Building report

3942 Barnes Avenue · Bronx · BBL 2048480040 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE Print / save PDF

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Where the penalty points come from

Open with the city right now

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

107 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 10 · winter 2024–25: 19 · winter 2025–26: 53). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$625 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

59 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (49) · Noise (2) · PLUMBING (2) · Boilers (2) · APPLIANCE (1) · WATER LEAK (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

2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. 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

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

What the city thinks it's worth

The city's market estimate has risen 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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2021 (0 in the last three years).

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

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

3942 Barnes Avenue Copy address

59 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 49 of them about heat or hot water.

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 KINSEY EQUITIES LLC — 29 buildings, 408 units. Grades across the portfolio: A9 · B11 · C6 · D3. See the whole portfolio

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $396,357 on 2018-04-11 (lender: Greystone Servicing Corporation, INC.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

Ten-year activity

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Year	Enforcement	Housing & tenants	Ownership & money	Health & systems	Total
2017	0	42	0	0	42
2018	0	1	6	1	8
2019	1	251	0	1	253
2020	11	182	0	0	193
2021	1	171	0	0	172
2022	1	185	0	1	187
2023	3	26	0	0	29
2024	2	57	0	0	59
2025	3	73	2	0	78
2026	0	24	0	0	24

The last 12 months — 61 records

The full timeline

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