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 11217, 60% 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 — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2009-04-06.
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
No 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
Filed construction activity
$3,000 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)
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)
197 5TH AVENUE CORP
Head officer
HAU T CHENG
Managing agent
197 5TH AVENUE CORP
Last registered
2025-07-10
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
$2,423,000
$1,090,350
2026
$2,532,000
$1,139,400
2027
$2,331,000
$1,048,950
The city's market estimate has fallen
4% 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
Union St — R · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Bergen St — 2 3 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 5 Av / Union St — B63 · under 50 ft
Citi Bike
Berkeley Pl & 6 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.
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: $110,000 on
1997-02-21 (lender: Hons Real Estate Corp). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
1997-02-21
Mortgage $110,000 — from 197 5TH AVE CORP to HONS REAL ESTATE CORP
$110,000
1986-01-28
Mortgage $135,000 — from HONS REAL ESTATE CORP to GONZALEZ, JULIO
$135,000
1982-01-25
Mortgage $60,000 — from CRACOLICI, ANNA; CRACOLICI, SALVATORE to SCARPULLA, ALICE; SCARPULLA, ANGELO
$60,000
Ten-year activity
1050
2017
2018
2019
2020
6
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
1
4
0
5
2018
0
0
4
1
5
2019
0
0
2
0
2
2020
0
0
2
0
2
2021
0
0
6
0
6
2022
0
0
1
0
1
2023
2
1
2
1
6
2024
0
0
1
0
1
2025
0
0
1
1
2
2026
0
0
1
0
1
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2015-10-06HPD 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
2014-06-20311: General Construction/Plumbing — Failure To Maintain
2014-06-20DOB complaint, category ?
2014-04-04311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2011
2011-04-15Permit EW — ISSUED
2011-04-15Permit EQ — ISSUED
2011-04-12Permit EQ — ISSUED
2011-04-11Job filed: FACADE REPAIR AND PIPE SCAFFOLD AS SHOWN ON PLANS.SIDEWALK SHED UNDER SEPARATE APPLICATION. NO CHANGES TO USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$4,500
2011-04-11Job filed: INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS SHOWN ON PLANS. NO CHANGES TO USES, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.
2011-04-11Job filed: INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS SHOWN ON PLANS. NO CHANGES TO USES, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.
2010
2010-08-19311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-08-19Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010-03-21311: Taxi Complaint — Driver Complaint
2009
2009-04-06HPD class B: SECTION 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FRO
2003
2003-09-20Mortgage satisfied — from 197 5TH AVE .CORP. to HONS REAL ESTATE , COPR
1997
1997-03-10Mortgage assigned — from HONS REAL ESTATE CORP to LEUNG, HON CHUNG; LEUNG, LIN W
1997-02-21Mortgage $110,000 — from 197 5TH AVE CORP to HONS REAL ESTATE CORP$110,000
1997-02-21DTL — from BANK OF NEW YORK
1997-02-21Deed — from HONS REAL ESTATE CORP to 197 5TH AVE CORP
1997-02-21Mortgage satisfied — from HONS REAL ESTATE CORP to GONZALEZ, JULIO
1996
1996-06-12TLS — from CITY OF NEW YORK to BANK OF NEW YORK
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1987
1987-08-21Mortgage satisfied — from CRACOLICI, ANNA; CRACOLICI, SALVATORE to SCARPULLA, ANGELO; SCARPULLA, ALICE
1986
1986-01-28Mortgage $135,000 — from HONS REAL ESTATE CORP to GONZALEZ, JULIO$135,000
1986-01-28Deed — from GONZALEZ, JULIO to HONS REAL EST CORP
1984
1984-08-17REL — from SCARPULLA, ALICE to CRACOLICI, ANNA; CRACOLICI, SALVATORE
1984-07-19Deed — from CRACOLICI, SALVATORE; CROCOLICI, ANNA to GONZALEZ, JULIO
1982
1982-01-25Mortgage $60,000 — from CRACOLICI, ANNA; CRACOLICI, SALVATORE to SCARPULLA, ALICE; SCARPULLA, ANGELO$60,000
1982-01-25Deed — from SCARPULLA, ALICE; SCARPULLA, ANGELO to CRACOLICI, SALVATORE; CRACOLICI, ANNA
1982-01-25Deed — from F A L REALTY INC. to SCARPULLA, ALICE; SCARPULLA, ANGELO
1973
1973-08-10Deed — from FA EQUITIES CORP to FAL RLTY INC