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305 Travis Avenue

105Records
8City systems
21Open violations
20Penalty rate

105 recorded events, 2005–2024, from 8 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 33 311 service requests, 28 HPD housing violations, 23 HPD complaints.

BoroughStaten Island 10314
Built1980
Floors3
Res. units1
ClassA5
Owner (PLUTO)IVAN SKALA AS TRUSTEE
BBL5023730215
BIN5037961

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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 10314, 95% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% 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 violations21 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 20 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2007-10-12.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

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

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

What 311 hears from this address

1 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Dead Animal (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

NoBuilt before 1974 (1980)
NoSix or more residential units (1)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

0 of 3 signals present. None of the common signals are present — stabilization is unlikely (though never impossible). 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)Ivan Skala Living Trust
Head officerIVAN Skala
Managing agentIvan Skala Living Trust
Last registered2025-10-29

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$672,000 $40,320
2026$763,000 $45,780
2027$840,000 $50,400

The city's market estimate has risen 25% 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.

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: Travis Av / Evans St — S61 S91 · 550 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 069 Daniel D. Tompkins
Middle: I.S. 072 Rocco Laurie. 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

305 Travis 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

1 311 service request 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 IVAN SKALA LIVING TRUST — 7 buildings, 10 units. Grades across the portfolio: A1 · C3 · D2 · F1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
99 Shiloh Street SI2 D
625 Travis Avenue SI2 F
212 Merrymount Street SI2 C
305 Travis Avenue SI1 C
161 Braisted Avenue SI1 C
845 Travis Avenue SI1 A
52 Nehring Avenue SI1 D

Ten-year activity

530
2017
4
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenants
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsTotal
2017011
2018044
2019134
2020011
2021022
2022022
2023011
2024022
2025000
2026000
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The full timeline

Construction 3Enforcement 16Housing & tenants 84Health & systems 2

Every one of the 105 recorded events, 2005–2024, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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