A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 81% 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 6. 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
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
23 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (12) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (5) · Noise (1) · APPLIANCE (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · PLUMBING (1).
Filed construction activity
$63,000 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 (1871)
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).
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$1,777,200
$799,740
2026
$2,133,000
$959,850
2027
$2,560,000
$1,152,000
The city's market estimate has risen
44% 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 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-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.
23 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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: $75,000 on
1989-11-17 (lender: 627 Vanderbilt Av Asoc), 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
1989-11-17
Mortgage $75,000 — from VANDERCORP REALTY INC; BETANCOURT, JEFFREY to 627 VANDERBILT AV ASOC
$75,000
1987-02-25
Mortgage $185,000 — from VANERCORP REALTY INC to DIME SAVS BK OF WMSBURGH
$185,000
1984-12-20
Mortgage $30,000 — from VANDERCORP RLTY INC to C M B REALTY CO/DBA; JONES, CHARLES H; QUICK, BILL; MUHAMMD, MARSHALL J
$30,000
1984-12-20
Mortgage $70,000 — from VANDERCORP REALTY INC to E.R.E. INC
$70,000
1984-03-07
Mortgage $16,114 — from QUICK, BILL; JONES, CHARLES H; MUHAMMAD, MARSHALL J to NATIONAL WESTMINSTERBNK
$16,114
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
37
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
0
2
2
2018
2
0
1
1
4
2019
0
0
3
0
3
2020
0
0
0
1
1
2021
1
0
5
0
6
2022
0
0
36
1
37
2023
0
6
11
3
20
2024
0
0
10
3
13
2025
0
0
4
2
6
2026
0
0
8
2
10
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2023-01-26DOB violation C: PARTIAL VACATE ORDER-OBSERVED BULGING RELIEVING ANGLE BRICK WORK AT EXP4 WEST ELEVATION OF THE NEIGHBORING BULGING 1238 ST MARKS
2023-01-26DOB complaint, category ?
2023-01-25DOB complaint, category ?
2023-01-12311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2022
2022-11-03311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2010-09-30311: Broken Parking Meter — Out of Order
2009
2009-12-31DOB violation LBLVIO:
2009-01-01DOB violation LL6291:
2006
2006-01-06DOB violation LL6291:
2005
2005-11-11Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-01-31DOB violation LL6291:
2004
2004-11-30Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-10-04Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-09-20Job filed: RENOVATE STORE FOR EATING & DRINKING PLACE (U.G. 6) IN CONJUNCTION WITH 629 VANDERBILT AVE. NO CHANGE TO EGRESS, OCCUPANCY OR USE.$30,000
2004-09-20Job filed: RENOVATE STORE FOR EATING & DRINKING PLACE (U.G. 6) IN CONJUNCTION WITH 629 VANDERBILT AVE. NO CHANGE TO EGRESS, OCCUPANCY OR USE.$30,000
2004-02-13DOB violation LL6291:
2003
2003-03-19DOB violation LL6291:
2002
2002-03-26DOB violation LL6291:
2001
2001-02-27DOB violation LL6291:
2000
2000-02-07DOB violation LL6291:
1999
1999-03-16DOB violation LL6291:
1999-01-25ATL — from NYCTL 1998-1 TRUST to BANK OF NEW YORK
1998
1998-07-29TLS — from CITY OF NEW YORK to NYCTL 1998-1 TRUST
1998-05-04DOB violation LL6291:
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1994
1994-10-31Mortgage satisfied — from VANDERCORP REALTY INC; BETANCOURT, JEFFREY to 627 VANDERBILT ASSOCIATES
1994-04-18Mortgage assigned — from MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC to SANTANDER FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
1994-04-18Mortgage assigned — from DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH to MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC
1994-03-24Deed — from NYC ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD/DEF; NYC BUREAU OF COMPLIANCE & COLLECTIONS/D; SILVERMAN, to TNG PROPERTIES INC
1993
1993-08-16DOB violation LL6291:
1992
1992-07-20DOB complaint, category ?
1989
1989-11-17Mortgage $75,000 — from VANDERCORP REALTY INC; BETANCOURT, JEFFREY to 627 VANDERBILT AV ASOC$75,000
1987
1987-02-25Mortgage satisfied — from VANDERCORP RLTY INC to E R E INC
1987-02-25Mortgage satisfied — from VANDERCORP RLTY INC to C M B REALTY CO
1987-02-25Mortgage $185,000 — from VANERCORP REALTY INC to DIME SAVS BK OF WMSBURGH$185,000
1985
1985-01-17Mortgage satisfied — from JONES, CHARLES H; QUICK, BILL; MUHAMMAD, MARSHALL J to NATIONAL WESTMINSTERBAN
1984
1984-12-20Mortgage $30,000 — from VANDERCORP RLTY INC to C M B REALTY CO/DBA; JONES, CHARLES H; QUICK, BILL; MUHAMMD, MARSHALL J$30,000
1984-12-20Mortgage $70,000 — from VANDERCORP REALTY INC to E.R.E. INC$70,000
1984-12-20Deed — from QUICK, BILL; MUHAMMAD, MARSHALL J; JONES, CHARLES H to VANDERCORP REALTY INC
1984-03-07Mortgage $16,114 — from QUICK, BILL; JONES, CHARLES H; MUHAMMAD, MARSHALL J to NATIONAL WESTMINSTERBNK$16,114
1981
1981-08-20Deed — from IZZO FERDINAND to MUHAMMAD MARSHALL J; QUICK BILL; JONES CHARLES H; CMB REALTY CO
1975
1975-01-16Deed — from GOLDMAN SAM to IZZO FERDINAND
1975-01-16Mortgage — from IZZO FERDINAND to GOLDMAN SAM