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 11238, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and
10% 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
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: Noise (2) · New Tree Request (1) · Illegal Parking (1) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (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 (1871)
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)
600 Vanderbilt Aretz LLC
Head officer
JOSEPH AIZER
Managing agent
STRIVERS MANAGEMENT GROUP
Last registered
2026-01-20
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
$2,959,000
$177,540
2026
$3,478,000
$208,680
2027
$3,868,000
$232,080
The city's market estimate has risen
31% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Flood exposure
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
7 Av — B Q · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Grand Army Plaza — 2 3 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Vanderbilt Av / Saint Marks Av — B69 · 100 ft
Citi Bike
Prospect Pl & Vanderbilt Ave · 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.
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: $2,000,000 on
2018-06-22 (lender: Valley National 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
2018-06-22
AL&R $2,000,000 — from 600 VANDERBILT ARTEZ LLC to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK
$2,000,000
2018-06-22
Deed $2,100,000 — from CHARLES STREET CAPITAL LLC to 600 VANDERBILT ARETZ LLC
$2,100,000
2018-06-22
Mortgage $2,000,000 — from 600 VANDERBILT ARTEZ LLC to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK
$2,000,000
2018-06-13
Sold for $2,100,000
$2,100,000
$1,050,000
2014-07-21
Mortgage $875,000 — from W. JEFFREY BROWN; CHARLES STREET CAPITAL LLC to NATIONAL PENN BANK
$875,000
2008-04-07
Mortgage $798,000 — from CHARLES STREET CAPITAL, LLC to ARLINGTON CAPITAL MORTGAGE
$798,000
2008-04-07
Deed $1,065,000 — from MARIA CRUZ AS ADMINISTRATRIX; THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL CRUZ to CHARLES STREET CAPITAL, LLC
$1,065,000
2006-11-28
Mortgage $315,000 — from CRUZ, MICHAEL to EQUIFIRST CORPORATION
$315,000
2006-02-16
Mortgage $245,000 — from CRUZ, MICHAEL to ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC
$245,000
2005-01-31
Mortgage $180,000 — from CRUZ, MICHAEL to MERS
$180,000
Ten-year activity
20100
11
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
2
3
5
1
0
11
2018
0
0
5
4
1
10
2019
0
0
3
0
0
3
2020
0
0
9
0
0
9
2021
0
0
1
0
0
1
2022
0
0
2
0
0
2
2023
0
0
3
0
0
3
2024
0
0
2
0
0
2
2025
0
0
1
0
0
1
2026
0
0
3
0
0
3
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2020-11-03HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APAR
2020-11-01311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-10-31311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-10-31Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-07-18311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-07-12311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2017-03-11ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLYE WITH THE COMMISSIONERS ORDER CONTAINED IN SUMMONS/VIOLATION#35213369R ISSUED ON 01/16/17 AND TO FILE A CERTIFIC$2,000
2017-01-26Permit EQ — ISSUED
2017-01-17Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. LIVE LOAD 300 PER SQUARE FEET. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF THE NYC
2017-01-16311: General Construction/Plumbing — Debris - Falling Or In Danger Of Falling
2017-01-16ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG WALLS OR APOPURTENANCES. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION IT WAS OBSERVED THAT A SECTION OF THE CROWN FACING OF $1,030
2017-01-16DOB complaint, category ?
2015
2015-11-06311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Talking
2015-06-09311: Street Sign - Missing — Other/Unknown
2014
2014-07-21Mortgage $875,000 — from W. JEFFREY BROWN; CHARLES STREET CAPITAL LLC to NATIONAL PENN BANK$875,000