The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 75% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty
points per 10 units; this building carries 4.6. In ZIP 11201, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and
5% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
B
C
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
Open with the city right now
Open HPD violations
6 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2019-01-30.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
2
’24–25
2
’25–26
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
What 311 hears from this address
20 service requests in the last three years. Most common: DOOR/WINDOW (5) · Street Condition (3) · Noise (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · Lead (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2).
Filed construction activity
$72,600 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (4 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
Yes
Built before 1974 (1924)
Yes
Six or more residential units (52)
No
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
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
Registered owner(s)
49 WILLOW STREET LLC
Head officer
RUSSELL B HARKAVY
Managing agent
BHL ASSOCIATES LLC
Last registered
2025-09-12
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$4,974,000
$2,238,300
2026
$5,753,000
$2,588,850
2027
$5,603,000
$2,521,350
The city's market estimate has risen
13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Building systems
Heating fuel
NATURALGAS
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
Subway
Clark St — 2 3 · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none High St — A C · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Cadman Plaza West / Middagh St — B25 · 900 ft
Citi Bike
Columbia Heights & Cranberry St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
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.
20 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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.
2024-07-10HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOL
2024-07-10HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING CONSISTING OF HOOK AND EYE AT ENTRANCE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1
2024-03-26Boiler inspection
2024-03-26Boiler inspection
2024-03-14Job filed: CONNECT EXISTING GAS PIPING TO REPLACEMENT BOILERS/BURNERS$2,000
2024-01-19Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR FRAME
2024-01-11311: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR FRAME
2024-01-11Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR FRAME
2024-01-09311: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
2024-01-09Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
2024-01-05HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING HEAVY DUTY MORTISE LOCK SET AND ASSEMBLY ON THE DOOR IN THE BUILDING FRONT ENTRANCE , 1st ST
2022-09-07HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING HOOK AND EYE INSTALLED AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR AT PUBLIC HA
2022-08-30311: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
2022-08-30Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
2022-06-25HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 2A,
2022-06-25HPD class A: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX. 1 SQ. FT. AT SOUTH WALL, AND 1 SQ. FT. AT EAST
2022-06-25HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REFIT THE APARTMENT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
2022-06-25HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT PUBLIC HALL, 2nd STORY
2022-06-25HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING CONSISTING OF RUBBER WEDGE PLACED AT FIRE DOORS AT PUBLIC HAL
2022-06-25HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOL
2022-06-25HPD class A: § 27-2014 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. SCRAPE AND REMOVE RUST SCALES AND PAINT WITH 2 COATS OF PAINT ALL PARTS AND BALCONIES, A
2022-06-25HPD class B: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX. 1 SQ. FT. AT SOUTH WALL, AND 1 SQ. FT. AT EAST
2022-05-15HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FR
2022-05-15HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOWER SASH COUNTER BALANCE AT NORTH WINDOW IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd
2022-05-15HPD class A: § 27-2045 ADM CODE POST A PROPER NOTICE OF SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR THE MAIL BOX AT P
2022-05-15HPD class A: § 27-2046.1 HMC: POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A COMMON
2022-05-15HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY, 2n
2022-05-15HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD DOOR JAMB IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY
2022-05-15HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOU
2020-02-16311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-02-01311: Noise - Residential — Loud Talking
2020-02-01311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019
2019-12-09Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-09-28311: Water System — Hydrant Leaking (WC1)
2019-09-20311: Water System — Hydrant Leaking (WC1)
2019-09-19311: Water System — Hydrant Leaking (WC1)
2019-04-23311: Damaged Tree — Branch Cracked and Will Fall
2019-04-16311: Overgrown Tree/Branches — Dead Branches in Tree
2019-04-15311: Damaged Tree — Branch Cracked and Will Fall
2019-04-14311: Damaged Tree — Branch Cracked and Will Fall
2019-04-12Deed — from WILLOW ASSOCIATES to 49 WILLOW STREET LLC
2019-03-21Boiler inspection
2019-03-21Boiler inspection
2019-02-21HPD class B: § 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES ( GAS-RANGE ) IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 5F, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMEN
2019-02-21HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR INSIDE BASE-CABINETS AT SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCA
2019-02-21HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 5F, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT E
2019-02-18311: GENERAL — CABINET
2019-02-18311: GENERAL — COOKING GAS
2019-02-18Tenant complaint: GENERAL — CABINET
2019-02-18Tenant complaint: GENERAL — COOKING GAS
2019-02-02311: Damaged Tree — Branch Cracked and Will Fall
2019-01-30HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5H, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT
2019-01-30HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF HOT WATER EXCEEDING THE ALLOWABLE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 130.F DEGREES ( F
2019-01-30HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS .. IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 5F, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH A
2019-01-30HPD class C: § 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES ( GAS RANGE ) IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 5F, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMEN
2019-01-29311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-01-29Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-01-28HPD class C: § 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES ( GAS-RANGE ) IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3F, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMEN
2014-04-06311: Noise - Residential — Loud Television
2013
2013-02-27Rodent inspection: Passed
2012
2012-09-16311: Noise - Residential — Loud Television
2011
2011-07-14311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2010
2010-12-06311: Noise - Residential — Loud Television
2010-06-19311: Indoor Air Quality — Chemical Vapors/Gases/Odors
2009
2009-05-01ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER. DEFECT NOTED: FRONTENTRANCE TO BLDG FOUND 3 STEP VESTIBULE STAIRCASE HAS NO HAN$2,500
2009-04-27DOB complaint, category ?
2009-04-22DOB complaint, category ?
2008
2008-03-04DOB complaint, category ?
2007
2007-12-28DOB complaint, category ?
2007-12-04Permit EQ — ISSUED
2007-07-13Permit EQ — ISSUED
2007-07-06Job filed: INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED 50' DURING FACADE REPAIR.. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. SHED TO COMPLY WITH LL33/91 AND TPPN 9/99.
2007-07-06Job filed: INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED 50' DURING FACADE REPAIR.. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. SHED TO COMPLY WITH LL33/91 AND TPPN 9/99.
2007-06-28Permit EW — ISSUED
2007-06-20Job filed: LINTEL REPAIRS, REAR COURTYARD WALKWAYS WITH NEW CONCRETE AND FRONT STEPS REPAIR, INSTALL NEW HANDRAILS IN FRONT. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANC$185,207
2006
2006-02-21Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-02-21Tenant complaint: GENERAL — WINDOWS
2006-02-21Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-02-21Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-02-21Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-02-21Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-02-20Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-02-20Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-02-20Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-02-20Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-02-20Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-02-20Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-02-20Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT-PLANT
2006-02-19Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-02-19Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-02-19Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-02-19Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-02-19Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-02-18Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-02-18Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-02-10Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003
2003-09-02Tenant complaint: GENERAL — MOLD
1991
1991-05-21DOB violation LANDMK:
1987
1987-02-19Mortgage assigned — from LAWRENCE FRANK MDPC/P TR to CENTRAL FUNDING CO
1984
1984-07-06DOB violation LANDMK:
1984-07-06DOB violation LANDMRK:
1978
1978-01-05SAGE — from ATLANTIC LIBERTY SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIAT; 1977 NOMINEE CORP
1977
1977-12-29Deed — from WILLOW ASSOCIATES to 1977 NOMINEE CORP
1977-12-29Deed — from 1977 NOMINEE CORP to WILLOW ASSOCIATES
1977-12-29Mortgage — from 1977 NOMINEE CORP to ATLANTIC LIBERTY SAVS & LOAN ASSN
1977-12-29SAGE — from CENTRAL FUNDING CO; ATLANTIC LIBERTY SAVS & LOAN ASSN
1977-12-29Mortgage assigned — from EAST RIVER SAVS BANK to ATLANTIC LIBERTY SAVS & LOAN ASSN
1977-12-29Mortgage assigned — from THE SILVER CO to ATLANTIC LIBERTY SAVS & LOAN ASSN
1977-12-29Mortgage assigned — from CENTRAL FUNDING CO to ATLANTIC LIBERTY SAVS & LOAN ASSN
1977-11-25Mortgage assigned — from PAUL WYLER & CO to CENTRAL FUNDING CO
1977-11-25Mortgage assigned — from PAUL WYLER & CO to CENTRAL FUNDING CO
1974
1974-03-01Deed — from NECK RLTY CORP to WILLOW ASSOCIATES
1974-02-26Mortgage assigned — from WELLER MILTON to PAUL WYLER & CO CO-PARTNERSHIP
1974-02-26Mortgage assigned — from HARKAVY HERBERT A PARTNER; CENTRAL FUNDING CO to PAUL WYLER & CO
1974-02-26Deed — from HARKAVY GEORGE PARTNER; WILLOW ASSOCIATES to NECK RLTY CORP
1973
1973-08-21Mortgage assigned — from DREW EQUITY & FUNDING CORP to THE SILVER CO A PARTNERSHIP