A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 82% 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 10. In ZIP 10003, 67% 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
Open HPD violations
2 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2018-04-05.
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
52 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Encampment (19) · Dirty Condition (10) · Homeless Person Assistance (6) · Illegal Parking (3) · Noise (3) · Urinating in Public (2).
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
Yes
Built before 1974 (1900)
No
Six or more residential units (3)
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 with HPD — the names behind the building
Registered owner(s)
FIRST AVE 233 LLC
Head officer
DAVID SHEMEL
Managing agent
DAVID ZEBLI
Last registered
2025-09-17
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$2,695,000
$1,212,750
2026
$3,234,000
$1,455,300
2027
$3,691,000
$1,660,950
The city's market estimate has risen
37% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Flood exposure
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.
Getting around
Subway
1 Av — L · 100 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: E 14 St / 1 Av — M14A-SBS M14D-SBS · 250 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi Bike
E 14 St & 1 Ave · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)
Elementary: Elementary schools in this district are not zoned. 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.
52 311 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.
Sales, deeds & mortgages
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,374,202 on
2015-01-09 (lender: Bankunited, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2020-02-21
M&CON $31,000,000 — from SPRING 56 REALTY LLC; SIXTH AVE 819 CO LLC; HUDSON 500 LLC; FIRST AVE 233 LLC; 245 BLEECKE to ISRAEL DISCOUNT BANK OF NEW YORK
$31,000,000
2015-01-09
AL&R $3,200,000 — from FIRST AVE 233 LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A.
$3,200,000
2015-01-09
Agreement $3,200,000 — from FIRST AVE 233 LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A.
$3,200,000
2015-01-09
Mortgage $1,374,202 — from FIRST AVE 233 LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A.
$1,374,202
2012-03-20
Agreement $1,925,000 — from FIRST AVE 233 LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK
$1,925,000
2012-03-20
Mortgage $302,539 — from FIRST AVE 233 LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK
$302,539
2008-07-23
AL&R $1,850,000 — from FIRST AVE 233 LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
$1,850,000
2008-07-23
M&CON $1,850,000 — from FIRST AVE 233 LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
$1,850,000
2005-09-15
Mortgage $2,100,000 — from HUDSON 500 LLC; KA-NO REALTY INC.; FIRST AVE 233 LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
$2,100,000
2003-08-19
AL&R $850,000 — from ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN to FIRST AVENUE 233 LLC
$850,000
2003-08-19
M&CON $850,000 — from FIRST AVENUE 233 LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN
$850,000
2001-03-21
Mortgage $656,250 — from SHEMEL, DAVID to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI
$656,250
Ten-year activity
100500
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
56
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
1
20
0
3
24
2018
0
50
0
4
54
2019
2
10
0
3
15
2020
0
6
3
2
11
2021
0
9
0
3
12
2022
0
53
0
3
56
2023
0
23
0
5
28
2024
1
7
0
3
11
2025
0
38
0
5
43
2026
0
11
1
3
15
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HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2026-04-16
311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2026-03-05
RPTT&RET — from NOAM SHEMEL, AS TRUSTEE; KNY TRUST to SADDLE ROCK TRUST; NOAM SHEMEL, AS TRUSTEE
2026-03-04
311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2026-07-08311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2026-07-02311: Water System — Fire Hydrant Emergency (FHE)
2026-06-11Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-05-11Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2026-05-08311: Encampment — N/A
2026-04-29HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2026-04-16311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2026-03-05RPTT&RET — from NOAM SHEMEL, AS TRUSTEE; KNY TRUST to SADDLE ROCK TRUST; NOAM SHEMEL, AS TRUSTEE
2026-03-04311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2025-06-25311: Homeless Person Assistance — Chronic
2025-06-14311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2025-06-04HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2025-06-03311: Homeless Person Assistance — Non-Chronic
2025-06-03311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2025-06-01311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2025-05-13Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-04-19311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2025-04-10311: Encampment — N/A
2025-04-10311: Encampment — N/A
2025-02-15311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2025-02-10311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2025-01-28311: Urinating in Public — N/A
2025-01-28311: Urinating in Public — N/A
2024
2024-12-03311: General Construction/Plumbing — Vent/Exhaust - Illegal/Improper
2024-12-03DOB complaint, category ?
2024-11-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-11-08Boiler inspection
2024-07-18Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-05-19311: Homeless Person Assistance
2024-05-18311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2024-05-08Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-04-18311: Encampment — N/A
2024-04-18311: Encampment — N/A
2024-04-01HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2023
2023-11-14Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-11-04311: Homeless Person Assistance
2023-10-31Restaurant inspection: BIG ARC CHICKEN — grade A
2020-02-25HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2006, 2037 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR AND ABATE UNSAFE ELECTRIC WIRING CONDITION CONSISTING OF EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRE AT SOUTH WALL RO
2020-02-25HPD class A: § 27-2014 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. SCRAPE AND REMOVE RUST SCALES AND PAINT WITH 2 COATS OF PAINT ALL STORIES,BLACONIES AND
2020-02-24Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-02-21M&CON $31,000,000 — from SPRING 56 REALTY LLC; SIXTH AVE 819 CO LLC; HUDSON 500 LLC; FIRST AVE 233 LLC; 245 BLEECKE to ISRAEL DISCOUNT BANK OF NEW YORK$31,000,000
2020-02-21Mortgage assigned — from BANKUNITED, N.A. to ISRAEL DISCOUNT BANK OF NEW YORK
2020-02-21TL&R — from FIRST AVE 233 LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A.
2019
2019-12-23Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-11-16311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2019-11-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-11-04FDNY inspection (RISK)
2019-11-04FDNY inspection (COM_OCPCY)
2019-08-29311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-10-23311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Passenger
2018-08-23311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2018-08-07311: GENERAL — SIGNAGE MISSING
2018-08-07311: GENERAL — COOKING GAS
2018-08-07Tenant complaint: GENERAL — COOKING GAS
2018-08-07Tenant complaint: GENERAL — SIGNAGE MISSING
2018-07-28HPD class C: § 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT STOVE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY
2018-07-27311: GENERAL — SIGNAGE MISSING
2018-07-27311: GENERAL — COOKING GAS
2018-07-27311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-07-27Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-07-27Tenant complaint: GENERAL — COOKING GAS
2018-07-27Tenant complaint: GENERAL — SIGNAGE MISSING
2018-07-26311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-07-26311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-07-26Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-07-26Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-07-23City emergency repair (OMO): public parts; at building front fire escape: replace with$1,295
2018-06-14HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN, DEFECTIVE AND/OR MISSING TRIANGLE SHAPED GUSSET PLATES ATTACHING WITH
2018-05-28311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint
2018-05-25311: Taxi Complaint — Driver Complaint
2018-05-17311: Taxi Complaint — Driver Complaint
2018-05-03Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-04-25311: Taxi Complaint — Driver Complaint
2018-04-19311: Taxi Complaint — Driver Complaint
2018-04-18311: Taxi Complaint — Driver Complaint
2018-04-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-04-05HPD class A: § 27-2045 ADM CODE POST A PROPER NOTICE OF SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR THE MAIL BOX SIGN
2018-04-05HPD class B: § 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT
2018-04-05HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4, 4th STORY, 1st
2018-04-05HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS ... IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 4, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT
2018-04-05HPD class A: § 27-2046.1 HMC: POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A COMMON
2018-04-05HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC: POST, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND MAINTAIN A NOTICE IN A COMMON AREA OF THE BUILDING REGARDING THE PROCEDURES
2018-04-05HPD class A: § 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE AGE
2018-04-05HPD class A: § 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES, BOTTOM
2018-04-05HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROVIDE APPROVED WIRE SCREENS ABOVE AND BELOW SKYLIGHT AT STAIRS BULKHEAD TO ROOF , 4th STORY
2018-04-05HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO H
2018-04-05HPD class A: § 27-2104 ADM CODE POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY SHOWING THE REGISTRATION NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND
2018-04-05HPD class A: § 27-2053 ADM CODE POST SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY BEARING NAME, ADDRESS INCLUDING APARTMENT NUMBER IF ANY, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF SUPE
2018-04-05HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATED LOCK ON DOOR LEADING TO FIRE ESCAPE IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST
2018-03-29311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2018-03-29311: GENERAL — VENTILATION SYSTEM
2018-03-29311: Indoor Air Quality — Ventilation
2018-03-29311: Rodent — Signs of Rodents
2018-03-29Tenant complaint: GENERAL — VENTILATION SYSTEM
2015-01-09AL&R $3,200,000 — from FIRST AVE 233 LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A.$3,200,000
2015-01-09Agreement $3,200,000 — from FIRST AVE 233 LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A.$3,200,000
2015-01-09Mortgage $1,374,202 — from FIRST AVE 233 LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A.$1,374,202
2015-01-09Mortgage assigned — from SOVEREIGN BANK, N.A.,; SOVEREIGN BANK; SANTANDER BANK, N.A., to BANKUNITED, N.A.
2014
2014-12-23311: Food Establishment — Pet/Animal
2014-12-16311: Food Establishment — Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food
2014-09-18311: Water System — Other Water Problem (Use Comments) (WZZ)
2014-06-07HPD class B: § 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNS
2012-03-20Agreement $1,925,000 — from FIRST AVE 233 LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK$1,925,000
2012-03-20TL&R — from ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
2012-03-20TL&R — from ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
2012-03-20TL&R — from ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
2012-03-20Mortgage $302,539 — from FIRST AVE 233 LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK$302,539
2012-03-20Mortgage assigned — from ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA to SOVEREIGN BANK
2011
2011-07-27311: Food Establishment — Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food
2011-05-31311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2011-04-18Rodent inspection: Passed
2010
2010-10-10311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2010-04-26Rodent inspection: Passed
2009
2009-12-30Permit EW — ISSUED
2009-12-30Permit EW — ISSUED
2009-08-20Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2008
2008-07-23AL&R $1,850,000 — from FIRST AVE 233 LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA$1,850,000
2008-07-23M&CON $1,850,000 — from FIRST AVE 233 LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA$1,850,000
2008-01-03DOB violation LL6291:
2007
2007-05-30PREL — from ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA to FIRST AVE 233 LLC; KA-NO REALTY INC.
2007-01-19DOB violation LL6291:
2006
2006-01-06DOB violation LL6291:
2005
2005-09-15Mortgage $2,100,000 — from HUDSON 500 LLC; KA-NO REALTY INC.; FIRST AVE 233 LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA$2,100,000
2005-01-31DOB violation LL6291:
2004
2004-02-13DOB violation LL6291:
2003
2003-08-19AL&R $850,000 — from ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN to FIRST AVENUE 233 LLC$850,000
2003-08-19M&CON $850,000 — from FIRST AVENUE 233 LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN$850,000
2003-08-19Deed — from SHEMEL, DAVID to FIRST AVENUE 233 LLC
2002
2002-01-23Permit PL — ISSUED
2001
2001-12-07Permit EW — ISSUED
2001-11-05DOB complaint, category ?
2001-11-05DOB complaint, category ?
2001-09-06DOB complaint, category ?
2001-08-27ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT PERMIT. NOTED REMOVED OF STORE FRONT. ( 1ST FL OF SAID PREMISES) GUT RENOVATION WITH NEW SHEET ROCK PATITIONS AND EXP
2001-08-22DOB complaint, category ?
2001-07-13HPD class A: § 53, 187, 231 M/D LAW AND DEPARTMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS. PROVIDE A SHOE PROPERLY SECURED TO BOTTOM OF STRING OF DROPLADDER MISSING FRONT
2001-06-27Permit PL — ISSUED
2001-06-11Permit EW — ISSUED
2001-06-11Permit EW — ISSUED
2001-06-08Job filed: Renovate exist. store- install new kitchen, fixtures. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANC Y OR EGRESS.$30,000
2001-06-08Job filed: INSTALL KITCHEN HOOD EXHAUST SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS AND GAS SHUT OF VALVES NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS.$3,000
2001-05-05HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED AT BOILER ROOM, CELLAR
2001-03-21Mortgage $656,250 — from SHEMEL, DAVID to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI$656,250
2001-03-21Deed — from JER-SOPH REALTY CORP. to SHEMEL, DAVID
2001-03-21Mortgage assigned — from SHEMEL, DAVID to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI
2001-02-27DOB violation LL6291:
1997
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1982
1982-11-08Mortgage satisfied — from JER-SOPH REALTY CORP.; LURRIE, HARRIS to KATZENBERG, HENRY; DRY DOCK SAVINGS BANK
1966
1966-11-04Mortgage assigned — from MALLAMUD & CO INC to SPECTOR, ALBERT J; SPECTOR, JEANNE
1966-11-02Mortgage — from JER-SOPH REALTY CORP to MALLAMUD & CO INC
1966-05-16Mortgage — from JER-SOPH REALTY CORP to DRY DOCK SAVINGS BANK