A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 197. 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
Open HPD violations
5 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2009-05-05.
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
9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Abandoned Vehicle (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · Lead (2) · Dirty Condition (1) · Damaged Tree (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 (1909)
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)
221 HOWARD AVE LLC
Head officer
SHRAGE ROKOSZ
Managing agent
REDI MANAGEMENT CORP
Last registered
2026-07-29
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
$474,000
$213,300
2026
$569,000
$256,050
2027
$683,000
$307,350
The city's market estimate has risen
44% 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
Ralph Av — C · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Fulton St / Howard Av — B25 · 650 ft
Citi Bike
Chauncey St & Howard Ave · 400 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.
9 311 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: $286,292 on
2021-01-21 (lender: First Republic Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2021-01-21
Mortgage $286,292 — from 221 HOWARD AVE LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK
$286,292
2021-01-21
Agreement $990,000 — from 221 HOWARD AVE LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK
$990,000
2015-10-29
Mortgage $800,000 — from 221 HOWARD AVE LLC to EMPIRE NATIONAL BANK
$800,000
2015-10-29
AL&R $800,000 — from 221 HOWARD AVE LLC to EMPIRE NATIONAL BANK
$800,000
2013-11-12
Deed $475,000 — from HOWERTON, ELOURDE; HOWERTON, KEITH to 221 HOWARD AVENUE LLC
$475,000
2001-03-23
Mortgage $230,900 — from HOWERTON, ELOURDE; HOWERTON, KEITH to BUDGET MORTGAGE BANKERS LTD
$230,900
2000-11-14
Mortgage $215,700 — from HOWERTON, ELOURDE; HOWERTON, KEITH to AMERITRUST NATIONALMORTGAGE BANKERS INC
$215,700
2000-01-25
Mortgage $215,700 — from HOWERTON, KEITH; HOWERTON, ELOURDE to AMERITRUST NATIONALMORTGAGE BANKERS INC
$215,700
1998-06-22
Mortgage $70,000 — from ANY NAME REALTY INC to BOKHOUR, FARHAD
$70,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
21
2024
2025
2026
Housing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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Year
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
1
0
0
1
2018
4
0
0
4
2019
4
0
1
5
2020
2
0
0
2
2021
5
4
0
9
2022
1
0
2
3
2023
2
1
0
3
2024
18
0
3
21
2025
13
0
3
16
2026
1
0
1
2
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HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING AND WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM L
2025-11-20
HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING ELECTRICAL OUTLET COVER AT SOUTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1L, 1st STORY, 1st APART
2025-11-20
HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MIS
2025-11-20
HPD class B: § 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVI
2025-11-20
HPD class B: § 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN AC
2025-11-20HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING AND WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM L
2025-11-20HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING ELECTRICAL OUTLET COVER AT SOUTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1L, 1st STORY, 1st APART
2025-11-20HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MIS
2025-11-20HPD class B: § 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVI
2025-11-20HPD class B: § 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN AC
2025-07-21Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2025-07-11311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2025-07-02HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT
2025-07-02HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF UNCAPPED RADIATOR VALVE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORY, 1st A
2025-07-02HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR THAT IS MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT
2025-05-19311: Damaged Tree — Tree Leaning/Uprooted
2025-02-03Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2025-01-15Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2024
2024-12-26Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2024-12-03Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-10-28311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2024-10-16311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2024-08-28Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2024-08-22HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO H
2024-08-22HPD class A: § 27-2046.1 HMC: POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A COMMON
2024-08-22HPD 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
2024-08-22HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING AND EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM L
2024-08-22HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MIS
2024-08-22HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM
2024-08-22HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING AND EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT A
2024-08-22HPD class B: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 10 SQFT (15 SQFT) AT CEILING IN THE BATHRO
2024-08-22HPD class A: § 27-2104 ADM CODE POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY SHOWING THE REGISTRATION NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND
2024-08-22HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS AND REPAIR ALL DEFECTS IN THE STROM DRAIN AT REAR YARD YARD
2024-08-22HPD class A: § 27-2045 ADM CODE POST A PROPER NOTICE OF SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR THE MAIL BOX MISS
2018-09-23311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2017
2017-08-29HPD class B: § 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNS
2016
2016-09-18311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Music
2015
2015-10-29Mortgage $800,000 — from 221 HOWARD AVE LLC to EMPIRE NATIONAL BANK$800,000
2015-10-29AL&R $800,000 — from 221 HOWARD AVE LLC to EMPIRE NATIONAL BANK$800,000
2014-03-14Job filed: RENOVATION AND MODIFICATIONS TO AN EXISTING $ UNIT RESIDENCE. SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES PLUMBING, THE REMOVAL AND CONSTRUCTION OF NON-LOAD BEARING INTER$130,000
2014-03-10Job filed: RENOVATION AND MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING 4 UNIT RESIDENCE. SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES PLUMBING,THE REMOVAL AND CONSTRUCTION OF NON LOAD BEARING INTERIOR $130,000
2013
2013-12-15311: HEATING — HEAT
2013-12-15Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2013-11-20Mortgage satisfied — from HOWERTON, KEITH; HOWERTON, ELOURDE to WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A
2013-11-12Deed $475,000 — from HOWERTON, ELOURDE; HOWERTON, KEITH to 221 HOWARD AVENUE LLC$475,000
2009-06-16City emergency repair (OMO): perform total lead analysis of 08 dust wipe sample(s) via environmental protection agency (epa) sw8453050-7420 method ut$35
2009-05-05HPD class A: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PAINT METAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPT. REGULATION THE NORTH WALL, SOUTH WALL, 1st RISER FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL IN TH
2009-05-05HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING MARBLE SADDLE UNDER THE DOOR IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTME
2009-05-05HPD class A: SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE NORTH WALL, 1st DOOR FROM NORTH AT EAST W
2009-05-05HPD class A: SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL PEELING PAINT SURFACES IN THE 3rd ROOM FR
2009-05-05HPD class A: SECTION 27-2026 ADM CODE RESET, SO AS TO SECURE A PROPER AND TIGHT CONNECTION, THE WATER CLOSET BOWL .. IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2
2009-05-05HPD class B: SECTION 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FR
2009-05-05HPD class B: SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR INOPERABLE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT
2009-05-05HPD class A: SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL,
2009-05-05HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE WASHBASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
2009-05-05HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE ELECTRICAL OUTLET AT NORTH WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1
2009-05-05HPD class A: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PAINT METAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPT. REGULATION THE 1st RADIATOR FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT
2009-05-05HPD class C: § 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIO
2009-05-05HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRING AT SOUTH WALL IN 2ND STORY PUBLIC HALL
2009-05-05HPD class C: § 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIO
2009-05-05HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING COVER FOR ELECTRICAL SWITCH AT NORTH WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2R,
2009-05-05HPD class A: SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE 1st RISER FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL, NORTH
2009-05-05HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE ELECTRICAL OUTLET AT EAST WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1s
2009-05-05HPD class B: SECTION 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). INOPERABLE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd
2009-05-05HPD class C: § 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIO
2009-05-02Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — WIRING
2009-05-02Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2009-05-02Tenant complaint: GENERAL — WINDOWS
2009-05-02Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2009-05-02Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — WIRING
2007
2007-01-26Mortgage assigned — from SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO HOMESIDE LENDING,; WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA; WASHINGTON MUTUAL BA to WELLS FARGO BANK, NA
2006
2006-05-22Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-05-18HPD class B: SECTION 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1L, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT
2006-05-18HPD class B: SECTION 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1L, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT NOR
2006-05-16Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2006-05-16Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2001-09-19Mortgage satisfied — from HOWERTON, KEITH; HOWERTON, ELOURDE to AMERITRUST NATIONALMORTGAGE BANKERS INC
2001-03-23Mortgage assigned — from BUDGET MORTGAGE BANKERS LTD to HOMESIDE LENDING INC
2001-03-23Mortgage $230,900 — from HOWERTON, ELOURDE; HOWERTON, KEITH to BUDGET MORTGAGE BANKERS LTD$230,900
2000
2000-11-14Mortgage $215,700 — from HOWERTON, ELOURDE; HOWERTON, KEITH to AMERITRUST NATIONALMORTGAGE BANKERS INC$215,700
2000-02-09Mortgage satisfied — from ANY NANE REALTY INC to BOKHOUR, FARHAD
2000-01-25Mortgage $215,700 — from HOWERTON, KEITH; HOWERTON, ELOURDE to AMERITRUST NATIONALMORTGAGE BANKERS INC$215,700
2000-01-25Mortgage assigned — from AMERITRUST NATIONALMORTGAGE BANKERS INC to HOMESIDE LENDING INC
2000-01-25Deed — from ANY NAME REALTY INC to HOWERTON, KEITH; HOWERTON, ELOURDE
1999
1999-01-19Mortgage satisfied — from HARRIS, ALFRED C to NYC HPD
1998
1998-06-22Deed — from HARRIS, NAZARETH to ANY NAME REALTY INC
1998-06-22Mortgage $70,000 — from ANY NAME REALTY INC to BOKHOUR, FARHAD$70,000
1973
1973-01-30Deed — from HARRIS ALFRED C to HARRIS NAZARETH
1972
1972-04-07Mortgage — from HARRIS ALFRED C to CITY OF NY
1972-04-07Deed — from CITY OF NY to HARRIS ALFRED C
1971
1971-04-21Deed — from FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CITY OF NEW; FIN ADM CITY OF NY; FIN ADMIN CITY OF NY; FIN AD to CITYOF NEW YORK; CITY NEW YORK; CITY OF NEW YORK; CITY OF N Y; CITY OF NY; THE CITY OF NEW