66 recorded events, 2009–2023, from 5 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 31 311 service requests, 19 HPD complaints, 11 HPD housing violations.
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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 17.3. In ZIP 10314, 95% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% 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 | 5 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2012-07-03. |
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.
6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · Water System (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1).
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.
| No | Built before 1974 (1980) |
| No | Six or more residential units (1) |
| No | 421-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 owner(s) | Ivan Skala Living Trust |
| Head officer | Ivan Skala |
| Managing agent | Ivan Skala Living Trust |
| Last registered | 2025-10-29 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $741,000 | $44,460 |
| 2026 | $771,000 | $46,260 |
| 2027 | $767,000 | $46,020 |
The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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.
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Travis Av / Denker Pl — S61 S91 · 600 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.
161 Braisted 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 |
6 311 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 IVAN SKALA LIVING TRUST — 7 buildings, 10 units. Grades across the portfolio: A1 · C3 · D2 · F1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99 Shiloh Street | SI | 2 | D |
| 625 Travis Avenue | SI | 2 | F |
| 212 Merrymount Street | SI | 2 | C |
| 305 Travis Avenue | SI | 1 | C |
| 161 Braisted Avenue | SI | 1 | C |
| 845 Travis Avenue | SI | 1 | A |
| 52 Nehring Avenue | SI | 1 | D |
| Year | Housing & tenants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
Every one of the 66 recorded events, 2009–2023, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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