175 recorded events, 2000–2026, from 10 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 60 HPD housing violations, 55 311 service requests, 32 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 629.3. In ZIP 11414, 92% 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 | 42 total — 13 class C (immediately hazardous), 15 class B, 14 class A. Oldest open since 2025-02-15. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
16 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 14 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
25 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (5) · Noise (3) · DOOR/WINDOW (2) · PLUMBING (2) · WATER LEAK (2).
$112,952 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (2001) |
| No | Six or more residential units (3) |
| 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).
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $988,000 | $59,280 |
| 2026 | $1,184,000 | $71,040 |
| 2027 | $1,306,000 | $78,360 |
The city's market estimate has risen 32% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER
In the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary flood maps) — lenders typically require flood insurance here.
Hurricane evacuation zone 1 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
In the city's stormwater flood map only under the extreme-storm scenario (3.66 in/hr cloudburst with 2080 sea levels) — an Ida-scale event.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2014 (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.
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 232 Lindenwood Middle: J.H.S. 202 Robert H. Goddard. 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.
155-39 Sapphire 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 |
25 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 7 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: $150,000 on 2019-07-16 (lender: Hometap). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-16 | Mortgage $150,000 — from ELMASRI, MOHEIELDIN to HOMETAP | $150,000 | |
| 2006-04-24 | Mortgage $726,750 — from ELMASRI, MOHEIELDIN to MERS | $726,750 | |
| 2004-06-03 | Mortgage $150,000 — from ELMASRI, MOHEIELDIN I to FLEET NATIONAL BANK | $150,000 | |
| 2003-01-03 | Mortgage $448,000 — from ELMASRI, MOHEIELDIN to MERS | $448,000 | |
| 2002-12-26 | Mortgage $56,000 — from ELMASRI, MOHEIELDIN to ALLIANCE MTGE BANKING CORP | $56,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 85 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Every one of the 175 recorded events, 2000–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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