The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 87% 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 1.3. In ZIP 11221, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and
17% 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
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: Noise (4) · Snow or Ice (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
No
Built before 1974 (2022)
Yes
Six or more residential units (8)
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)
637 MADISON STREET CONDOMINIUM
Head officer
LEVI KATZMAN
Managing agent
LUX LIVING NYC
Last registered
2025-10-16
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
2026
$220,628
$99,282
2027
$0
$0
The city's market estimate has fallen
100% between tax years 2026 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
Kosciuszko St — J · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Gates Av — J Z · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 13-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Gates Av / Stuyvesant Av — B52 · 500 ft
Citi Bike
Madison St & Malcolm X Blvd · 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.
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.
2025-06-16HPD 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
2025-04-03Mortgage satisfied — from FINE, DAVID; BRANDEL, BATIA; YK 2021 LLC; GOTEN INC.; THE DAVID TWERSKY TRUST; FINE, LILIA to 6337 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC
2025-04-03Mortgage $450,000 — from CHIANG, JOANNA to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A.$450,000
2025-04-03PAT — from CHIANG, JOANNA to 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC; 637 MADISON STREET CONDOMINIUM
2025-04-03Deed $785,000 — from 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC to CHIANG, JOANNA$785,000
2025-03-14Sold for $785,000$785,000
2025-01-07311: Snow or Ice — Sidewalk
2024
2024-11-21Mortgage $100,000 — from CHENG, WEI PING to THE CITY OF NEW YORK$100,000
2024-11-21Agreement $100,000 — from CHENG, WEI PING to THE CITY OF NEW YORK$100,000
2024-11-07Deed $545,000 — from 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC to CHENG, WEI PING$545,000
2024-11-07PAT — from CHENG, WEI PING to BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE 637 MADISON STR
2024-11-07Mortgage satisfied — from 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC to GOTEN INC.; THE DAVID TWERSKY TRUST; FINE, DAVID; YK 2021 LLC; FINE, LILIA; BATIA BRANDEL,
2024-11-07Mortgage $180,000 — from CHENG, WEI PING to MERS$180,000
2024-10-25Sold for $545,000$545,000
2024-10-17Deed $649,000 — from 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC to XUAN, SHAO MENG; CHEN, FRANCO$649,000
2024-10-17Mortgage $380,000 — from XUAN, SHAO MENG; CHEN, FRANCO to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS$380,000
2024-10-01Mortgage $479,200 — from JACOBOWITZ, SAMUEL to MERS$479,200
2024-10-01PREL — from FINE, LILIA; FINE, DAVID; THE DAVID TWERSKY TRUST; 6YK 2021 LLC; BRANDEL, AS TRUSTEE, BATI to 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC
2024-10-01PAT — from JACOBOWITZ, SAMUEL to BOARD OF MANAGERS; 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC
2024-10-01Deed $599,000 — from 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC to JACOBOWITZ, SAMUEL$599,000
2024-09-24Deed $889,000 — from 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC to HOFLAND, ROSA LEONORE$889,000
2024-09-24PAT — from HOFLAND, ROSA LEONORE to 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC; BRD OF MNGRS OF THE 637 MADISON STREET C
2024-09-24PREL — from BRANDEL, AS TRUSTEE, BATIA; FINE, LILIA; GOTEN INC; THE DAVID TWERSKY TRUST; FINE, DAVID; to 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC
2024-09-24Mortgage $753,950 — from HOFLAND, ROSA LEONORE to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.$753,950
2024-09-12Sold for $889,000$889,000
2024-09-06Sold for $599,000$599,000
2024-08-08PREL — from YK 2021 LLC; THE DAVID TWERSKY TRUST; BATIA BRANDEL, TRUSTEE; FINE, LILIA; FINE, DAVID; GI to 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC
2024-08-08PAT — from PLASTIRAS, SELENE ELIZABETH to 637 MADISON STREET CONDOMINIUM
2024-08-08Mortgage $556,000 — from PLASTIRAS, SELENE ELIZABETH to WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.$556,000
2024-08-08Deed $695,000 — from 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC to PLASTIRAS, SELENE ELIZABETH$695,000
2024-08-05Sold for $649,000$649,000
2024-08-01PREL — from BRANDEL, TRUSTEE, BATIA; GOTEN INC.; YK 2021 LLC; THE DAVID TWERSKY TRUST; FINE, LILIA; FI
2024-08-01Deed $640,000 — from 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC to ELZIN, DUEAA$640,000
2024-08-01Mortgage $576,000 — from ELZIN, DUEAA to MERS, INC.$576,000
2024-08-01PAT — from ELZIN, DUEAA to THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF
2024-08-01PAT — from SCOGGINS, MARY GINGER to VELEZ, RACHEL MARISSA
2024-08-01Deed $819,000 — from 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC to SCOGGINS, MARY GINGER$819,000
2024-08-01Mortgage $573,300 — from SCOGGINS, MARY GINGER to CITIZENS BANK, N.A.$573,300
2024-08-01PAT — from SCOGGINS, MARY GINGER to 637 MADISON STREET CONDOMINIUM
2024-08-01PREL — from FINE, LILIA; BATIA BRANDEL, AS TRUSTEE; THE DAVID TWERSKY TRUST; YK 2021 LLC; GOTEN INC.; to 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC
2024-07-30Sold for $695,000$695,000
2024-07-25Sold for $819,000$819,000
2024-07-25Sold for $640,000$640,000
2024-06-27MAPS — from THE 637 MADISON STREET CONDOMINIUM
2024-06-27CDEC — from 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC
2024-06-27MAPS — from THE 637 MADISON STREET CONDOMINIUM
2024-06-27CDEC — from 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC
2024-06-27MAPS — from THE 637 MADISON STREET CONDOMINIUM
2024-06-27CDEC — from 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC
2024-06-27MAPS — from THE 637 MADISON STREET CONDOMINIUM
2024-06-27CDEC — from 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC
2024-06-27MAPS — from THE 637 MADISON STREET CONDOMINIUM
2024-06-27CDEC — from 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC
2024-06-27MAPS — from THE 637 MADISON STREET CONDOMINIUM
2024-06-27CDEC — from 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC
2024-06-27MAPS — from THE 637 MADISON STREET CONDOMINIUM
2024-06-27CDEC — from 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC
2024-06-27CDEC — from 637 MADISON DEVELOPMENT LLC
2024-06-27MAPS — from THE 637 MADISON STREET CONDOMINIUM
2022
2022-12-05ECB CLASS - 1 violation: USE OF EXISTING STRUCTUES TO SUPPORT VERTICAL/LATERAL LOADS-NO EVALUATION OF EXISTING STRUCTURE BY DESIGN PROFESSIONAL-AS NOTED:RE$25,000
2022-12-05ECB CLASS - 1 violation: DOCUMENTS TO BE MAINTAINED ON SITE-FAILURE TO PROVIDE REQUIRED CONSTRCTION DOCUMENTS.AS NOTED:AT TIME OF INSPECTION RESPONDING TO $6,250
2022-12-05ECB CLASS - 1 violation: AT TIME OF RESPOND AN INCIDENT OBSERVED: FOUNDATION WORK UNDER PERMIT B00719495 THAT HAS LED TO AN IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS CONDITION$10,000