The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 78% 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 3.8. In ZIP 11238, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and
10% 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
Open HPD violations
3 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1993-03-05.
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
5 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (2) · Water System (2) · Curb Condition (1).
Filed construction activity
$35,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (2 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 (1908)
Yes
Six or more residential units (8)
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)
431 STERLING PLACE HDFC
Head officer
MATTHEW SWEENEY
Managing agent
NARROWS MANAGEMENT
Last registered
2025-08-07
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
$2,764,000
$1,243,800
2026
$2,236,000
$1,006,200
2027
$2,324,000
$1,045,800
The city's market estimate has fallen
16% 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
Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum — 2 3 · 1,050 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Park Pl — S · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Sterling Pl / Washington Av — B45 · 200 ft
Citi Bike
Washington Ave & Park Pl · 350 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: $6,400 on
1984-11-26 (lender: First Nationwide Savs), covering 4 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
2020-12-16
RPTT&RET $995,000 — from DARWICK, GABRIEL; CLAPP, JENIFER to WISE, ASHLEY; WISE, CHRISTOPHER
$995,000
2020-02-24
RPTT&RET $699,000 — from BLISH HONEYCUTT, TAMMY to NOEL, JOYEUX F
$699,000
2020-01-24
Sold for $699,000
$699,000
$87,375
2019-03-27
RPTT&RET $695,000 — from PRESCOD, MARGARET to WUELFERTH, LEA
$695,000
2019-03-11
Sold for $695,000
$695,000
$86,875
2017-12-21
RPTT&RET $775,000 — from COX, CAITLIN E; HARE, JAMES P to COVERT, BRYCE R; BACK, DOUGLAS J
$775,000
2017-12-06
Sold for $775,000
$775,000
$96,875
2017-03-06
RPTT&RET $786,000 — from BRIGHT, MARTHA E to DARWICK, GABRIEL E; CLAPP, JENIFER E
$786,000
2017-02-16
Sold for $786,000
$786,000
$98,250
2015-02-06
RPTT&RET $632,250 — from JOAN JONES, EXECUTOR; ESTATE OF CHARLES MAJORS to COX, CAITLIN E; HARE, JAMES P
$632,250
2014-10-24
RPTT&RET $630,000 — from RAMOS, SANDRA; RAMOS-SYNNOTT, BAHIA to SWEENEY, MATTHEW; GARLAND, SARAH
$630,000
2014-03-03
RPTT&RET $750,000 — from SUNDIN, KYLE; HOGUET, MARIE to PAIGE, MELISSA; RUSSELL, JONATHON L
$750,000
2013-09-06
RPTT&RET $710,000 — from STOUT, RENEE to EGNER, JEREMY D; YAZEL, LESLIE A
$710,000
2009-10-26
RPTT&RET $554,000 — from HANNA, SHELLEY L; NOESEN, MATTHEW J to SUNDIN, KYLE; HOGUET, MARIE
$554,000
1984-11-26
Mortgage $70,700 — from PROSPECT HGTS HSNG/DV/F to FIRST NATIONWIDE SAVS
$70,700
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
2019
13
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
0
1
0
4
1
6
2018
0
0
1
0
1
2
2019
3
2
4
2
1
12
2020
2
0
7
3
1
13
2021
0
0
5
0
1
6
2022
0
0
5
0
1
6
2023
0
0
4
0
2
6
2024
0
0
4
0
2
6
2025
0
0
2
0
2
4
2026
0
0
0
0
2
2
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2019-10-12311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-08-16DOB complaint, category ?
2019-07-19Boiler inspection
2019-07-11Permit PL — ISSUED
2019-07-08Permit EW — ISSUED
2019-06-28Job filed: RELOCATE KITCHEN IN EXISTING COOP APARTMENT. MINOR COSMETIC AND PLUMBING WORK. NO CHANGE OF USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY UNDER THIS APPLICATION$27,000
2019-03-27RPTT&RET $695,000 — from PRESCOD, MARGARET to WUELFERTH, LEA$695,000
2019-03-11Sold for $695,000$695,000
2019-02-26Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2018
2018-09-17Boiler inspection
2018-04-20311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2017
2017-12-21RPTT&RET $775,000 — from COX, CAITLIN E; HARE, JAMES P to COVERT, BRYCE R; BACK, DOUGLAS J$775,000
2017-12-06Sold for $775,000$775,000
2017-11-08Boiler inspection
2017-10-26FDNY inspection (RISK)
2017-03-06RPTT&RET $786,000 — from BRIGHT, MARTHA E to DARWICK, GABRIEL E; CLAPP, JENIFER E$786,000
2017-02-16Sold for $786,000$786,000
2015
2015-02-24HPD 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
2015-02-06RPTT&RET $632,250 — from JOAN JONES, EXECUTOR; ESTATE OF CHARLES MAJORS to COX, CAITLIN E; HARE, JAMES P$632,250
2014
2014-10-24RPTT&RET $630,000 — from RAMOS, SANDRA; RAMOS-SYNNOTT, BAHIA to SWEENEY, MATTHEW; GARLAND, SARAH$630,000
2000-03-29Mortgage assigned — from BERCY INVESTORS INC to GMAC COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORTATION
2000-02-07DOB violation LL6291:
1999
1999-03-16DOB violation LL6291:
1996
1996-01-25Mortgage satisfied — from PROSPECT HEIGHTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN to FIRST NATIONWIDE SAVINGS
1996-01-25Mortgage assigned — from GRANITE SAVINGS BANK to FIRST NATIONWIDE BANK
1993
1993-03-15HPD class B: SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE 1 STY APT 1 LEWIS. , SECTION '' ''
1993-03-05HPD class B: SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE 1 STY EAST APT 1 , SECTION '' ''
1993-03-05HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. REMOVE OBSTRUCTING BARS OR UNLAWFUL GATES FROM AT LEAST 1 WINDOW OR PROVIDE APPROVED T
1986
1986-06-09Agreement — from NYC HPD to PROSPECT HGTS HSNG DVLP
1985
1985-02-20CERT — from FIRST NATIONWIDE SAVS
1985-02-20Mortgage assigned — from NYC HPD to 431 STERLING HSG DVLFUN; PROSPECT HTS HSG DVLFUN
1985-01-14Agreement — from PROSPECT HGTS HSNG DVLPT; 431 STERLING HSNG DVL FU to FIRST NATIONWIDE SAVINGS
1985-01-14Deed — from PROSPECT HGHTS HOUSING D to 431 STERLING HOUSINGDVL
1984
1984-11-26Mortgage $70,700 — from PROSPECT HGTS HSNG/DV/F to FIRST NATIONWIDE SAVS$70,700
1984-11-26Mortgage $100,900 — from PROSPECT HGTS HSNG/DVL/F to FIRST NATIONWIDE SAVS$100,900
1984-11-26Deed — from NEW YORK CITY to PROSPECT HGTS HSNG/DV/F
1984-11-26Mortgage $6,400 — from PROSPECT HGTS HSNG/DVL/F to FIRST NATIONWIDE SAVS$6,400
1984-11-26Mortgage $110,400 — from PROSPECT HGTS HSNG/DVL/F to FIRST NATIONWIDE SAVS$110,400
1984-11-26Mortgage $38,000 — from PROSPECT HGTS HSNG/DVL/F to FIRST NATIONWIDE SAVS$38,000
1983
1983-04-13Deed — from NEW YORK CITY to PROSPECT HTS HOS DVPFD
1981
1981-12-08Mortgage — from PROSPECT HEIGHTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN to WEST SIDE FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOC; WEST SIDE FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOC; FEDERA
1981-12-08Mortgage assigned — from THE PROSPECT HEIGHTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECT HEIGHTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN to CITY OF NEW YORK
1981-12-08Deed — from CITY OF NEW YORK to PROSPECT HEIGHTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUN
1979
1979-04-18Deed — from COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE OF THE CITY O FN; ADMINISTRATOR OF FINANCE OF THE CITY OF ; COMMIS to THE CITY OF NEWY ORK; CITY OF NY; THE CITY OFNEW YORK; THE CITY OF NEW YORK; THE CITY OF N
1976
1976-10-12Mortgage assigned — from HUDSON PHILIP EXECR OF; HUDSON WILLIAM to HUDSON ALBERTA E; HUDSON WILLIAM JR; HUDSON VERNICE
1976-08-10Mortgage — from DENIS ANTIONE; DENIS MARIE to HUDSON WILLIAM ESTATE OF EXEC OF
1976-08-10Deed — from HUDSON WILLIAM ESTATE OF EXEC OF to DENIS ANTIONE; DENIS MARIE