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1709 Unionport Road · Bronx · BBL 2040300028 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE

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Where the penalty points come from

ComponentWhat it coversPoints
Housing codeHPD violations by class, complaints, emergency repairs, litigation, vacate orders, AEP0
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class0
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. In ZIP 10462, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 8% 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

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

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

6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Blocked Driveway (4) · Dirty Condition (1) · Sidewalk Condition (1).

Filed construction activity

$64,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. 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 (1991)
NoSix or more residential units (3)
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)JOCARL AND ASSOCIATES LLC
Head officerJOSEPH QUINTESSENZA
Managing agentJOCARL AND ASSOCIATES LLC
Last registered2026-07-14

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$897,000 $53,820
2026$925,000 $55,500
2027$859,000 $51,540

The city's market estimate has fallen 4% 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

SubwayE 180 St — 2 5 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: White Plains Rd / Van Nest Av — Bx22 Bx39 · 400 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 105 Sen Abraham Bernstein
Middle: 326, 468, 556. 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

1709 Unionport Road

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

6 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by JOCARL MANAGEMENT LTD — 10 buildings, 48 units. Grades across the portfolio: A3 · B4 · C1 · D1 · F1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
416 East 187 Street BX12 F
1683 Unionport Road BX6 C
1721 Melville Street BX6 B
670 Morris Park Avenue BX5 A
1801 Mansion Street BX4 D
1146 White Plains Road BX4 B
681 Van Nest Avenue BX3 A
1709 Unionport Road BX3 A
1720 Victor Street BX3 B
676 Morris Park Avenue BX2 B

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $390,000 on 2015-07-24 (lender: Habib American Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2015-07-24AL&R $390,000 — from JOCARL AND ASSOCIATES, LLC to HABIB AMERICAN BANK $390,000
2015-07-24Mortgage $390,000 — from JOCARL AND ASSOCIATES, LLC to HABIB AMERICAN BANK $390,000
2015-07-24Deed $69,000 — from KAISER, CARL to QUINTESSENZA, JOSEPH $69,000
2015-07-24Deed $46,000 — from KAISER, CARL to QUINTESSENZA, JAMES $46,000
2005-01-28Deed $57,000 — from VERDEROSE, RONALD to QUINTESSENZA, JOSEPH $57,000

Ten-year activity

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2017
2018
2019
11
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20170000
20180000
20190101
2020011011
20210404
20220112
20230202
20242103
20251607
20260101
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The last 12 months — 3 records

DateRecord
2026-08-05311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2025-12-02Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-11-16311: Blocked Driveway — Partial Access

The full timeline

2026
2026-08-05311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2025
2025-12-02Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-11-16311: Blocked Driveway — Partial Access
2025-07-28Job filed: FILING HEREWITH TAX ABATEMENT APPLICATION FOR INSTALLATION OF ROOF MOUNTED SOLAR PANELS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$32,000
2025-05-06311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2025-05-06311: Sidewalk Condition — Sidewalk Violation
2025-02-17311: Dirty Condition — Syringes
2025-01-14Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024
2024-11-13311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2024-08-26Permit Solar — Signed-off
2024-08-22Job filed: FILING HEREWITH TAX ABATEMENT APPLICATION FOR INSTALLATION OF ROOF MOUNTED SOLAR PANELS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$32,000
2023
2023-12-11Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-01-28Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022
2022-12-20Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-09-19311: Street Sweeping Complaint — Street Not Swept
2021
2021-12-21Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-06-17311: Blocked Driveway — Partial Access
2021-04-15Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-04-05HPD 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
2020
2020-12-13311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2020-05-30311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2020-05-30311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2020-05-30311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2020-05-29311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2020-05-26311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2020-05-22311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2020-05-17311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2020-05-16311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2020-05-16311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2020-05-16311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2019
2019-06-03311: Sidewalk Condition — Broken Sidewalk
2016
2016-12-13311: Derelict Vehicles — Derelict Vehicles
2015
2015-07-24Mortgage satisfied — from VERDEROSE, RONALD; QUINTESSENZA, JOSEPH; QUINTESSENZA, JAMES; KAISER, CARL to GIONTA, LUIGI
2015-07-24SAGE — from HABIB AMERICAN BANK; QUINTESSENZA, JOSEPH; JOCARL AND ASSOCIATES, LLC; QUINTESSENZA, JAMES
2015-07-24AL&R $390,000 — from JOCARL AND ASSOCIATES, LLC to HABIB AMERICAN BANK$390,000
2015-07-24Mortgage $390,000 — from JOCARL AND ASSOCIATES, LLC to HABIB AMERICAN BANK$390,000
2015-07-24Deed — from QUINTESSENZA, JAMES; QUINTESSENZA, JOSEPH to JOCARL AND ASSOCIATES, LLC
2015-07-24Deed $69,000 — from KAISER, CARL to QUINTESSENZA, JOSEPH$69,000
2015-07-24Deed $46,000 — from KAISER, CARL to QUINTESSENZA, JAMES$46,000
2015-07-24CORRD — from VERDEROSE, RONALD to QUINTESSENZA, JOSEPH
2013
2013-07-14311: Street Condition — Cave-in
2009
2009-10-14Rodent inspection: Passed
2005
2005-01-28Deed $57,000 — from VERDEROSE, RONALD to QUINTESSENZA, JOSEPH$57,000
1993
1993-08-17Mortgage assigned — from GIONTA&SONS GENERAL/ETC to GIONTA, LUIGI
1986
1986-04-23Deed — from CRISCUOLO, NICK to FASOLINO, DANIEL; RUSSO, ANTHONY; RUSSO, COSMO

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