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 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
Open HPD violations
1 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2017-12-06.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
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
7 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (2) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (2) · Food Establishment (2) · Snow or Ice (1).
Filed construction activity
$99,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (1 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 (1931)
No
Six or more residential units (3)
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)
268 SMITH OWNER LLC
Head officer
SAMUEL CHARNEY
Managing agent
SAMUEL CHARNEY
Last registered
2026-06-18
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
$2,367,000
$1,065,150
2026
$2,423,000
$1,090,350
2027
$2,840,000
$1,278,000
The city's market estimate has risen
20% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contaminated, Pet/Animal) · 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 6 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
Carroll St — F G · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Smith St / Union St — B57 · 350 ft
Citi Bike
Degraw St & Smith 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.
7 311 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: $900,000 on
2018-08-14 (lender: Dime Community Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2018-08-14
Mortgage $900,000 — from 268 SMITH OWNER LLC to DIME COMMUNITY BANK
$900,000
2018-08-14
Agreement $2,850,000 — from 268 SMITH OWNER LLC to DIME COMMUNITY BANK
$2,850,000
2018-08-14
AL&R $2,850,000 — from 268 SMITH OWNER LLC to DIME COMMUNITY BANK
$2,850,000
2017-05-25
AL&R $1,950,000 — from 268 SMITH OWNER LLC to SANTANDER BANK, N.A.
$1,950,000
2017-05-25
Mortgage $1,950,000 — from 268 SMITH OWNER LLC to SANTANDER BANK, N.A.
$1,950,000
2017-05-25
Deed $3,100,000 — from ESTRADA, CARMEN to 268 SMITH OWNER LLC
$3,100,000
2017-05-18
Sold for $3,100,000
$3,100,000
$1,033,333
1992-01-24
Mortgage $5,000 — from ESTRADA, CARMEN; ESTRADA, MELVIN to BELL FIN SCVS CO INC
$5,000
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
13
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
4
4
0
8
2018
4
0
1
7
1
13
2019
1
1
4
0
2
8
2020
0
0
4
0
1
5
2021
0
0
6
0
1
7
2022
0
0
2
0
1
3
2023
0
0
5
0
2
7
2024
0
0
6
0
2
8
2025
0
1
2
0
3
6
2026
0
0
1
0
1
2
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2023-05-22311: Residential Disposal Complaint — Waste Set Out Too Early or Too Late
2023-04-10Restaurant inspection: MALAI ICE CREAM — grade A
2023-03-29Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022
2022-12-01Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-10-21Boiler inspection
2022-09-07311: Broken Parking Meter — Coin or Card Did Not Register
2021
2021-12-01Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-07-06Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-07-06Boiler inspection
2021-04-13HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2021-04-13HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2021-02-05311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020
2020-10-08Boiler inspection
2020-07-31311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-06-09311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2020-06-09311: Noise - Helicopter — Other
2020-01-13311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019
2019-11-27Boiler inspection
2019-11-22Boiler inspection
2019-11-08DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2017 INSPECTION REPORT
2019-11-05311: Broken Parking Meter — Out of Order
2019-10-18311: Broken Parking Meter — No Receipt
2019-06-27311: Broken Parking Meter — No Receipt
2019-02-12Permit EW — ISSUED
2019-02-08311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018
2018-10-01Permit PL — ISSUED
2018-10-01Permit PL — ISSUED
2018-09-17Mortgage satisfied — from 268 SMITH OWNER LLC to SANTANDER BANK, N.A.
2018-09-17TL&R — from SANTANDER BANK, N.A. to 268 SMITH OWNER LLC
2018-08-14Mortgage $900,000 — from 268 SMITH OWNER LLC to DIME COMMUNITY BANK$900,000
2018-08-14Agreement $2,850,000 — from 268 SMITH OWNER LLC to DIME COMMUNITY BANK$2,850,000
2018-08-14AL&R $2,850,000 — from 268 SMITH OWNER LLC to DIME COMMUNITY BANK$2,850,000
2018-08-14Mortgage assigned — from SANTANDER BANK, N.A. to DIME COMMUNITY BANK
2018-08-14TL&R — from SANTANDER BANK, N.A.
2018-07-11Permit EW — ISSUED
2018-06-29Boiler inspection
2018-06-05Job filed: COMMERCIAL RENOVATION OF AN EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF NEW NON-LOAD BEARING PARTITIONS, NEW FLOORING, PLUMBING FI$99,000
2018-01-09311: Street Condition — Pothole
2017
2017-12-06HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. ADJUST THE DROPLADDER SO THAT IT WILL SLIDE EASILY IN THE GUIDE RODS AT FRONT FIRE ESCAPE
2017-12-06HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN, DEFECTIVE AND/OR MISSING THE 9TH TREAD UP FROM BOTTOM OF STAIRS BETWE
2017-12-05311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2017-12-05Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2017-05-25AL&R $1,950,000 — from 268 SMITH OWNER LLC to SANTANDER BANK, N.A.$1,950,000
2017-05-25Mortgage $1,950,000 — from 268 SMITH OWNER LLC to SANTANDER BANK, N.A.$1,950,000
2017-05-25Deed $3,100,000 — from ESTRADA, CARMEN to 268 SMITH OWNER LLC$3,100,000
2017-05-18Sold for $3,100,000$3,100,000
2016
2016-02-20311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2013
2013-01-11311: Industrial Waste — Wastewater Into Catch Basin (IEB)
2007-04-20Job filed: interioor partions as per plan filed herewith.$5,000
2007-03-05ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT.WORK NOTED:INTERIOR PARTITION WALLS CONSTRUCTED FULLHEIGHT SUBDIVIDING CELLAR CREATING A WINE CELLAR.1 PARTITION$250
2007-01-16DOB complaint, category ?
1997
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1997-02-10DOB violation LL6291:
1997-01-30Mortgage satisfied — from ESTRADA, MELVIN; ESTRADA, CARMEN to BELL FINANCIAL SERVICES CO INC
1992
1992-01-24Mortgage $5,000 — from ESTRADA, CARMEN; ESTRADA, MELVIN to BELL FIN SCVS CO INC$5,000
1992-01-24Mortgage assigned — from BELL FINANCIAL SVCSCO to NORSTAR BANK
1990
1990-03-29Mortgage satisfied — from ESTRADA, CARMEN; ESTRADA, MELVIN to SALAMON, LUCIANO M; SALAMON, MARIA
1985
1985-04-29HPD class A: D26-20.08,20.09 ADM CODE FILE CERTIFICATION OF SATISFACTORY INSTALLATION OF SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH H.P.D. RULES AND REGUL
1980
1980-05-23Mortgage — from ESTRADA MELVIN; ESTRADA CARMEN to SALAMON MARIA; SALAMON LUCIANO M
1980-05-23Deed — from SALAMON LUCIANO M; SALAMON MARIA to ESTRADA MELVIN; ESTRADA CARMEN