The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11221, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and
17% 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
No 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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 (1931)
No
Six or more residential units (2)
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)
870 A Dekalb LLC
Head officer
Yoel Hershkowitch
Managing agent
Equity Management
Last registered
2025-06-26
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
$1,396,000
$83,760
2026
$1,402,000
$84,120
2027
$1,221,000
$73,260
The city's market estimate has fallen
13% 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
Myrtle Av — J M Z · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Myrtle-Willoughby Avs — G · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 12-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Marcus Garvey Blvd / De Kalb Av — B15 · 300 ft
Citi Bike
Pulaski St & Marcus Garvey Blvd · 500 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.
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: $475,540 on
2020-07-28 (lender: Northfield Bank), covering 4 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
2020-07-28
AL&R $2,900,000 — from 874 DEKALB LLC; THE DEKLAB RESIDENCE CORP.; YH 737 LLC; 870 A DEKALB LLC to NORTHFIELD BANK
$2,900,000
2020-07-28
Agreement $2,900,000 — from 874 DEKALB LLC; YH 737 LLC; 870 A DEKALB LLC; THE DEKLAB RESIDENCE CORP. to NORTHFIELD BANK
$2,900,000
2020-07-28
Mortgage $475,541 — from 874 DEKALB LLC; 870 A DEKALB LLC; YH 737 LLC; THE DEKLAB RESIDENCE CORP. to NORTHFIELD BANK
$475,541
2015-05-20
AL&R $2,700,000 — from 870 A DEKALB LLC; 874 DEKALB LLC; YH 737 LLC; THE DEKALB RESIDENCE CORP. to SIGNATURE BANK
$2,700,000
2015-05-20
M&CON $2,700,000 — from THE DEKALB RESIDENCE CORP.; 874 DEKALB LLC; 870 A DEKALB LLC; YH 737 LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$2,700,000
2014-05-22
AL&R $400,000 — from 870 A DEKALB LLC to TBG FUNDING LLC
$400,000
2014-05-22
Mortgage $400,000 — from 870 A DEKALB LLC to TBG FUNDING LLC
$400,000
2014-05-22
Deed $550,000 — from DALIA DEVELOPMENT CORP. to 870 A DEKALB LLC
$550,000
1986-07-08
Mortgage $30,000 — from 9-11 WEST 9 ST RLTYCORP to PEPENELS REALTY CORP
$30,000
Ten-year activity
1050
2017
2018
2019
8
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Housing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
1
0
2
3
2018
2
0
2
4
2019
3
0
2
5
2020
2
5
1
8
2021
4
0
1
5
2022
0
0
2
2
2023
0
0
2
2
2024
0
0
2
2
2025
2
0
2
4
2026
0
0
1
1
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2015-05-20AL&R $2,700,000 — from 870 A DEKALB LLC; 874 DEKALB LLC; YH 737 LLC; THE DEKALB RESIDENCE CORP. to SIGNATURE BANK$2,700,000
2015-05-20M&CON $2,700,000 — from THE DEKALB RESIDENCE CORP.; 874 DEKALB LLC; 870 A DEKALB LLC; YH 737 LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$2,700,000
2015-05-20Mortgage assigned — from TBG FUNDING LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
2015-05-20TL&R — from 870 A DEKALB LLC to TBG FUNDING LLC
2014
2014-07-18Permit PL — ISSUED
2014-07-17Rodent inspection: Monitoring visit
2014-07-10Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2014-07-05Permit EW — ISSUED
2014-07-01Rodent inspection: Monitoring visit
2014-06-27Job filed: FILING FULL GUT REHAB OF THE EXISTING 3 STORY BUILDING WITH CELLAR. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS FILED UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$186,000
2014-06-24Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2014-05-22AL&R $400,000 — from 870 A DEKALB LLC to TBG FUNDING LLC$400,000
2014-05-22Mortgage $400,000 — from 870 A DEKALB LLC to TBG FUNDING LLC$400,000
2014-05-22Deed $550,000 — from DALIA DEVELOPMENT CORP. to 870 A DEKALB LLC$550,000
2014-05-08Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2014-04-23Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2014-03-26311: Water System — Leak (Use Comments) (WA2)
2010
2010-01-11HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE COUNTER BALANCE AT TOP SASH AT 3RD WINDOWS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT
2010-01-11HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE METAL BASE CABINET AT SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT AP
2010-01-11HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC TILES AT NORTH AND EAST WALLS IN THE BATHROOM L
2010-01-11HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR WALLS AND CEILING AT ALL STYS AT PUBLIC
2010-01-11HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD DOOR AT VESTIBULE , 1st STORY
2010-01-11HPD class B: § 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW A
2010-01-11HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR WALLS AND CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATE
2009
2009-12-16Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2009-12-16Tenant complaint: GENERAL — WINDOWS
2009-12-16Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2009-12-16Tenant complaint: GENERAL — WINDOWS
2009-12-16Tenant complaint: GENERAL — CABINET
2009-12-16Tenant complaint: GENERAL — CERAMIC-TILE