The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 58% 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 11.7. 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
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
3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · Illegal Parking (1) · Noise (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 (1905)
Yes
Six or more residential units (6)
Yes
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
3 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. 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)
BK-V-L LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Head officer
LAURIE KEFALIDIS
Managing agent
IBEC BUILDING CORP
Last registered
2025-08-08
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
$1,604,000
$721,800
2026
$1,682,000
$756,900
2027
$2,018,000
$908,100
The city's market estimate has risen
26% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
Building systems
Heating fuel
NATURALGAS
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
Park Pl — S · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Botanic Garden — 2 3 4 5 S · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Sterling Pl / Franklin Av — B45 · 150 ft
Citi Bike
Park Pl & Franklin Ave · 500 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.
3 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,918,225 on
2020-03-09 (lender: First Republic Bank), covering 6 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
2020-03-09
AL&R $4,825,000 — from BK-V-L LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK
$4,825,000
2020-03-09
Agreement $4,825,000 — from BK-V-L LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK
$4,825,000
2020-03-09
Mortgage $1,918,226 — from BK-V-L LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK
$1,918,226
2013-12-09
Mortgage $3,300,000 — from BK-V-L LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, C/O KLM CONS to PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK
$3,300,000
2008-11-03
RPTT&RET $914,000 — from BETA STEEL CORP. to WAGMAN, JAMES; BRAHIMY, HESKY; 171 DEVELOPMENT CORP.; KEFALIDIS, ELIAS; BRAHIMY, SAMY; KEF
$914,000
1990-08-06
Mortgage $500,000 — from BK-V-L LIMITED PTRSHP to COMMUNITY PRESERV CORP
$500,000
1988-12-22
Mortgage $500,000 — from BK-V-L LTD to COMMUNITY PRESERV CORP
$500,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
21
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
1
3
0
0
4
2018
0
1
0
1
2
2019
0
19
1
1
21
2020
0
2
4
1
7
2021
0
3
0
1
4
2022
0
1
0
1
2
2023
0
2
2
2
6
2024
0
4
0
2
6
2025
0
1
0
3
4
2026
0
1
0
3
4
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2025-09-26Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2025-07-08Boiler inspection
2025-06-27Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2024
2024-12-03Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-05-27311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2024-05-20Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-03-18Boiler inspection
2024-01-20Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-20311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023
2023-12-06Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-11-15Mortgage assigned — from FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; FIRST REPUBLIC BANK; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIO
2023-11-15Mortgage assigned — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.; FIRST REPUBLIC BANK; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIO
2023-06-29Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-02-16Boiler inspection
2023-01-31311: Urinating in Public — N/A
2022
2022-12-02Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-02-07Boiler inspection
2021
2021-12-07Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-10-29311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Horn
2021-03-13Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-01-11Boiler inspection
2020
2020-12-15Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-11-30Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-03-09AL&R $4,825,000 — from BK-V-L LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK$4,825,000
2020-03-09Mortgage assigned — from PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK, NA to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK
2020-03-09Agreement $4,825,000 — from BK-V-L LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK$4,825,000
2020-03-09Mortgage $1,918,226 — from BK-V-L LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK$1,918,226
2020-01-13Boiler inspection — defects found
2019
2019-12-06311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-12-02Bedbug filing: 1 infested units
2019-03-25Boiler inspection
2019-02-20TERA — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK to BK'V'-1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
2019-01-25HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REFIT LOWER SASH WINDOW 2ND FROM WEST AT NORTH IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FRO
2019-01-25HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REFIT LOWER SASH WINDOW 1ST FROM WEST AT NORTH IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FRO
2019-01-25HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SPRING BALANCE AT LOWER SASH WINDOW AT NORTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT
2019-01-24Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-01-23Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-01-23311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-01-23HPD 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
2019-01-22Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2019-01-22311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2019-01-08Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2018
2018-05-08Boiler inspection
2018-03-29311: Sanitation Condition — 12 Dead Animals
2017
2017-11-09311: Sanitation Condition — 12 Dead Animals
2017-04-16311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Shaking/Vibrating/Structural Stability
2013-08-12311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Contrary To LL 58/87(Handicapped Access)
2013-08-12DOB complaint, category ?
2013-05-02311: Water Quality — Taste/Odor, Chlorine (QA1)
2010
2010-10-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2010-07-12311: Dead Tree — Dead/Dying Tree
2010-07-12311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2009
2009-04-07City emergency repair (OMO): (apt #1a) at the entire apartment: install (3) window guard complete remove all work related debris. contractor must sig$210
1990-08-21Mortgage assigned — from COMMUNITY PRESERVATION C; NYC COMM PRES CORP/FKA to PENY & CO
1990-08-06Mortgage assigned — from COMMUNITY PRESERV CORP; NYC COMM PRES CORP/FKA to NYC HPD
1990-08-06Mortgage assigned — from BK-V-L LIMITED PTRSHP to COMMUNITY PRESERV CORP
1990-08-06Agreement — from BK-V-L LIMITED PTRSHP to NYC HPD
1990-08-06Mortgage $500,000 — from BK-V-L LIMITED PTRSHP to COMMUNITY PRESERV CORP$500,000
1990-07-12Agreement — from COMMUNITY PRESERV CORP to BK-V-L LTD PARTNERSHIP
1990-07-12Agreement — from COMMUNITY PRESERV CORP to BK-V-L LTD PARTNERSHIP
1989
1989-11-08ECB Unknown violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE APPROVED PLANS AT PREMISES AT TIME OF INSPECTION. REMEDY: PROVIDE/KEEP APPROVED PLANS AT SITE AT ALL TIMES$500
1989-04-03ECB Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO FILE 10F FOR STRUCTURAL STABILITY PRIOR TO START OF CONTROLLED WORK.$300
1989-04-03DOB violation C:
1989-03-31DOB complaint, category ?
1988
1988-12-22Mortgage assigned — from NYC HPD to KLM CONSTRUCTION CORP
1988-12-22Deed — from BK'V'-I LIMITED PTRSHP to BK-V-L LIMITED PTRSHP
1988-12-22Mortgage $500,000 — from BK-V-L LTD to COMMUNITY PRESERV CORP$500,000
1988-12-22Deed — from CITY OF NEW YORK to BK'V'-1 LIMITED PTRSHP
1988-12-22Mortgage assigned — from BK'V'I LTD PARTNERSHIP to BK-V-M LTD PARTNERSHIP
1988-12-22MISC — from BK-V-M LTD PARTNERSHIP
1988-12-22Agreement — from NYC HPD to BK-V-L LTD PARTNERSHIP
1988-12-22Agreement — from NYC HPD to NYC COMMUNITY PRESERV/FK; COMMUNITY PRESERV CORP
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
1976-10-25Deed — from KEECAN ROBERT V JR EXEC OF to 628 STERLING CORP