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3986 White Plains Road · Bronx · BBL 2048390050 · 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 10466, 73% of residential buildings hold an A and 9% 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

2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Water System (1) · Graffiti (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 (1928)
NoSix or more residential units (1)
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).

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$317,000 $142,650
2026$330,000 $148,500
2027$308,000 $138,600

The city's market estimate has fallen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Lin's GardenChineseA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

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

Subway225 St — 2 5 · 150 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: White Plains Rd / E 225 St — Bx8 Bx39 BxM11 · 150 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 021 Philip H. Sheridan
Middle: 287, 370. 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

3986 White Plains Road

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

2 311 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: $75,000 on 1990-12-18 (lender: Becker, Mark Stuart and M. Sopher & Co). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2004-03-12Deed $130,000 — from ZHANG, MU XIAN; LIN, PAN PAN to CHAN, LIN HUI CHING; ON CHAN, SHEUNG $130,000
1990-12-18Mortgage $75,000 — from LIN, PAN PAN; ZHANG, MU XIAN to BECKER, MARK STUART; M. SOPHER & CO $75,000

Ten-year activity

530
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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
5
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201700011
201802024
201901113
202002103
202100022
202200022
202311035
202400022
202500022
202602013
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The last 12 months — 4 records

DateRecord
2026-10-14311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2026-07-28311: Water System — Hydrant Running (WC3)
2026-04-22Boiler inspection
2025-12-10Restaurant inspection: LIN'S GARDEN — grade A

The full timeline

2026
2026-10-14311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2026-07-28311: Water System — Hydrant Running (WC3)
2026-04-22Boiler inspection
2025
2025-12-10Restaurant inspection: LIN'S GARDEN — grade A
2025-05-21Boiler inspection
2024
2024-06-18Restaurant inspection: LIN'S GARDEN — grade A
2024-04-26Boiler inspection
2023
2023-06-30DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2023-04-27Restaurant inspection: LIN'S GARDEN
2023-04-27311: Food Establishment — Food Contains Foreign Object
2023-03-29Boiler inspection
2023-02-15Restaurant inspection: LIN'S GARDEN — grade B
2022
2022-10-20Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-07-28Boiler inspection
2021
2021-09-13Boiler inspection
2021-03-02Boiler inspection — defects found
2020
2020-09-01311: Broken Parking Meter — Out of Order
2020-08-23311: Food Establishment — Food Contains Foreign Object
2020-01-02Deed — from CHAN, SHEUNG ON; CHAN, LIN HUI CHING to CHAN, JIN LEE
2019
2019-11-25Deed transfer (nominal price)
2019-08-08Boiler inspection
2019-04-28311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018
2018-08-11311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2018-06-08Boiler inspection
2018-05-24311: Public Payphone Complaint — Damaged Telephone
2018-04-10Boiler inspection — defects found
2017
2017-09-18Boiler inspection
2016
2016-06-27311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2014
2014-05-18FDNY inspection (RISK)
2011
2011-12-13DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT
2010
2010-07-07311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2005
2005-01-31DOB violation LL6291:
2004
2004-03-12Deed $130,000 — from ZHANG, MU XIAN; LIN, PAN PAN to CHAN, LIN HUI CHING; ON CHAN, SHEUNG$130,000
1997
1997-06-17Permit PL — ISSUED
1995
1995-12-11DOB complaint, category ?
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1994
1994-02-25Mortgage satisfied — from LIN, PAN PAN; ZHANG, MU XIAN to BECKER, MARK STUART; M. SOPHER & CO.
1991
1991-02-04Permit EW — ISSUED
1991-01-31Permit PL — ISSUED
1991-01-31Permit PL — ISSUED
1991-01-09DOB complaint, category ?
1991-01-07Permit EW — ISSUED
1991-01-07Permit EW — ISSUED
1990
1990-12-18Mortgage $75,000 — from LIN, PAN PAN; ZHANG, MU XIAN to BECKER, MARK STUART; M. SOPHER & CO$75,000
1990-12-18Deed — from M. SOPHER & CO.; BECKER, MARK STUART to LIN, PAN PAN
1990-08-15DOB violation ES:
1990-08-15DOB violation ES:
1987
1987-08-07Deed — from ROTH, ALBERT to M. SOPHER & CO.; BECKER, MARK STUART
1974
1974-04-16Deed — from TURER ANNE to ROBERT EDWIN TURER; GERALD ALAN TURER

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