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238 York Avenue

1,460Records
17City systems
40Open violations
1429.5Penalty rate
Staten Island · ZIP 10301 · Neighborhood: St. George-New Brighton
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1,460 recorded events, 1990–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 538 HPD complaints, 468 311 service requests, 302 HPD housing violations.

BoroughStaten Island 10301
Built1931
Floors3
Res. units4
ClassC3
Owner (PLUTO)238 YORK LLC
BBL5000530070
BIN5001253, 5142301, 5166933

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GRADE F

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 1429.5. In ZIP 10301, 85% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations40 total — 29 class C (immediately hazardous), 9 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2019-12-12.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

225 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 205). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
2
’24–25
205
’25–26

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$7,490 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

202 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (106) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (19) · FLOORING/STAIRS (18) · GENERAL (10) · Electrical (6) · ELECTRIC (5).

Filed construction activity

$12,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1931)
NoSix or more residential units (4)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)YORK PROSPECT CORNER LLC
Head officerMOHAMED ASSKR
Managing agentYORK PROSPECT CORNER LLC
Last registered2025-09-11

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$510,000 $229,500
2026$612,000 $275,400
2027$547,000 $246,150

The city's market estimate has risen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Flood exposure

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.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2012 (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.

Getting around

Staten Island RailwayTompkinsville — SIR · 0.7 mi straight-line (about a 19-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Jersey St / Pauw St — S42 S52 · 300 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 031 William T. Davis
Middle: I.S. 061 William A Morris. 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.

Report a problem to 311

238 York Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

202 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 106 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-07-22RPTT $1,090,000 — from YORK PROSPECT CORNER LLC to 238 YORK LLC $1,090,000
2026-05-27Sold for $1,090,000 $1,090,000 $272,500
2010-03-23RPTT $220,000 — from FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION to ASSKR, MOHAMMES A $220,000
2010-02-23RPTT $454,433 — from STEPHEN A. GALLO, ESQ. AS REFEREE to FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION $454,433

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & money
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyTotal
20170264066
20180367070
20194111830198
20200176077
2021011100111
20220172073
20230113014
20240284086
20252192790300
20260101152127
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The full timeline

Construction 12Enforcement 78Housing & tenants 1,351Ownership & money 5Health & systems 14

Every one of the 1,460 recorded events, 1990–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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