The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11215, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and
4% 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
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no
pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
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
5 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Curb Condition (2) · Noise (2) · Street Condition (1).
Filed construction activity
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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)
Yes
Six or more residential units (6)
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)
HG Building Blocks LLC
Head officer
Demetria Galanis
Managing agent
Brownstone Management LLC
Last registered
2025-07-09
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
$1,975,000
$888,750
2026
$2,370,000
$1,066,500
2027
$2,477,000
$1,114,650
The city's market estimate has risen
25% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Building systems
Heating fuel
NO2FUEL
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 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
4 Av-9 St — F G R · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 9 St / 4 Av — B61 · 600 ft
Citi Bike
4 Ave & 9 St · 600 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.
5 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $450,000 on
2002-03-08 (lender: Emigrant Funding Corporation), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2002-03-08
Mortgage $450,000 — from HG BUILDING BLOCKS LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION
$450,000
Ten-year activity
1050
2017
2018
10
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
1
1
2018
0
2
4
6
2019
0
8
2
10
2020
0
5
2
7
2021
0
2
1
3
2022
0
3
2
5
2023
1
4
1
6
2024
1
1
1
3
2025
0
3
2
5
2026
1
3
1
5
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2019-03-04311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-02-26311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-02-02311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-01-20311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018
2018-06-14Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-05-23Boiler inspection
2018-05-08Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2018-04-23Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-03-07311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-03-07Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2017
2017-10-10Boiler inspection
2016
2016-10-27311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2016-10-27Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2016-10-25HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO H
2016-10-25HPD class A: § 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE AGE
2016-10-24311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2016-10-24Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2016-05-10311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2016-05-10Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2015
2015-03-03DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2013 INSPECTION REPORT
2012
2012-11-22311: HEATING — HEAT
2012-11-22Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2012-04-20TL&R — from HG BUILDING BLOCKS LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION
2012-04-20Mortgage satisfied — from HG BUILDING BLOCKS, LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION
2007
2007-08-15Permit EW — ISSUED
2007-08-15Permit EW — ISSUED
2007-08-07Job filed: REPLACE BOILER & BURNER. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS
2002
2002-03-08Mortgage satisfied — from MARSHALL, JOSEPHINE to TRECALLI, FRANK LABARBERA
2002-03-08Mortgage $450,000 — from HG BUILDING BLOCKS LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION$450,000
2002-03-08Mortgage assigned — from HG BUILDING BLOCKS LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION
2002-03-08Deed — from FAGA REALTY CORP to HG BUILING BLOCKS LLC