A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 85% 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 13.3. In ZIP 11231, 56% of residential buildings hold an A and
6% 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
8 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
2
’24–25
6
’25–26
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
27 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (6) · HEAT/HOT WATER (4) · Snow or Ice (3) · Dirty Condition (2) · Food Establishment (2) · Damaged Tree (2).
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
Yes
Built before 1974 (1931)
No
Six or more residential units (2)
No
421-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)
117-119 Columbia Street, LLC
Head officer
Gregory T OConnell
Managing agent
OC Construction Group Corp.
Last registered
2026-06-04
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
$1,888,000
$113,280
2026
$2,390,000
$143,400
2027
$3,143,000
$188,580
The city's market estimate has risen
66% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Permit/License/Certificate, Rodents/Insects/Garbage), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 2 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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
Bergen St — F G · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 14-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Columbia St / Kane St — B61 · 100 ft
Citi Bike
Columbia St & Kane St · 100 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.
27 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 4 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.
Sales, deeds & mortgages
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2025-03-03
RPTT&RET $941,450 — from O'CONNELL, GREGORY to 2023 O'CONNELL QSS TRUST
$941,450
2025-02-28
Sold for $941,450
$941,450
$470,725
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
23
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
1
0
0
1
2018
1
1
0
1
3
2019
0
1
0
1
2
2020
0
2
2
1
5
2021
0
4
0
1
5
2022
0
4
0
3
7
2023
0
7
0
1
8
2024
1
5
0
2
8
2025
3
16
2
2
23
2026
0
10
0
1
11
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2005-10-26Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-10-26Tenant complaint: GENERAL — DOORS
2004
2004-02-13DOB violation LL6291:
2003
2003-03-19DOB violation LL6291:
2003-03-04Permit EW — ISSUED
2003-02-10Permit PL — ISSUED
2003-02-05Permit EQ — ISSUED
2003-02-05Permit EW — ISSUED
2003-01-06DOB complaint, category ?
2002
2002-12-11Permit PL — ISSUED
2002-12-04Job filed: EQUIP OF FENCE
2002-09-24Job filed: RENOVATE EXISTING STORE AT 1ST FLOOR FOR EATING DRINKING PLACE U. G.6. REPLACE STOREFRONT. NO CHANGE TO EGRESS, OCCUPANCY OR USE.$10,000
2002-07-31Permit PL — ISSUED
2002-07-31Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-07-10Job filed: REPLACE BOILERS HW GAS RANGE IN EXISTING STORE 1 FAMILY RESIDENCE NO CHANGE TO EGRESS OCCUPANCY OR USE$9,000
2002-07-10Job filed: REPLACE BOILERS HW GAS RANGE IN EXISTING STORE 1 FAMILY RESIDENCE NO CHANGE TO EGRESS OCCUPANCY OR USE$9,000
1995
1995-01-04Permit EW — RE-ISSUED
1994
1994-12-13DOB complaint, category ?
1994-12-12Permit EQ — ISSUED
1994-10-31DOB violation C:
1994-10-31DOB violation C:
1994-10-31ECB Non-Hazardous violation: FAILING TO MAINTAIN DEFECT IS:SECOND STORY BATHROOM FLOOR SAGGING 2) TWO SECOND STORY FLOOR JOIST ROTTED LOOSE DEFECTIVE AND BOT
1994-10-31DOB complaint, category ?
1994-10-31ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK WIHTOUT PERMIT.WORK NOTED:NEW STORE FRONT IS BEING CONSTRUCTED 2)FIRE RATED FIRST STORY CEILING REMOVED 3)NEW SHEET ROCK HUNG$350
1985
1985-01-22Mortgage satisfied — from HANSEN, BESSIE to HUD
1983
1983-01-21Mortgage satisfied — from 40 TIFFANY CORP to HANSEN, BESSIE
1982
1982-06-16Deed — from 40 TIFFANY CORP to O'CONNELL, GREGORY
1981
1981-09-09Deed — from HANSEN BESSIE to 40 TIFFANY CORP
1981-09-09Mortgage — from 40 TIFFANY CORP to HANSEN BESSIE
1980
1980-11-14MAPS — from ACQUISITION MAP COLUMBIA STREET; THE CITY OF NEW YORK; COLUMBIA ST ACQUISITION MAP; COLUMB
1979
1979-12-18Mortgage — from HANSEN BESSIE to THE US OF AMERICA HOUSING & URBAN DEVELO
1969
1969-07-09Mortgage — from HANSEN BESSIE to TABER ASSOCIATES INC
1969-07-09Mortgage — from HANSEN BESSIE to TABER ASSOCIATES INC
1969-07-09Deed — from TABER ASSOCIATES INC; VAN DYKE REALTY INC to HANSEN BESSIE
1967
1967-10-11Deed — from GRANUCCI GUISEPPINA DECD to VAN DYKE REALTY INC