1,045 recorded events, 1978–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 286 311 service requests, 235 HPD complaints, 130 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 54% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 19.6. In ZIP 11691, 77% of residential buildings hold an A and 8% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 44 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 36 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 1987-06-16. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
26 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 22). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
26 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (13) · Illegal Parking (3) · Street Condition (3) · Noise (2) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1).
$400,726 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (14 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1966) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (85) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | 833 CENTRAL OWNER'S CORP |
| Head officer | Michael Malek |
| Managing agent | MALEK MANAGEMENT CORP |
| Last registered | 2025-12-02 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $6,797,000 | $3,058,650 |
| 2026 | $7,468,000 | $3,360,600 |
| 2027 | $7,885,000 | $3,548,250 |
The city's market estimate has risen 16% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2021 estimate: gross income $1,745,580 a year ($19.02 per sq ft), operating expenses $845,257 ($9.21 per sq ft), net operating income $900,323. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 63/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9) |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 1 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
17 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2013 (1 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.
| Subway | Far Rockaway-Mott Av — A · 0.6 mi straight-line (about a 16-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Central Av / Virginia St — Q113 · 250 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: The Randolph Holder School for Social Justice Middle: 53, 319. 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.
833 Central 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 |
26 311 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.
Managed by MALEK MANAGEMENT CORP — 2 buildings, 128 units. Grades across the portfolio: A1 · C1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 833 Central Avenue | QN | 85 | A |
| 390 Parkside Avenue | BK | 43 | C |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $100,000 on 2020-03-09 (lender: New York Community Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | RPTT&RET $325,000 — from NAFTALI Z. DEMBITZER, AS TRUSTEE; MIRIAM DEMBITZER REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST to EDELMAN, MICHAEL; EDELMAN, SUSAN | $325,000 | |
| 2026-02-05 | Sold for $325,000 | $325,000 | $3,824 |
| 2026-01-23 | RPTT&RET $200,000 — from SOSA, SUZY to CHARACH, DANIEL; YEHUDIS GALLIS, JENNIFER | $200,000 | |
| 2026-01-15 | Sold for $200,000 | $200,000 | $2,353 |
| 2025-12-29 | RPTT&RET $455,000 — from KRASNOW, NAOMI; KRASNOW, AVI to BROWN, SIDNEY; BROWN, ESTHER | $455,000 | |
| 2025-12-10 | Sold for $455,000 | $455,000 | $5,353 |
| 2025-10-02 | RPTT&RET $310,000 — from ISAAC MISHKOWITZ 2021 FAMILY TRUST; ESTHER MISHKOWITZ 2021 FAMILY TRUST to PERLYSKY, ATARA; DERSHOWITZ, SHALOM | $310,000 | |
| 2025-09-23 | RPTT&RET $290,000 — from GARRON, WENDY to CHKLS LLC | $290,000 | |
| 2025-09-19 | RPTT&RET $452,000 — from KRASNOW, AVI; KRASNOW, NAOMI to AVROM BALSAM, TRUSTEE; RIVELLA ROHR IRREVOCABLE TRUST | $452,000 | |
| 2025-09-17 | Sold for $310,000 | $310,000 | $3,647 |
| 2025-09-05 | Sold for $290,000 | $290,000 | $3,412 |
| 2025-07-21 | RPTT&RET $199,999 — from ESTATE OF HARVEY A. PORTER; DAWN TSUSHIMA, ADMINISTRATOR to BLOOM, HILARY; BLOOM, TERRANCE | $199,999 | |
| 2025-07-15 | Sold for $199,999 | $199,999 | $2,353 |
| 2025-05-19 | RPTT&RET $330,000 — from FLEGMANN, SARA to LIEBER, MIRIAM | $330,000 | |
| 2025-05-09 | Sold for $330,000 | $330,000 | $3,882 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 36 |
| 2018 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 18 | 1 | 72 |
| 2019 | 2 | 11 | 112 | 2 | 1 | 128 |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 43 |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 62 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 58 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 29 |
| 2024 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 42 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 56 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
Every one of the 1,045 recorded events, 1978–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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