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1656 Wallace Avenue · Bronx · BBL 2040400019 · 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 311s1
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 79% 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 3.3. 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

5 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Rodent (2) · Building/Use (1) · Dirty Condition (1) · Blocked Driveway (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

YesBuilt before 1974 (1901)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
No421-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)1656 WALLACE LLC
Head officerSHIBA BABAR
Managing agentMi Casa 2 Realty Management
Last registered2025-11-21

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$806,000 $48,360
2026$793,000 $47,580
2027$820,000 $49,200

The city's market estimate has risen 2% 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

SubwayBronx Park East — 2 5 · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 12-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Morris Park Av / Barnes Av — Bx21 · 800 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 083 Donald Hertz
Middle: P.S. 083 Donald Hertz. 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

1656 Wallace 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

5 311 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 MI CASA 2 REALTY MANAGEMENT — 11 buildings, 27 units. Grades across the portfolio: A3 · B1 · C6 · D1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
3010 Wallace Avenue BX4 C
3014 Wallace Avenue BX4 C
1153 Beach Avenue BX3 C
1656 Wallace Avenue BX2 A
731 Quincy Avenue BX2 D
2446 Wallace Avenue BX2 A
2174 Clinton Avenue BX2 C
1660 Wallace Avenue BX2 B
2940 Tenbroeck Avenue BX2 C
817 Chestnut Street BX2 C
910 Revere Avenue BX2 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $624,000 on 2021-10-12 (recorded via MERS, the industry registry; the lender is not named on the record). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2021-10-12Deed $780,000 — from GESUALE, ANGELO; GESUALE, LUCIANA to BABAR, SHIBA $780,000
2021-10-12Mortgage $624,000 — from BABAR, SHIBA to MERS $624,000
2021-09-22Sold for $780,000 $780,000 $390,000
1993-11-18Mortgage $3,938 — from GESUALE, LUCIANA; GESUALE, ANGELO to CITIBANK, N.A. $3,938
1988-03-04Mortgage $117,500 — from GESUALE, LUCIANA; GESUALE, ANGELO to CITIBANK, N.A. $117,500

Ten-year activity

530
2017
2018
2019
2020
5
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
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202101405
202200011
202302215
202411002
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202601001
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The last 12 months — 1 records

DateRecord
2026-01-27311: Blocked Driveway — No Access

The full timeline

2026
2026-01-27311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2025
2025-05-19Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-03-14Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2025-03-11311: Rodent — Condition Attracting Rodents
2025-02-17311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2024
2024-11-12311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2024-11-12DOB complaint, category ?
2023
2023-11-21Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-11-20311: Rodent — Condition Attracting Rodents
2023-08-09311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-05-30Deed — from BABAR, SHIBA to 1656 WALLACE LLC
2023-05-18Deed transfer (nominal price)
2022
2022-12-29Rodent inspection: Passed
2021
2021-11-18311: Illegal Parking — Double Parked Blocking Traffic
2021-10-25Mortgage satisfied — from GESUALE, ANGELO; GESUALE, LUCIANA to CITIBANK
2021-10-12Deed $780,000 — from GESUALE, ANGELO; GESUALE, LUCIANA to BABAR, SHIBA$780,000
2021-10-12Mortgage $624,000 — from BABAR, SHIBA to MERS$624,000
2021-09-22Sold for $780,000$780,000
2018
2018-09-10311: Animal Abuse — Other (complaint details)
2018-03-12311: Sanitation Condition — 12 Dead Animals
2012
2012-07-26311: New Tree Request — For One Address
1993
1993-11-18Agreement — from GESUALE, ANGELO; GESUALE, LUCIANA to CITIBANK, N.A.
1993-11-18Mortgage $3,938 — from GESUALE, LUCIANA; GESUALE, ANGELO to CITIBANK, N.A.$3,938
1988
1988-04-11Mortgage satisfied — from MORRONE, LELLINA; MORRONE, BIAGIO to YORKVILLE S&LA.
1988-03-04Mortgage $117,500 — from GESUALE, LUCIANA; GESUALE, ANGELO to CITIBANK, N.A.$117,500
1988-03-04Deed — from MORRONE, LELLINA to GESUALE, LUCIANA; GESUALE, ANGELO
1971
1971-03-09Mortgage — from MORRONE LELLINA; MORRONE BIAGIO

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