A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 341.7. In ZIP 11220, 69% 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
11 total — 7 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2005-04-05.
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
9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Graffiti (7) · Real Time Enforcement (1) · Rodent (1).
Filed construction activity
$245,368 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (5 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)
5409 4TH AVENUE LLC
Head officer
REGINA COTTO
Managing agent
5409 4TH AVENUE LLC
Last registered
2025-11-13
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
$876,000
$394,200
2026
$934,000
$420,300
2027
$1,057,000
$475,650
The city's market estimate has risen
21% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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
53 St — R · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 59 St — N R · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 4 Av / 53 St — B11 · 250 ft
Citi Bike
53 St & 4 Ave · 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.
9 311 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: $154,000 on
2002-06-26 (lender: Esteves, Victor). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2002-06-26
Mortgage $154,000 — from COTTO, JOHN to ESTEVES, VICTOR
$154,000
1990-01-09
Mortgage $150,000 — from CORDERO, JULIO; ESTEVEZ, VICTOR to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK
$150,000
1986-01-03
Mortgage $66,500 — from CORDERO, JULIO to BAY RIDGE FEDL S&L ASSN
$66,500
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
13
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
1
1
2
2018
0
0
2
1
3
2019
0
0
5
1
6
2020
0
0
5
1
6
2021
0
0
5
1
6
2022
0
0
9
1
10
2023
0
1
10
1
12
2024
6
1
5
1
13
2025
1
0
6
3
10
2026
0
0
0
2
2
This record is free. Keeping it free costs money. Servers, data pipelines, weekends. Pay what you want — a dollar helps.
2026-05-01Restaurant inspection: LA TIENDA — grade A
2026-01-05Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2025
2025-12-22Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-10-24Boiler inspection
2025-09-04Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
2025-08-11Job filed: PLUMBING WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALT # B00987159-I1$47,674
2025-07-23Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2025-06-27311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2025-06-07311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2025-04-09311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2025-01-14Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-01-04311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2024
2024-11-13311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2024-11-05Boiler inspection
2024-08-30Job filed: PLUMBING WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALT # B00987159-I1$20,000
2024-08-30Job filed: EMERGENCY REPAIR DUE TO FIRE DAMAGE AT 2 FLOOR FRONT CEILING / TO RECONFIGURE EXISTING LAYOUT. ALL WORK AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH$65,010
2024-08-15Permit Plumbing — Permit Issued
2024-06-19311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2024-05-10311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2024-03-28Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2024-02-17311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2024-01-10Job filed: EMERGENCY REPAIR DUE TO FIRE DAMAGE AT 2 FLOOR FRONT CEILING / TO RECONFIGURE EXISTING LAYOUT. ALL WORK AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH$65,010
2024-01-10Job filed: PLUMBING WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALT # B00987159-I1$47,674
2024-01-04311: Real Time Enforcement — Work Without A Permit - Occupied Multiple Dwelling
2024-01-04DOB complaint, category ?
2023
2023-12-28Vacate order: Fire Damage (2 units)
2023-12-27HPD class I: § 27-2142 ADM CODE APTS HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THIS DEPARTMENT AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED UNTIL SO ORDERED AFTER PROOF OF COMPLIANCE FOR APTS AP
2023-12-27HPD class I: § 27-2142 ADM CODE APTS HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THIS DEPARTMENT AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED UNTIL SO ORDERED AFTER PROOF OF COMPLIANCE FOR APTS AP
2023-12-21HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF FIRE DAMAGE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY, 1st APART
2023-12-21HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF FIRE DAMAGE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APART
2023-12-21HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE EAST WALL AT SCUTTLE OPEINING
2023-12-21HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MIS
2023-12-21HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING AT CELLAR
2023-12-21HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RATED MATERIAL AT EAST WALL AT SCUTTLE OPEINING
2023-12-21HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RATED MATERIAL REMOVED AT CEILING AT CELLAR
2022-02-18HPD 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
2019-08-13HPD class B: § 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNS
2016-02-02Deed — from COTTO, JUAN; COTTO, ERICA; COTTO, REGINA V to 5409 4TH AVENUE LLC
2015
2015-07-10311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2015-04-10Rodent inspection: Passed
2015-04-01311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2015-01-28311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2013
2013-12-03311: Street Light Condition — Street Light Out
2011
2011-03-25311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2011-03-11311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2011-03-07Deed — from COTTO, ERICA; COTTO, REGINA V; COTTO III, JUAN to COTTO, REGINA V; COTTO III, JUAN; COTTO, ERICA
2010
2010-11-25311: HEATING — HEAT
2010-11-25Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2010-05-17311: Drinking — In Public
2009
2009-12-31DOB violation LBLVIO:
2006
2006-01-06DOB violation LL6291:
2005
2005-04-05HPD class B: § 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT NORTH
2005-04-05HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR WALLS AND CEILINGS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT
2005-03-30Tenant complaint: GENERAL — MAILBOX
2005-03-30Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2005-03-30Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2005-03-30Tenant complaint: GENERAL — FLOOR
2005-03-30Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2005-03-30Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — BELL-BUZZER/INTERCOM