A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 89% 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 25. 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
Open HPD violations
1 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2020-08-14.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
67 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (53) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (6) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Curb Condition (1) · Rodent (1) · Street Sign (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 (1872)
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)
620 VANDERBILT AVE HOLDINGS LLC
Head officer
RONALD A MCLAREN
Managing agent
RONALD A MCLAREN
Last registered
2025-07-23
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
$2,191,000
$985,950
2026
$1,837,000
$826,650
2027
$2,108,000
$948,600
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
7 Av — B Q · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Grand Army Plaza — 2 3 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Vanderbilt Av / Prospect Pl — B69 · 100 ft
Citi Bike
Prospect Pl & Vanderbilt Ave · 100 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.
67 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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.
Sales, deeds & mortgages
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $23,120 on
2003-09-10 (lender: Independence Community 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
2003-09-10
Mortgage $23,120 — from MCLAREN, RONALD to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
$23,120
1999-09-22
Mortgage $22,315 — from PROSPECT HEIGHTS REALTY CORP to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH
$22,315
1989-02-07
Mortgage $580,000 — from 240 PROSPECT PLACE CORP to CENTRAL FED SAVS FSB
$580,000
1987-12-11
Mortgage $900,000 — from 240 PROSPECT PLACE CORP; PROSPECT HEIGHTS RLTY CP; MC LAREN, RONALD to CENTRAL FEDERAL SVGS/FSB
$900,000
1987-06-03
Mortgage $178,853 — from PROSPECT HEIGHTS RLTY CP to DIME SV BK/WILLIAMSBURGH
$178,853
1986-08-26
Mortgage $75,000 — from PROSPECT HEIGHTS RLTY CP to PANKEN, SAM J; PANKEN, PETER
$75,000
1985-10-22
Mortgage $136,353 — from PROSPECT HGTS RLTY CP to DIME SAVS BANK/WMSBRGH
$136,353
1985-06-24
Mortgage $31,600 — from PROSPECTS HGHTS RTYCORP to PANKEN, PETER
$31,600
1984-05-10
Mortgage $60,000 — from PROSPECT HEIGHTS RLTY CP to DAVIS, AUGUSTINE
$60,000
1984-05-10
Mortgage $25,000 — from PROSPECT HEIGHTS RLTY CP to PANKEN, SAM J
$25,000
Ten-year activity
100500
2017
2018
2019
2020
94
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
1
0
0
1
2018
0
3
0
2
5
2019
0
7
0
1
8
2020
0
30
0
1
31
2021
0
93
0
1
94
2022
0
28
0
3
31
2023
1
25
0
2
28
2024
0
33
2
9
44
2025
0
17
0
1
18
2026
0
15
0
2
17
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2025-07-13311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2025-06-10HPD 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
2024-05-17311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2024-05-14Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-05-09311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2024-05-07311: Curb Condition — Broken Curb
2024-04-19311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2024-04-11HPD 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
2024-03-26311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2022-03-01HPD 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
2021-04-29311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2021-04-28311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2021-04-20311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2021-04-20311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2021-04-12311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2021-04-12HPD 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
2021-04-11311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2020-09-29311: Dead/Dying Tree — Planted More Than 2 Years Ago
2020-08-23311: Dead/Dying Tree — Planted More Than 2 Years Ago
2020-08-20311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2020-08-14HPD class A: § 27-2046.1 HMC: POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A COMMON
2020-08-14HPD class A: § 27-2104 ADM CODE POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY SHOWING THE REGISTRATION NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND
2020-08-14HPD class A: § 27-2045 ADM CODE POST A PROPER NOTICE OF SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR THE MAIL BOX MISS
2020-08-14HPD 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
2020-08-14HPD 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
2020-08-14HPD class A: § 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES, BOTTOM
2020-08-14HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC: POST, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND MAINTAIN A NOTICE IN A COMMON AREA OF THE BUILDING REGARDING THE PROCEDURES