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55 Palmer Avenue

151Records
13City systems
0Open violations
34.7Penalty rate
Staten Island · ZIP 10302 · Neighborhood: Port Richmond
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151 recorded events, 1991–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 57 311 service requests, 32 HPD complaints, 28 DOB complaints.

BoroughStaten Island 10302
Built1940
Floors2.5
Res. units2
ClassB2
Owner (PLUTO)DONGAN VENTURES LLC
BBL5010290027
BIN5024117

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 93% 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 34.7. In ZIP 10302, 86% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% 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

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

Patterns

4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).

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

What 311 hears from this address

14 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · Water Maintenance (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Sidewalk Condition (1) · Dirty Condition (1) · Illegal Parking (1).

Filed construction activity

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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1940)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
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)DONGAN VENTURES LLC
Head officerGARY GRINBERG
Managing agentGRINBERG MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT LLC
Last registered2025-08-28

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$530,000 $31,800
2026$637,000 $38,220
2027$716,000 $42,960

The city's market estimate has risen 35% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

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.

Getting around

BusNearest boarding stop: Post Av / Decker Av — S44 S57 S94 · 200 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 022 Graniteville
Middle: I.S. 051 Edwin Markham. 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

55 Palmer 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

14 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by GRINBERG MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT LLC — 151 buildings, 467 units. Grades across the portfolio: A71 · B20 · C28 · D25 · F5. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
77 Stone Lane SI110 A
275 Maple Parkway SI56 A
128 Port Richmond Avenue SI10 B
305 Gordon Street SI4 D
60 Holland Avenue SI4 C
113 Westervelt Avenue SI4 C
99 Wright Street SI4 A
25 Port Richmond Avenue SI4 C
132 Hendricks Avenue SI3 D
21 Stanley Avenue SI3 F
32 Broad Street SI3 F
122 Targee Street SI3 A
14 Linden Avenue SI3 A
310 York Avenue SI3 A
96 Taft Avenue SI3 B
514 Jersey Street SI3 C
187 York Avenue SI3 B
48 Brook Street SI2 A
45 York Avenue SI2 D
204 Ward Avenue SI2 A
81 Newark Avenue SI2 A
200 Grandview Avenue SI2 A
65 Macormac Place SI2 A
402 Jersey Street SI2 A
245 Lockman Avenue SI2 A
67 North Burgher Avenue SI2 A
104 Osgood Avenue SI2 D
845 Van Duzer Street SI2 D
20 Prince Street SI2 C
141 Harrison Avenue SI2 A
223 Corson Avenue SI2 D
27 Winter Avenue SI2 A
103 Osgood Avenue SI2 A
65 North Burgher Avenue SI2 A
31 Maxie Court SI2 A
83 Woodward Avenue SI2 C
61 Harrison Avenue SI2 D
91 Taft Avenue SI2 D
627 Cary Avenue SI2 C
103 Ann Street SI2 C
14 Fancher Place SI2 B
6 Daniel Low Terrace SI2 A
58 Taft Avenue SI2 A
316 Pulaski Avenue SI2 A
21 Mariners Lane SI2 A
240 Benziger Avenue SI2 A
31 Stanley Avenue SI2 A
157 Campbell Avenue SI2 A
123 Dongan Street SI2 A
54 Harbor Road SI2 B
2032 Richmond Terrace SI2 D
266 Reid Avenue SI2 C
1786 Arthur Kill Road SI2 A
124A Hendricks Avenue SI2 A
143 Hendricks Avenue SI2 A
512 Jersey Street SI2 C
126 Alaska Street SI2 D
102 Elizabeth Street SI2 D
15 Layton Avenue SI2 F
95 Brighton Avenue SI2 B

showing 60 of 151 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2015-03-24RPTT $230,178 — from DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY to GRINBERG MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT LLC $230,178

Ten-year activity

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Housing & tenantsOwnership & money
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YearHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyTotal
2017101
2018303
2019213
2020011
2021404
2022000
2023000
2024101
202517017
2026505
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The full timeline

Construction 1Enforcement 42Housing & tenants 101Ownership & money 5Health & systems 2

Every one of the 151 recorded events, 1991–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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