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 30 class B, 7 class A. Oldest open since 2023-05-03. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
26 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 10 · winter 2025–26: 14). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
41 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (13) · PAINT/PLASTER (12) · DOOR/WINDOW (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4) · PLUMBING (3) · ELECTRIC (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 (1935) |
| 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).
| Registered owner(s) | Yvonne D Steele |
| Last registered | 2024-06-26 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $753,000 | $45,180 |
| 2026 | $902,000 | $54,120 |
| 2027 | $958,000 | $57,480 |
The city's market estimate has risen 27% 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.
3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2021 (0 in the last three years).
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: Hempstead Av / 217 Ln — Q82 · 450 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 034 John Harvard 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.
218-17 104 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 |
41 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 13 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: $527,000 on 2007-04-12 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-11 | Agreement $522,042 — from STEELE, YVONNE to BANK OF AMERICA NA | $522,042 | |
| 2007-04-12 | Mortgage $527,000 — from STEELE, YVONNE to MERS | $527,000 | |
| 2005-08-31 | Mortgage $445,500 — from STEELE, YVONNE to MERS | $445,500 | |
| 2004-06-09 | Mortgage $399,000 — from STEELE, YVONNE to ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC | $399,000 | |
| 2002-10-11 | Mortgage $322,922 — from STEELE-BARNETT, ANNMARIE; STEELE, YVONNE to DYNAMIC MORTGAGE BANKERS, LTD | $322,922 | |
| 2001-12-28 | Mortgage $16,433 — from BISESAR, SHANAWATTI to HERRA, CURTIS | $16,433 | |
| 1998-11-12 | Mortgage $220,350 — from HEERA, CURTIS to INTERAMERICAN MORTGAGE CORP | $220,350 | |
| 1998-07-02 | Mortgage $50,000 — from RAI, NOONAMATI to MOVTADY, JACOB | $50,000 | |
| 1987-03-11 | Mortgage $107,000 — from REWATIRAMAN, REWARD; RAI, NOONAMATI; REWATIRAMAN, JITNARINE to CITIBANK, N.A. | $107,000 | |
| 1984-06-18 | Mortgage $15,000 — from FELICIEN, FINBAR to NATIONAL WESTMINSTERBK | $15,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2023 | 0 | 40 | 40 |
| 2024 | 0 | 78 | 78 |
| 2025 | 1 | 40 | 41 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Every one of the 223 recorded events, 1979–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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