438 West 238 Street · Bronx · BBL 2057702000
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This building is not graded (non-residential or no residential units
on record) — the report below covers its full public record.
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
11 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (5) · Noise (3) · Street Sign (1) · Non (1) · Damaged Tree (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.
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$294,000
$132,300
2026
$319,000
$143,550
2027
$305,000
$137,250
The city's market estimate has risen
4% 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.
11 311 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: $135,000 on
2001-06-26 (lender: Emigrant Funding 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
2001-06-26
Mortgage $135,000 — from 438 WEST 238TH STREET, INC. to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION
$135,000
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
2019
2020
17
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Housing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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Year
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
4
0
0
4
2018
1
0
0
1
2019
2
0
0
2
2020
0
2
0
2
2021
17
0
0
17
2022
5
0
0
5
2023
2
0
1
3
2024
3
0
0
3
2025
2
0
1
3
2026
6
0
0
6
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2002-07-18Job filed: INSTALLATION OF NON-ILLUMINATED STOREFRO NT BUSINESS AWNING AS SHOWN ON LAN, WORDING 'YOKOHAMA JAPANESE RESTAURA NT'. NO CHANGES IN USE, EGRESS OR $3,000
2002-07-18Job filed: INSTALLATION OF NON-ILLUMINATED STOREFRO NT BUSINESS AWNING AS SHOWN ON LAN, WORDING 'YOKOHAMA JAPANESE RESTAURA NT'. NO CHANGES IN USE, EGRESS OR $3,000
2002-07-18Job filed: INSTALLATION OF NON-ILLUMINATED STOREFRO NT BUSINESS AWNING AS SHOWN ON LAN, WORDING "YOKOHAMA JAPANESE RESTAURA NT". NO CHANGES IN USE, EGRESS OR $3,000
2002-04-26Permit PL — ISSUED
2002-04-03Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-04-03Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-04-03Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-03-08Job filed: Installation of owner provide equipment, plumbing fixtures, range hood and fire suppression system. Install non-load bearing partition for restaurant,$17,000
2002-03-08Job filed: Installation of owner provide equipment, plumbing fixtures, range hood and fire suppression system. Install non-load bearing partition for restaurant,$17,000
2002-03-08Job filed: Installation of owner provide equipment, plumbing fixtures, range hood and fire suppression system. Install non-load bearing partition for restaurant,$17,000
2002-02-21Deed — from 438 WEST 238TH STREET, INC. to WU, DARREN
2002-02-21REL — from 438 WEST 238TH STREET, INC. to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION
2002-02-21Mortgage satisfied — from 438 WEST 238TH STREET, INC. to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION
2001
2001-06-26Deed — from STEIN, BERNARD L.; STEIN, RICHARD to 438 WEST 238TH STREET, INC.
2001-06-26Mortgage $135,000 — from 438 WEST 238TH STREET, INC. to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION$135,000
2001-06-26Mortgage assigned — from 438 WEST 238TH STREET, INC. to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1995-03-27DOB complaint, category ?
1992
1992-05-29Mortgage satisfied — from RIVERDALE TYPESETTING to GRIFFIN, MARY
1982
1982-04-21Deed — from RIVERDALE TYPESETTING CP to STEIN, BERNARD L.; STEIN, RICHARD
1981
1981-06-24Mortgage — from RIVERDALE TYPESETTING CORPORATION to MARY GRIFFIN
1981-06-24Deed — from GRIFFIN MARIE; GRIFFIN MARY to RIVERDALE TYPESETTING CORPORATION
1978
1978-11-15Deed — from KOKENCHAK EMIL to MARIE GRIFFIN; MARY GRIFFIN
1973
1973-11-29Mortgage — from KOKINCHAK EMIL to MARIE GRIFFIN; RICHARD GRIFFIN