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253 Lockman Avenue

42Records
9City systems
0Open violations
20Penalty rate

42 recorded events, 2005–2025, from 9 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 20 311 service requests, 8 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 4 DOB complaints.

BoroughStaten Island 10303
Built1940
Floors1
Res. units2
ClassB3
Owner (PLUTO)253 LOCKMAN AVE VENTURES LLC
BBL5012460032
BIN5028100

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 87% 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 20. In ZIP 10303, 87% 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

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

$12,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

7 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (7).

Filed construction activity

$70,000 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.

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)253 LOCKMAN AVE VENTURES LLC
Head officerGARY GRINBERG
Managing agentSINY DEVELOPMENT LLC
Last registered2025-08-05

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$431,000 $25,860
2026$556,000 $33,360
2027$677,000 $40,620

The city's market estimate has risen 57% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Flood exposure

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

Hurricane evacuation zone 4 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2020 (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

BusNearest boarding stop: Brabant St / Lockman Av — S46 S96 · 300 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 044 Thomas C. Brown
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

253 Lockman 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

7 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

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 SINY DEVELOPMENT LLC — 45 buildings, 87 units. Grades across the portfolio: A15 · B5 · C15 · D9 · F1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
3756 Neptune Avenue BK5 D
83 Taft Avenue SI3 C
28 New Street SI3 D
3167A Victory Blvd SI3 C
230 Benziger Avenue SI2 B
196 Lexington Avenue SI2 B
629 Cary Avenue SI2 C
17 Continental Place SI2 B
212 Vanderbilt Avenue SI2 B
125 Corson Avenue SI2 C
4 Baltic Street SI2 A
17 Maple Parkway SI2 A
88 Holland Avenue SI2 C
24 Stanley Avenue SI2 A
416 Castleton Avenue SI2 C
70 Housman Avenue SI2 A
42 Shaughnessy Lane SI2 A
85 Sweetbrook Road SI2 A
273 Port Richmond Avenue SI2 C
40 South Avenue SI2 F
22 Fancher Place SI2 C
86 State Street SI2 A
276 Foster Road SI2 A
165 Nicholas Avenue SI2 D
112 Osgood Avenue SI2 D
776 Van Duzer Street SI2 A
235 Willow Road East SI2 B
24 Grove Street SI2 D
47 Dongan Street SI2 C
81 Russell Street SI2 D
253 Lockman Avenue SI2 C
64 Lexington Avenue SI2 D
19 De Groot Place SI2 A
120 Lockman Avenue SI2 D
40 Dongan Street SI2 C
71 Rockland Avenue SI2 A
3880 Amboy Road SI1 D
97 Steuben Street SI1 A
192 Charles Avenue SI1 C
122 Lockman Avenue SI1 A
21 Betty Court SI1 C
106 Elizabeth Street SI1 C
74 Winant Street SI1 C
226 Targee Street SI1 A
28 Barker Street SI1 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2024-02-20RPTT $290,000 — from CASCADE FUNDING MORTGAGE TRUST HB7 to 253 LOCKMAN AVE VENTURES LLC $290,000
2023-06-29Sold for $290,000 $290,000 $145,000
2019-11-01RPTT $181,385 — from REITANO, GINA MARIE; CAPOTE, MARCELO to REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC $181,385
2010-06-22RPTT $162,500 — from PEABODY & JONES PROPERTIES, LLC to GINA-MARIE REITANO, AS TRUSTEE $162,500
2008-05-14RPTT $135,000 — from DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS to PEABODY & JONES PROPERTIES, LLC $135,000
2007-04-19RPTT $264,769 — from ROBERT MULHALL, ESQ REFEREE to DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY $264,769
2005-10-13RPTT $225,000 — from LALL, SADHU to ROMANI, KENNETH $225,000
2005-10-13RPTT $148,300 — from MCCONYOS, PAMELA to LALL, SADHU $148,300

Ten-year activity

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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
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2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & money
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyTotal
201700000
201800101
201900011
202000404
202100202
202200202
202313116
202412328
202510405
202600000
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The full timeline

Construction 3Enforcement 8Housing & tenants 22Ownership & money 9

Every one of the 42 recorded events, 2005–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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