The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 54% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty
points per 10 units; this building carries 14. In ZIP 11217, 60% of residential buildings hold an A and
6% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
B
C
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
Open with the city right now
Open HPD violations
4 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2015-12-29.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 6).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
13 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Street Condition (4) · HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · ELECTRIC (1) · PLUMBING (1) · DOOR/WINDOW (1) · Lead (1).
Filed construction activity
$30,000 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 (1920)
Yes
Six or more residential units (8)
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)
640 LG LLc
Head officer
SAM BROWN
Managing agent
US REALTY CORP
Last registered
2026-06-30
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
$3,531,600
$1,589,220
2026
$4,238,000
$1,907,100
2027
$3,978,000
$1,790,100
The city's market estimate has risen
13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr — 2 3 4 5 B D N Q R · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 4 Av / Warren St — B103 · 250 ft
Citi Bike
St Marks Pl & 4 Ave · 450 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.
13 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $574,504 on
2016-02-18 (lender: Astoria 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
2016-02-18
Mortgage $574,505 — from 640 LG LLC to ASTORIA BANK
$574,505
2016-02-18
Agreement $1,135,000 — from 640 LG LLC to ASTORIA BANK
$1,135,000
2012-04-17
Agreement $600,000 — from 640 LG LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
$600,000
2012-04-17
Deed $537,648 — from 640 BH LLC to 640 LG LLC
$537,649
2012-04-17
Mortgage $125,402 — from 640 LG LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
$125,402
2007-09-27
AL&R $320,000 — from LEED PROPERTIES LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK
$320,000
2007-09-27
Mortgage $320,000 — from LEED PROPERTIES LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK
$320,000
2002-05-15
Mortgage $200,000 — from LEED PROPERTIES LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
$200,000
2000-09-08
Mortgage $400,000 — from LEED PROPERTIES LLC to ROSEN, NEIL
$400,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
23
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
2
0
6
0
8
2018
0
1
2
3
6
2019
0
0
6
1
7
2020
0
0
12
1
13
2021
0
0
9
3
12
2022
0
0
11
3
14
2023
0
0
1
3
4
2024
0
0
1
1
2
2025
0
0
1
1
2
2026
0
0
22
1
23
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2016-09-09Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATIONS AS PER PLANS FILED.$30,000
2016-05-23HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF FREE STANDING RADIATOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORY
2016-04-16HPD class C: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF FREE STANDING RADIATOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORY
2016-02-18Mortgage $574,505 — from 640 LG LLC to ASTORIA BANK$574,505
2016-02-18Agreement $1,135,000 — from 640 LG LLC to ASTORIA BANK$1,135,000
2015
2015-12-29HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR ALL CEILINGS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCAT
2015-12-29HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PORCELAIN ENAMEL FINISH AT BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED
2015-12-29HPD class A: SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE POST A PROPER NOTICE OF SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR THE MAIL BO
2015-12-29HPD class A: SECTION 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES,
2015-12-29HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CEILING LIGHT FIXTURE IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 4R, 4th STORY, 1s
2015-12-29HPD class B: § 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4R, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WES
2015-12-29HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING LOCATED AT APT 4R, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
2015-12-29HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). MISSING LOCATED AT APT 4R, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH A
2015-12-29HPD class B: § 300, 301, 302, M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE PREMISES TO PRIOR
2015-12-29HPD class C: SECTION 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNE
2015-12-29HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PILOT LIGHT AT STOVE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4R, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT F
2015-12-29HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSE HOLD ITEMS AT PUBLIC HALL, 4th STORY
2015-12-29HPD class A: SECTION 27-2046.1 HMC: POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A C
2015-12-29HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALLS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED
2015-12-29HPD class A: SECTION 27-2104 ADM CODE POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY SHOWING THE REGISTRATION NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE DEPARTMEN
2015-12-28311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2015-12-28311: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2015-12-28311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2015-12-28311: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2015-12-28311: PLUMBING — BATHTUB/SHOWER
2015-12-28311: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2015-12-28311: ELECTRIC — OUTLET/SWITCH
2015-12-28311: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2015-10-14HPD class I: SECTION27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE ?27-2097 AND IS THER
2012-06-26Job filed: INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED OF 36 LF AS PER PLANS. SHED IS DESIGNED FOR A LIVE LOAD OF 300 PSF. ALL WORK SHALL BE ACCORDING TO CHAPTER #
2012-06-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2012-05-06Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2012-04-29Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2012-04-22Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2012-04-17Mortgage assigned — from SOVEREIGN BANK, N.A. to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
2012-04-17Mortgage assigned — from FANNIE MAE to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
2012-04-17TL&R — from FANNIE MAE to LEED PROPERTIES LLC
2012-04-17TL&R — from SOVEREIGN BANK to LEED PROPERTIES LLC
2012-04-17Agreement $600,000 — from 640 LG LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA$600,000
2012-04-17Deed $537,648 — from 640 BH LLC to 640 LG LLC$537,649
2012-04-17Mortgage $125,402 — from 640 LG LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA$125,402
2012-04-15Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2012-04-08Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2012-04-02Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2012-01-04Deed — from LEED PROPERTIES LLC to 640 BH LLC; 640 LG LLC
2011
2011-12-13DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT
2011-11-12311: HEATING — HEAT
2011-11-12Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009
2009-12-31DOB violation LBLVIO:
2007
2007-09-27AL&R $320,000 — from LEED PROPERTIES LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK$320,000
2007-09-27Mortgage $320,000 — from LEED PROPERTIES LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK$320,000
2007-01-31Permit PL — ISSUED
2007-01-26Permit EW — ISSUED
2006
2006-12-28Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION OF FIRST FLOOR APARTMENT. NEW PLUMBING AS PER PLAN. NO CHANGE TO USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$28,000
2006-11-28DOB complaint, category ?
2006-01-15Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-01-15Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-01-06DOB violation LL6291:
2005
2005-11-20Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-11-19Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-11-18Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-01-31DOB violation LL6291:
2002
2002-05-15Mortgage $200,000 — from LEED PROPERTIES LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK$200,000
2002-05-15Mortgage assigned — from LEED PROPERTIES LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
2002-05-15Mortgage assigned — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to FANNIE MAE
2002-05-15Mortgage assigned — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to FANNIE MAE
2001
2001-02-28REL — from ROSEN, NEIL to LEED PROPERTIES LLC
2000
2000-09-08Mortgage $400,000 — from LEED PROPERTIES LLC to ROSEN, NEIL$400,000
1998
1998-10-14Deed — from 640 WARREN STREET REALTY CORP to LEED PROPERTIES LLC
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1994
1994-07-25DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-10-05Permit EW — ISSUED
1993-10-05Permit PL — ISSUED
1987
1987-12-09Deed — from PIRRONE, CONCETTA to 640 WARREN ST REALTYCOR
1987-12-09Deed — from APOSTOLATO, ANDREW to 640 WARREN ST RLTY CORP
1987-12-09Deed — from APOSTOLATO, ANTHONY to 640 WARREN ST REALTYCOR
1987-12-09Deed — from APOSTOLATO, CARMELA/EXEC to 640 WARREN ST REALTYCP