The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 88% 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 0.9. In ZIP 11213, 61% of residential buildings hold an A and
11% 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
4 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2017-02-15.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
45 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (37) · Street Condition (4) · Abandoned Vehicle (1) · DOOR/WINDOW (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · SAFETY (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 (1923)
Yes
Six or more residential units (20)
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)
510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LTD
Head officer
ALEXANDER BERKOVITCH
Managing agent
S&J CROWN MANAGEMENT LTD
Last registered
2025-10-07
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
$1,185,000
$533,250
2026
$1,196,000
$538,200
2027
$1,177,000
$529,650
The city's market estimate has fallen
1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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.
3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since
2016 (0 in the last three years).
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps
(cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
Getting around
Subway
Crown Hts-Utica Av — 3 4 · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Eastern Pkwy / Utica Av — B17 · 250 ft
Citi Bike
Eastern Pkwy & Schenectady Ave · 450 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.
45 311 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: $51,012 on
2026-06-24 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA), 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
2026-06-24
Agreement $3,100,000 — from 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA
$3,100,000
2026-06-24
Mortgage $51,013 — from 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA
$51,013
2021-05-12
Agreement $3,284,600 — from 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
$3,284,600
2020-12-17
Agreement $3,284,600 — from 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
$3,284,600
2014-06-02
Agreement $3,700,000 — from 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
$3,700,000
2014-05-23
Mortgage $1,056,645 — from 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
$1,056,645
2011-06-15
Agreement $2,780,000 to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
$2,780,000
2011-06-10
Mortgage $2,368,635 — from 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
$2,368,635
2005-12-27
Agreement $850,000 — from INDEPENDWNCE COMMUNITY BANK to 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED
$850,000
2005-06-24
Mortgage $277,551 — from 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
$277,551
2005-06-24
AL&R $850,000 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED
$850,000
2001-02-16
Mortgage $100,000 — from 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
$100,000
2001-02-16
Mortgage $30,000 — from 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED to CITY OF NEW YORK
$30,000
1991-05-02
Mortgage $750,000 — from 510 UNIVERSAL BLDRSLTD to COMMUNITY PRESERVATNCP
$750,000
1991-05-02
Mortgage $1,720,000 — from 510 UNIVERSAL BLDRSLTD to COMMUNITY PRESERVATNCP
$1,720,000
Ten-year activity
100500
63
2017
2018
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
0
60
0
3
63
2018
0
11
1
2
14
2019
1
23
0
1
25
2020
0
12
1
1
14
2021
0
37
1
1
39
2022
0
29
0
2
31
2023
0
30
0
1
31
2024
0
26
0
2
28
2025
0
14
0
3
17
2026
0
9
3
2
14
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2020-08-04City emergency repair (OMO): install hinges to make door self-closing in the entrance located at apt 4c, 4th story, 1st apartment from south at west.$300
2020-01-16HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GASKET AT INTERIOR REFRIGERATOR DOOR IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4C, 4th STORY
2019
2019-12-20Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-12-20311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-11-27HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOWER SASH AT FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT AP
2019-11-27HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4C, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM
2019-11-27HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE DOOR KNOB AT ENTRY DOOR IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4C, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH
2019-11-27HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS ... IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 4C, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH
2019-11-27HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE RUBBER GASKET AT REFRIGERATOR DOOR IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4C, 4th STORY,
2019-11-27HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE APRON AT WINDOW (2ND AT NORTH) IN THE 1st ROOM
2019-11-27HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4C, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FR
2019-11-27HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 4th STORY
2019-11-27HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 4th STOR
2019-11-27HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE NORTH WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCA
2019-11-27HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL OUTLET AT NORTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT
2017-02-15HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT CEILINGS AND ALL WALLS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT L
2017-02-15HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SPRING BALANCE OF 2ND LOWER SASH WINDOW FROM WEST AT NORTH IN THE 4th ROOM FROM N
2017-02-15HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MIRROR AT MEDICINE CABINET IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4C, 4th STORY, 1st APA
2017-02-15HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING KEY OPERATED LOCK AT DOOR OF FIRE ESCAPE ROOM IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCAT
2017-02-15HPD class B: § 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4C, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH
2017-02-15HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4C, 4th STORY,
2017-02-15HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR TILES WITH SPLINTER PROTRUDING OUT , APPROX. 1 S
2017-02-15HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD WINDOW SILL AT 1ST WINDOW FROM WEST AT NORTH IN THE 4t
2017-02-15HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR TILES IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 4C, 4th STORY,
2017-02-15HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR TILES IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 4C,
2017-02-15HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4C, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM S
2017-02-15HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE VINYL FLOOR TILES IN THE KITCHENETTE LOCATED AT APT 4C, 4th
2008-02-17Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2007
2007-09-05Tenant complaint: GENERAL — MAILBOX
2006
2006-12-04Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005
2005-12-27Agreement $850,000 — from INDEPENDWNCE COMMUNITY BANK to 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED$850,000
2005-06-24Mortgage assigned — from FANNIE MAE to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
2005-06-24Mortgage $277,551 — from 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK$277,551
2005-06-24AL&R $850,000 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED$850,000
2005-06-12Tenant complaint: GENERAL — FLOOR
2005-06-12Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2005-06-12Tenant complaint: GENERAL — FLOOR
2005-02-19Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-01-17Tenant complaint: NONCONST — ODOR
2005-01-17Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2004
2004-08-27Tenant complaint: NONCONST — ODOR
2004-08-27Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2004-08-27Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2004-08-27Tenant complaint: GENERAL — DOORS
2004-08-25ECB Non-Hazardous violation: OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT RECORDS:IN THAT (1) BED ROOM CREATED AND OCCUPIED FOR SLEEPING AT TI$800
2004-08-23DOB complaint, category ?
2004-01-22City emergency repair (OMO): (public area) at apt. #2c and #2d trace, locate and repair all water leaks running down to the ground floor public hallw$695
2004-01-20Tenant complaint: GENERAL — WINDOWS
2004-01-20Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-01-11Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-01-11Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003-09-04Mortgage assigned — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to FANNIE MAE
2002
2002-06-17ECB Non-Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DEFECT IS SAGGING CRUMBLING SHEETROCK CEILING FALLING PAINT AND LEAKING WATER IN CLOSET & LIVING/BEDROOM OF AP
2002-06-17DOB complaint, category ?
2001
2001-02-16Mortgage $100,000 — from 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK$100,000
2001-02-16Agreement — from NYC HPD; 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
2001-02-16Agreement — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED
2001-02-16SAGE — from COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION
2001-02-16Mortgage $30,000 — from 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED to CITY OF NEW YORK$30,000
2001-02-16Agreement — from 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS LIMITED to CITY OF NEW YORK
2001-02-16Mortgage assigned — from COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
2001-02-16Mortgage assigned — from COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION to CITY OF NEW YORK
2001-01-08Mortgage satisfied — from GALUTH REALTY CORP to WINCOP REALTY CORP
1997
1997-02-10DOB violation LL6291:
1996
1996-05-28Mortgage satisfied — from SORICH REALTY CORP to TOREL REALTY CORP
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1994
1994-06-01DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-08-16DOB violation LL6291:
1993-06-01DOB violation LL6291:
1992
1992-09-01Permit EW — ISSUED
1992-09-01Permit PL — ISSUED
1992-07-22Permit AL — ISSUED
1992-02-11Permit PL — ISSUED
1991
1991-06-20Permit AL — ISSUED
1991-05-02Mortgage $750,000 — from 510 UNIVERSAL BLDRSLTD to COMMUNITY PRESERVATNCP$750,000
1991-05-02Agreement — from 510 UNIVERSAL BLDRSLTD to NYC HPD
1991-05-02Mortgage assigned — from 510 UNIVERSAL BLDRSLTD to COMMUNITY PRESERV CORP
1991-05-02Mortgage $1,720,000 — from 510 UNIVERSAL BLDRSLTD to COMMUNITY PRESERVATNCP$1,720,000
1991-05-02Agreement — from NYC HPD to NYC COMMUN/PRESERV/CP/FK; COMMUNITY PRESERVATNCP
1990
1990-01-02Deed — from CROWN HGTS JEWISH COMMU/ to 510 UNIVERSAL BUILDERS
1989
1989-05-17VAC — from CITY OF NEW YORK to VACATE ORDER
1988
1988-07-13Deed — from COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE to CITY OF NEW YORK
1985
1985-12-16Deed — from GALUTH RLTY CORP to CROWN HGHTS JEWISH COMM
1980
1980-03-12Mortgage — from GALUTH RLTY CORP to GRUNBERG JOSEF
1980-03-12Deed — from WINCOP RLTY CORP to GALUTH RLTY CORP
1980-03-12Mortgage — from GALUTH RLTY CORP to WINCOP RLTY CORP
1976
1976-07-13SAGE — from DIME SAVS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH; WINCOP REALTY CORP
1969
1969-02-20Mortgage assigned — from FRIED SOLOMON; FRIED MINA P; TUNE HELEN G to WEINER ELIAS