A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 86% 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 15. In ZIP 10457, 34% of residential buildings hold an A and
24% 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
5 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2006-07-27.
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
9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Graffiti (3) · Noise (3) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (1) · Building/Use (1) · Illegal Parking (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
Yes
Built before 1974 (1931)
No
Six or more residential units (4)
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)
726 E Tremont Ave Realty LLC
Head officer
HongQing Lin
Managing agent
HongQingLin
Last registered
2025-11-06
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
$574,000
$258,300
2026
$689,000
$310,050
2027
$827,000
$372,150
The city's market estimate has risen
44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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.
9 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $900,000 on
2019-10-24 (lender: Cathay Bank, A California Banking Corporation). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2019-10-24
Mortgage $900,000 — from 726 EAST TREMONT AVENUE REALTY LLC to CATHAY BANK, A CALIFORNIA BANKING CORPOR
$900,000
2019-10-24
AL&R $900,000 — from 726 EAST TREMONT AVENUE REALTY LLC to CATHAY BANK
$900,000
2012-09-12
Mortgage $350,000 — from 726 EAST TREMONT AVENUE REALTY LLC to LEE, SOON JA; LEE, MUN HWAN
$350,000
2012-09-12
Deed $800,000 — from LEE, MUN HWAN; LEE, SOON JA to 726 EAST TREMONT AVENUE REALTY LLC
$800,000
2003-11-05
DEEDO $240,000 — from AN, DAE SIK; AN, HOON JA to LEE, MUN HWAN; LEE, SOON JA
$240,000
2003-11-05
Mortgage $210,000 — from LEE, MUN HWAN; LEE, SOON JA to AN, HOON JA; AN, DAE SIK
$210,000
2000-08-01
Mortgage $180,000 — from AN, HOON JA; AN, DAE SIK to CHRISTOFORATOS, ELIAS
$180,000
1985-08-27
Mortgage $4,954 — from CHRISTOFORATOS, ILIAS to MOLL, DAVID; MOLL, RADAMES
$4,954
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
13
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
1
1
2
4
2018
0
3
0
1
4
2019
0
2
2
1
5
2020
0
1
0
1
2
2021
0
6
0
1
7
2022
0
5
0
1
6
2023
6
5
0
2
13
2024
0
0
0
2
2
2025
0
2
0
3
5
2026
0
5
0
4
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2025-01-10Restaurant inspection: COSMOS RESTAURANT — grade A
2024
2024-06-24Boiler inspection
2024-05-10Restaurant inspection: COSMOS RESTAURANT — grade C
2023
2023-12-12ECB CLASS - 2 violation: W/O A PERMIT. NOTED: AT 1ST FLR - FULL HEIGHT PARTITION WALLS ERECTED TO SUB-DIVIDE LEVEL & CREATE AN ADDL'T STORE AND AN ADDL'T B
2023-12-12ECB CLASS - 2 violation: CONTRARY TO C-OF-O # 58959 WHICH INDICATES A RESTAURANT AT 1ST FLOOR: AT TIME OF INSPECTION - 1ST FLOOR OBSERVED SUB-DIVIDED AND A
2023-12-07311: Building/Use — No Certificate Of Occupancy/Illegal/Contrary To CO
2023-12-07311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign/Awning/Marquee - Illegal/No Permit
2018-02-03311: Consumer Complaint — Price Not Posted
2017
2017-12-07Mortgage satisfied — from LEE, MUN HWAN; LEE, SOON JA to 726 EAST TREMONT AVENUE REALTY LLC
2017-11-27Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-11-17311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2017-06-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2016
2016-12-01Rodent inspection: Passed
2016-07-07Rodent inspection: Passed
2016-05-31Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2015
2015-08-28Rodent inspection: Passed
2015-06-10311: Food Establishment — Pet/Animal
2015-03-19Rodent inspection: Passed
2015-02-25311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2015-02-25Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014
2014-11-28311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2014-11-08311: Scaffold Safety — Suspended (Hanging) Scaffolds - No Pmt/Lic/Dangerous/Accident
2014-11-08DOB complaint, category ?
2014-09-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2014-08-17FDNY inspection (RISK)
2014-07-15Permit EW — ISSUED
2014-07-11Permit EQ — ISSUED
2014-04-17Rodent inspection: Passed
2014-03-25Job filed: FILING HEREWITH SHORING AND RESTORATION OF LOAD BEARING WALL. DIRECTIVE II FILING IS HEREWITH REQUESTED, NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$30,000
2014-03-24Job filed: FILING HEREWITH SHORING AND RESTORATION OF LOAD BEARING WALL. DIRECTIVE II FILING IS HEREWITH REQUESTED, NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$30,000
2014-03-21311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Shaking/Vibrating/Structural Stability
2013-03-01DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2011 INSPECTION REPORT
2013-02-22311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2013-02-22DOB complaint, category ?
2013-01-24311: Non-Residential Heat — Inadequate or No Heat
2012
2012-12-06311: HEATING — HEAT
2012-12-06Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2012-09-12Mortgage $350,000 — from 726 EAST TREMONT AVENUE REALTY LLC to LEE, SOON JA; LEE, MUN HWAN$350,000
2012-09-12Mortgage satisfied — from LEE, MUN HWAN; LEE, SOON JA to AN, HOON JA; AN, DAE SIK
2012-09-12Deed $800,000 — from LEE, MUN HWAN; LEE, SOON JA to 726 EAST TREMONT AVENUE REALTY LLC$800,000
2012-08-31ECB CLASS - 2 violation: B254,15,16,24B,48A,50A,B,C,D,E,F,G. WEIL MCLAIN GAS STEAM BOILER EG 175. 50A- CHECK VALVE MISSING FOR BACK FLOW PREVENTOR. 50B- RE
2012-08-31ECB CLASS - 1 violation: B154,3A,3B,50A. 2- A.O. SMITH HOT WATER HEATERS - HAZARDOUS. FLUE PIPECORRODED GOING INTO ILLEGAL FLEX PIPE. SHUT GAS OFF. DO NOT
2011-01-24HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILING AND EAST WALL AT COMMUNITY BATHROOM, 2nd ST
2011-01-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC:TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MOLD ... AT CEILING AND EAST WALL AT COMMUNITY BATHROOM, 2nd
2011-01-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR SOUTH WALL AT COMMUNITY BATHROOM, 2nd STOR
2006-09-07City emergency repair (HWO): private hall) at 3rd story remove lock on door to scuttle ladder.$41
2006-09-06City emergency repair (OMO): public area - provide and install tamper proof light fixture at 2nd and 3rd story at public hall. note: contractor must $1,123
2006-07-27HPD 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
2006-07-27HPD 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
2006-05-12City emergency repair (OMO): public area: (community bathroom second (2nd) floor) trace and repair plumbing leak at ceiling, replace 15 sq. ft. of wa$1,825
2006-05-12City emergency repair (OMO): public area: install new light fixtures at the second (2nd) and third (3rd) floor landings in the stairwell, and leave i$998
2005
2005-06-29Permit EW — ISSUED
2005-06-16Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY.$3,000
2005-06-16Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY.$3,000
2003
2003-11-05DEEDO $240,000 — from AN, DAE SIK; AN, HOON JA to LEE, MUN HWAN; LEE, SOON JA$240,000
2003-11-05Mortgage $210,000 — from LEE, MUN HWAN; LEE, SOON JA to AN, HOON JA; AN, DAE SIK$210,000
2003-08-26Mortgage satisfied — from AN, HOON JA; AN, DAE SIK to CHRISTOFORATOS, ELIAS