A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% 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 83.3. 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
Open HPD violations
6 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2013-02-24.
Active vacate order
2 unit(s) under an unrescinded HPD vacate order
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
1 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Water System (1).
Filed construction activity
$340,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (2 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 (1901)
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)
39 GARNET STREET REALTY CORP.
Head officer
HUMBERTO LOPES
Managing agent
HL. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC.
Last registered
2025-09-30
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
$1,504,000
$90,240
2026
$1,729,000
$103,740
2027
$2,273,000
$136,380
The city's market estimate has risen
51% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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
Smith-9 Sts — F G · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Court St / W 9 St — B57 B61 · 250 ft
Citi Bike
Smith St & 9 St · 300 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.
1 311 service request 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $100,000 on
1993-11-10 (lender: Green Point Savingsbank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
1993-11-10
Mortgage $100,000 — from 39 GARNET ST REALTYCORP to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK
$100,000
1990-08-30
Mortgage $45,000 — from 39 GARNET ST REALTYCORP to NATHANSON, BESSIE
$45,000
1989-01-18
Mortgage $80,000 — from 39 GARNET ST RLTY CP to RUSSO, VINCENT
$80,000
1986-12-26
Mortgage $69,000 — from DAVIS, LEE; COFFEY, GONDON to KATZ, LOUISE
$69,000
1985-09-26
Mortgage $39,000 — from KATZ, LOUISE to RUSSO, VINCENT
$39,000
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
2019
2020
17
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenants
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Total
2017
1
1
0
2
2018
0
0
2
2
2019
0
0
0
0
2020
0
0
1
1
2021
3
7
7
17
2022
0
0
0
0
2023
0
0
1
1
2024
0
0
2
2
2025
0
0
0
0
2026
0
0
0
0
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No city records in the last 12 months — quiet is good.
The full timeline
2024
2024-12-04Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-09-20311: Water System — Leak (Use Comments) (WA2)
2023
2023-12-05Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021
2021-12-01Job filed: Refurbished building due to fire at adjacent building. No change to existing use, egress, or occupancy$170,000
2021-10-04311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-09-22311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-08-04311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2021-08-04DOB complaint, category ?
2021-07-28Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2021-07-23Job filed: Refurbished building due to fire at adjacent building. No change to existing use, egress, or occupancy$170,000
2021-05-18Vacate order: Fire Damage (2 units)
2021-05-17HPD class I: § 27-2142 ADM CODE - THE PREMISES OR APTS. HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED UNTIL SO ORDERED AFTER PROOF OF COMP
2021-05-17HPD class I: § 27-2142 ADM CODE - THE PREMISES OR APTS. HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED UNTIL SO ORDERED AFTER PROOF OF COMP
2021-05-07DOB complaint, category ?
2021-05-07DOB complaint, category ?
2021-05-06HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF FIRE DAMAGE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM
2021-05-06HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF FIRE DAMAGE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM
2021-05-06DOB complaint, category ?
2021-05-06DOB violation C: DUE TO FIRE
2021-05-06DOB violation C: FTM BLDG SAFE COND:EXP4 INDEP WOOD FRAME WALL ADJ TO 41 GARNET.SUBJECT BLDG@39 GARNET SUFERD DMG DUE TO FIRE.AT 1ST&2ND FLRS,INTR F
2020
2020-07-25311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-04-25311: Noise — Noise: Construction Equipment (NC1)
2017
2017-11-28DOB complaint, category ?
2017-01-05Permit EW — ISSUED
2016
2016-10-07311: Construction Safety Enforcement — Excavation Tracking Complaint
2016-10-07DOB complaint, category ?
2016-10-05DOB violation C:
2016-01-12Permit EW — ISSUED
2015
2015-02-11Permit EW — ISSUED
2014
2014-04-20311: Hazardous Materials — Chemical Odor (HD1)
2014-04-20311: Air Quality — Air: Other Air Problem (Use Comments) (AZZ)
2014-03-27Permit EW — ISSUED
2013
2013-04-25DOB complaint, category ?
2013-02-24311: Plumbing — Plumbing Work - Illegal/No Permit/Standpipe/Sprinkler
2013-02-24HPD class B: § 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW A
2013-02-24HPD class B: § 27-2087 ADM CODE - DISCONTINUE USE OF ROOMS FOR LIVING, DISCONNECT PLUMBING FIXTURES WHERE ILLEGAL AND PROPERLY SEAL PIPE CONNECTIONS IN B
2013-02-24ECB CLASS - 2 violation: OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY COFO AND DOB RECORDS CLASS"A"APTCREATED AT CELLAR,PARTITIONS ERECTED CREATING ROOMS FOR LIVI
2013-02-24DOB complaint, category ?
2013-01-30311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — MOLD
2013-01-30311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — MOLD
2013-01-30311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — MOLD
2013-01-30311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — MOLD
2013-01-30311: PAINT - PLASTER — WALLS
2013-01-30311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — MOLD
2013-01-30Tenant complaint: GENERAL — MOLD
2013-01-30Tenant complaint: GENERAL — MOLD
2013-01-30Tenant complaint: GENERAL — MOLD
2013-01-30Tenant complaint: GENERAL — MOLD
2013-01-30Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2013-01-30Tenant complaint: GENERAL — MOLD
2013-01-02Permit EW — ISSUED
2012
2012-12-17311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — MOLD
2012-12-17Tenant complaint: GENERAL — MOLD
2012-01-10Permit EW — ISSUED
2011
2011-02-18Permit EW — ISSUED
2010
2010-02-26Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-01-08Permit EW — ISSUED
2009
2009-11-05Job filed: PROPOSED: GENERAL RENOVATION OF EXISTING INDEPENDENT WALL( RIGHT), REPLACE EXISTING PLYWOOD WITH NEW ONE AND STUCCO FINISH. NO CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY USE$40,000
2009-11-05Job filed: PROPOSED: GENERAL RENOVATION OF EXISTING INDEPENDENT WALL( RIGHT), REPLACE EXISTING PLYWOOD WITH NEW ONE AND STUCCO FINISH. NO CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY USE$40,000
2009-08-25DOB complaint, category ?
2008
2008-06-24Mortgage satisfied — from 39 GARNET ST. REALTY CORP. to CAPITAL ONE, N.A.; NORTH FORK BANK; GREENPOINT BANK; THE GREEN POINT SAVINGS BANK
1993
1993-11-10Mortgage $100,000 — from 39 GARNET ST REALTYCORP to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK$100,000
1993-11-10Mortgage satisfied — from 39 GARNET ST REALTYCORP to NATHANSON, BESSIE
1990
1990-08-30Mortgage $45,000 — from 39 GARNET ST REALTYCORP to NATHANSON, BESSIE$45,000
1989
1989-01-18Mortgage satisfied — from DAVIS, LEE; COFFEY, GONDON to KATZ, LOUISE
1989-01-18Mortgage $80,000 — from 39 GARNET ST RLTY CP to RUSSO, VINCENT$80,000
1989-01-18Deed — from DAVIS, LEE; COFFEY, GORDON to 39 GARNET ST RLTY CORP
1986
1986-12-26Deed — from KATZ, LOUISE to COFFEY, GORDON; DAVIS, LEE
1986-12-26Mortgage satisfied — from KATZ, LOUISE to RUSSO, VINCENT
1986-12-26Mortgage assigned — from KATZ, LOUISE to RUSSO, VINCENT; KATZ, LOUISE
1986-12-26Mortgage $69,000 — from DAVIS, LEE; COFFEY, GONDON to KATZ, LOUISE$69,000
1985
1985-09-26Deed — from RUSSBAUM ASSOCIATESINC to RUSSO, VINCENT
1985-09-26Deed — from RUSSO, VINCENT to KATZ, LOUISE
1985-09-26Mortgage $39,000 — from KATZ, LOUISE to RUSSO, VINCENT$39,000