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 6.5. In ZIP 11233, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and
14% 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
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
15 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (9) · WATER LEAK (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · Building/Use (1) · Animal (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 (1925)
No
Six or more residential units (4)
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)
RALPH GATES CLUSTER LP
Head officer
WILLIE WREN SR
Managing agent
RALPH GATES CLUSTER LP
Last registered
2025-09-10
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
$1,431,000
$643,950
2026
$1,296,000
$583,200
2027
$1,555,000
$699,750
The city's market estimate has risen
9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C
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
Halsey St — J · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Chauncey St — J Z · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Saratoga Av / MacDonough St — B7 · 150 ft
Citi Bike
Decatur St & Saratoga Ave · 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.
15 311 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: $4,790,334 on
2003-10-07 (lender: The City Of New York (''hpd'')), covering 9 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
2003-10-07
Mortgage $4,790,334 — from RALPH-GATES CLUSTER, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK (''HPD'')
$4,790,334
Ten-year activity
2001000
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
106
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
1
1
2
2018
0
1
0
1
2019
0
3
0
3
2020
0
16
0
16
2021
0
17
0
17
2022
7
98
1
106
2023
15
17
1
33
2024
0
7
1
8
2025
0
0
1
1
2026
0
8
1
9
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HPD 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
2026-05-05HPD 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
2025
2025-06-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2024
2024-12-23Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-09-13311: Animal-Abuse — Other (complaint details)
2021-05-18HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORY
2021-05-18HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3R,
2021-05-18HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER THE CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORY
2021-05-18HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT THE CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORY
2021-05-03Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
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
2021-01-01311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020
2020-10-13HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY,
2020-10-13HPD 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
2020-10-13HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM BOILER ROOM DOOR LOCKED AT CELLAR
2020-10-13HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATED LOCK INSTALLED AT ENTRANCE DOOR LEADING TO FIRE ESCAPE IN THE
2020-10-13HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NOR
2020-10-13HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORT
2020-10-12311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-10-12311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-10-12Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-10-12Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-10-11311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-10-11Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-10-10311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-10-10Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2019-08-16HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL WALLS AND CEILING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCAT
2019-02-28Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-01-14311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018
2018-06-20311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2011-12-23311: Water System — Leak (Use Comments) (WA2)
2011-12-13DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT
2009
2009-12-31DOB violation LBLVIO:
2009-01-01DOB violation LL6291:
2009-01-01DOB violation LL6291:
2008
2008-01-03DOB violation LL6291:
2008-01-03DOB violation LL6291:
2007
2007-08-27Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2007-01-19DOB violation LL6291:
2007-01-19DOB violation LL6291:
2006
2006-01-06DOB violation LL6291:
2006-01-06DOB violation LL6291:
2004
2004-12-01HPD class B: SECTION 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FRO
2004-09-30Permit PL — ISSUED
2004-06-14Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-05-20Permit PL — ISSUED
2004-03-03Agreement — from RALPH-GATES CLUSTER, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK
2004-03-03Agreement — from RALPH-GATES CLUSTER, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK
2004-02-13DOB violation LL6291:
2004-02-13DOB violation LL6291:
2003
2003-12-30Permit AL — ISSUED
2003-10-07Mortgage $4,790,334 — from RALPH-GATES CLUSTER, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK (''HPD'')$4,790,334
2003-10-07Agreement — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK (''HPD'') to RALPH-GATES CLUSTER, L.P.
2003-10-07Deed — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK ( to RALPH-GATES CLUSTER, L.P.
2003-10-07Agreement — from RALPH-GATES CLUSTER, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK (''HPD'')
2003-10-07Agreement — from RALPH-GATES CLUSTER, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK (''HPD'')
2003-10-07SAGE — from RALPH-GATES CLUSTER, L.P.
2003-09-05Job filed: Installation of sprinkler system. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.$20,300
2003-07-16Permit AL — ISSUED
2003-03-19DOB violation LL6291:
2003-03-19DOB violation LL6291:
2002
2002-09-11Job filed: INTERIOR REHABILITATION OF EXISTING BUILDING INCLUDING PLUMBING FIXTURES, NEW BOILER AND PARTITIONS.$300,000
2002-09-11Job filed: INTERIOR REHABILITATION OF EXISTING BUILDING INCLUDING PLUMBING FIXTURES, NEW BOILER AND PARTITIONS.$300,000
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
1974
1974-01-16Mortgage assigned — from PRELUDE RLTY CORP to ROBINSON MIRIAM
1971
1971-05-18Mortgage assigned — from LEONARD JOSEPH to PRELUDE RLTY CORP
1969
1969-10-07Deed — from LEONARD JOSEPH to WILLIAMS SAMEY
1969-10-07Mortgage — from WILLIAMS SAMEY to LEONARD JOSEPH