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306 Liberty Avenue

41Records
8City systems
4Open violations
30Penalty rate
Staten Island · ZIP 10305 · Neighborhood: New Dorp-Midland Beach
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41 recorded events, 1999–2025, from 8 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 12 DOB job filings, 9 DOB permits, 9 HPD housing violations.

BoroughStaten Island 10305
Built2005
Floors2
Res. units2
ClassB9
Owner (PLUTO)VAIN, DAVID
BBL5036500020
BIN5148541

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 90% 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 30. In ZIP 10305, 93% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% 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 violations4 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2022-11-21.

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

No 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

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 (2005)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
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)AMERICAN LIBERTY ESTATES INC
Head officerDAVID G VAIN
Managing agentAMERICAN LIBERTY ESTATES INC
Last registered2022-05-09

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$798,000 $47,880
2026$847,000 $50,820
2027$757,000 $45,420

The city's market estimate has fallen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Flood exposure

In the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary flood maps) — lenders typically require flood insurance here.

Hurricane evacuation zone 2 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

Staten Island RailwayDongan Hills — SIR · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Hylan Blvd / Buel Av — S78 SIM1 SIM1C SIM7 +2 more · 200 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 052 John C. Thompson
Middle: I.S. R002 George L. Egbert. 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

306 Liberty 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

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 AMERICAN LIBERTY ESTATES INC — 3 buildings, 5 units. Grades across the portfolio: C3. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
306 Liberty Avenue SI2 C
302A Liberty Avenue SI2 C
302C Liberty Avenue SI1 C

Sales, deeds & mortgages

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2005-07-06RPTT $425,000 — from MAIORANA, SHIRLEY; MAIORANA, JOSEPH to VAIN, DAVID $425,000

Ten-year activity

1050
2017
2018
2019
7
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenants
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsTotal
2017000
2018022
2019011
2020257
2021011
2022022
2023011
2024011
2025011
2026000
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The full timeline

Construction 21Enforcement 5Housing & tenants 14Ownership & money 1

Every one of the 41 recorded events, 1999–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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