A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% 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 126. 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 — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2023-10-26.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
6 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
6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Dead Animal (1) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Graffiti (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (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 (1910)
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
$718,000
$323,100
2026
$862,000
$387,900
2027
$1,034,000
$465,300
The city's market estimate has risen
44% 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
Utica Av — A C · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Fulton St / Utica Av — B25 · 450 ft
Citi Bike
Sumpter St & Fulton St · 300 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.
6 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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.
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
2026-02-18
Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-12-31
Boiler inspection
The full timeline
2026
2026-07-13Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2026-05-06HPD 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
2025-08-05HPD 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 WEST
2025-08-05HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED AT CELLAR AT BOILER ROOM
2025-08-05HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST
2025-08-05HPD 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
2025-08-04Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-11-22HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2023-10-26HPD 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
2023-10-26HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING AND ALL WALLS IN THE FOYER LOCA
2023-10-26HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: REFIT ALL WINDOWS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
2023-10-23Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-10-23311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-09-13311: Dead/Dying Tree — Planted More Than 2 Years Ago
2021-04-13HPD 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
2020-05-10Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-05-10311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-02-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2019
2019-12-27Boiler inspection
2019-10-26Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2019-10-26Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2019-10-26311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2019-09-20HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING ELECTRICAL SAFETY COVERS/CAPS AT EAST WALL AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2019-09-20HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF HASP AND EYE CAPABLE OF BEING PADLOCKED AT SCUTTLE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL,
2019-02-28Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-02-02Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2019-02-02311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2019-01-15Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2019-01-15311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018
2018-10-30Boiler inspection
2018-03-27HPD 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
2018-01-01Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-01-01311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2017
2017-12-29Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2017-12-29311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2017-12-28Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2017-12-28Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2017-12-28311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2017-12-28311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2017-10-19HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES CONSISTING OF AIR COND
2017-10-17Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2017-05-12HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN, DEFECTIVE AND/OR MISSING GRAVITY HOOK OFF HANGLE AT BALCONY BUILDING
2017-05-10Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2017-05-10311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2017-04-10Eviction executed (2B)
2016
2016-10-23Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2016-10-23311: Sanitation Condition — 12 Dead Animals
2016-10-23311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2016-02-05HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK , CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st A
2016-02-05HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL PEELING PAINT SURFACES IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NOR
2016-02-05HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK , CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st A
2016-02-05HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR ,MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WE
2016-02-05HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK , CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st A
2016-02-05HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). ,MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1
2016-02-03Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2016-02-03311: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2016-01-06Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2016-01-06311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2015
2015-01-08Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2014-03-31311: Building/Use — No Certificate Of Occupancy/Illegal/Contrary To CO
2014-03-31311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Shaking/Vibrating/Structural Stability
2014-03-31DOB complaint, category ?
2014-03-31DOB complaint, category ?
2014-03-30DOB violation C: THE BELL TOWER /STEEPLE OF # 11 SUMPTER STREET IS IN DANGER OF COLLAPSE ONTO THE ROOF
2014-03-14FDNY inspection (RISK)
2013
2013-05-09Tenant complaint: GENERAL — LOCKS
2013-05-09311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — LOCKS
2009
2009-01-01DOB violation LL6291:
2008
2008-01-03DOB violation LL6291:
2007
2007-01-19DOB violation LL6291:
2006
2006-10-27DOB complaint, category ?
2006-08-01Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2006-07-18Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2006-07-18Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2006-07-18Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2006-07-18Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2006-01-06DOB violation LL6291:
2005
2005-02-18Permit AL — ISSUED
2004
2004-06-16Permit PL — ISSUED
2004-06-16Permit 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
2003
2003-12-30Permit AL — ISSUED
2003-10-07Agreement — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK (''HPD'') 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'')
2003-10-07Deed — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK ( to RALPH-GATES CLUSTER, L.P.
2003-10-07Mortgage $4,790,334 — from RALPH-GATES CLUSTER, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK (''HPD'')$4,790,334
2003-10-07SAGE — from RALPH-GATES CLUSTER, L.P.
2003-09-05Job filed: Installation of sprinkler system. No change in use, egress or occupancy.$16,500
2003-07-16Permit AL — ISSUED
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
2002-03-26DOB violation LL6291:
2001
2001-05-02HPD class A: § 27-2098 ADM CODE FILE WITH THIS DEPARTMENT A REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR BUILDING.
2000
2000-08-25Permit EQ — ISSUED
2000-08-25Permit EW — ISSUED
2000-08-18Job filed: Erect light duty sidewalk shed. New plywood roof sheathing and roofing. Cut down inactive chimneys, rebuild active chimney. Rebuild parapets, new c$51,848
2000-08-18Job filed: Erect light duty sidewalk shed. New plywood roof sheathing and roofing. Cut down inactive chimneys, rebuild active chimney. Rebuild parapets, new c$51,848
2000-08-18Job filed: Erect light duty sidewalk shed. New plywood roof sheathing and roofing. Cut down inactive chimneys, rebuild active chimney. Rebuild parapets, new c$51,848
1966-06-23Deed — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPART OF FINANCE; CITY OF NEW YORK DEP OF FINANCE; COUNTY OF NEW YOR to CITY OF NEW YORK; CITY OF N Y; THE CITY OF NY; THE CITY OF NEW YORK; CITY OF NEW YRK; CITY