67 recorded events, 2012–2026, from 8 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 40 311 service requests, 9 HPD complaints, 6 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% 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 61.3. In ZIP 10302, 86% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% 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 | 2 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2026-03-05. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
16 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (6) · Illegal Dumping (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · ELECTRIC (1) · Building/Use (1).
$1,000 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1910) |
| 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) | 165 NICHOLAS AVE PARTNERS LLC |
| Head officer | GARY GRINBERG |
| Managing agent | SINY DEVELOPMENT LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-10-28 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $573,000 | $34,380 |
| 2026 | $537,000 | $32,220 |
| 2027 | $609,000 | $36,540 |
The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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.
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Nicholas Av / Castleton Av — S46 S96 · under 50 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 21 Margaret Emery-Elm Park 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.
165 Nicholas 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 |
16 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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 SINY DEVELOPMENT LLC — 45 buildings, 87 units. Grades across the portfolio: A15 · B5 · C15 · D9 · F1. See the whole portfolio
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-16 | RPTT $325,000 — from U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT IN IT to 165 NICHOLAS AVE PARTNERS LLC | $325,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 24 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
Every one of the 67 recorded events, 2012–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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