The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. 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 5. 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
Open HPD violations
7 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 6 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 1997-11-12.
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
2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Street Condition (1) · Lead (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 (1900)
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)
214 VAN BUREN; 214 VAN BUREN LLC
Head officer
YOSEF EMERGI
Managing agent
SUPERIOR HOME PROPERTY MGMT
Last registered
2025-11-05
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
$568,800
$255,960
2026
$683,000
$307,350
2027
$820,000
$369,000
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
Kingston-Throop Avs — C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Utica Av — A C · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 14-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Throop Av / Jefferson Av — B43 · 300 ft
Citi Bike
Putnam Ave & Throop Ave · 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.
2 311 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: $400,000 on
2012-07-18 (lender: E & J Funding Associates). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2021-10-27
Agreement $2,331,971 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$2,331,971
2017-12-20
Agreement $2,500,153 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$2,500,153
2017-12-20
AL&R $2,500,153 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$2,500,153
2012-11-02
M&CON $2,750,000 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$2,750,000
2012-11-02
AL&R $2,750,000 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$2,750,000
2012-07-18
AL&R $400,000 — from 200 PROPERTIES LLC to E & J FUNDING ASSOCIATES
$400,000
2012-07-18
Mortgage $400,000 — from 200 PROPERTIES LLC to E & J FUNDING ASSOCIATES
$400,000
2012-03-15
Deed $250,000 — from SMOOT, JAMES R to 200 PROPERTIES LLC
$250,000
1998-03-16
Mortgage $189,720 — from SMOOT, JAMES R to MFS MORTGAGE COMPANYINC
$189,720
1990-05-11
Mortgage $116,400 — from BOMANI, AKINKANJU to CHEMICAL BANK
$116,400
1987-01-23
Mortgage $71,200 — from BOMANI, AKINKANJU to DIME SAVINGS BK OF NY
$71,200
Ten-year activity
1050
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
8
2024
2025
2026
Housing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
1
2
1
4
2018
0
0
0
0
2019
0
0
1
1
2020
0
0
0
0
2021
4
1
0
5
2022
4
0
2
6
2023
1
0
0
1
2024
3
4
1
8
2025
3
0
1
4
2026
2
0
1
3
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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
2026-03-11
Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-11-21
311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
The full timeline
2026
2026-07-16Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
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
2026-03-11Rodent inspection: Passed
2025
2025-11-21311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2025-07-28Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-06-12Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-06-10HPD 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
2024
2024-09-24Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-09-17Mortgage assigned — from FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; IN ITS CAPACITY AS RECEIVER FOR; SIGNATURE BRIDGE B to SIG CRE 2023 VENTURE LLC
2024-09-17AALR — from FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; IN ITS CAPACITY AS RECEIVER FOR; SIGNATURE BANK, NE to SIGNATURE BRIDGE BANK, N.A.
2024-09-17AALR — from IN ITS CAPACITY AS RECEIVER FOR; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; SIGNATURE BRIDGE B to SIG CRE 2023 VENTURE LLC
2024-09-17Mortgage assigned — from IN ITS CAPACITY AS RECEIVER FOR; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; SIGNATURE BANK, NE to SIGNATURE BRIDGE BANK, N.A.
2024-06-21Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-04-16311: Street Condition — Plate Condition - Open
2022-11-10HPD 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
2022-10-31Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-10-04Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2022-03-03Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-02-25HPD 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
2021-10-27Agreement $2,331,971 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$2,331,971
2021-08-29311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-07-01311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-06-18Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-04-09HPD 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
2019
2019-12-26Rodent inspection: Passed
2017
2017-12-20Agreement $2,500,153 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$2,500,153
2017-12-20AL&R $2,500,153 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$2,500,153
2017-03-01Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-02-13311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2016
2016-11-10HPD class I: SECTION27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE ?27-2097 AND IS THER
2016-04-21Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2016-04-14311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2015
2015-10-09HPD class I: SECTION27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE ?27-2097 AND IS THER
2012-11-02Mortgage assigned — from E & J FUNDING ASSOCIATES to SIGNATURE BANK
2012-11-02Deed — from 200 PROPERTIES LLC to 214 VAN BUREN LLC
2012-11-02M&CON $2,750,000 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$2,750,000
2012-11-02AL&R $2,750,000 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$2,750,000
2012-11-02TL&R — from E & J FUNDING ASSOCIATES
2012-09-16HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. ADJUST THE DROPLADDER SO THAT IT WILL SLIDE EASILY IN THE GUIDE RODS ,BACK YARD
2012-09-16HPD class B: SECTION 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE
2012-09-16HPD class A: SECTION 53, 187, 231 M/D LAW AND DEPARTMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS. PROVIDE A SHOE PROPERLY SECURED TO BOTTOM OF STRING OF DROPLADDER ,FIRE E
2012-09-16HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF DROP LADDER AT DOWN POSITION
2012-09-16HPD class B: SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR ,(MISSING), LOCATED AT BSMT-APT BSMT
2012-09-08Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2012-09-08Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — WIRING
2012-09-08Tenant complaint: NONCONST — RUBBISH
2012-09-08Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — WIRING
2012-09-08Tenant complaint: GENERAL — FLOOR
2012-09-08Tenant complaint: GENERAL — STAIRS
2012-09-08311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — FLOOR
2012-09-08311: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-WIRING
2012-09-08311: NONCONST — RUBBISH
2012-09-08311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — STAIRS
2012-09-08311: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-WIRING
2012-09-08311: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2012-07-18AL&R $400,000 — from 200 PROPERTIES LLC to E & J FUNDING ASSOCIATES$400,000
2012-07-18Mortgage $400,000 — from 200 PROPERTIES LLC to E & J FUNDING ASSOCIATES$400,000
2012-03-23Mortgage satisfied — from SMOOT, JAMES R to WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
2012-03-15Deed $250,000 — from SMOOT, JAMES R to 200 PROPERTIES LLC$250,000
2008
2008-05-03HPD 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
2007
2007-03-12Mortgage assigned — from WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA; SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO FLEET MORTGAGE CO; WASHINGTON MUTUAL HO to WELLS FARGO BANK, NA
2003
2003-07-10Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
1998
1998-03-16Deed — from REYENTOVICH, IDEL to SMOOT, JAMES R
1998-03-16Mortgage $189,720 — from SMOOT, JAMES R to MFS MORTGAGE COMPANYINC$189,720
1998-03-16Mortgage assigned — from MFS MORTGAGE COMPANYINC to FLEET MORTGAGE CORP
1997
1997-11-12HPD class B: D26-10.01 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF SCREW JACKS CELLAR CENTER & REAR.
1996
1996-09-03Deed — from CUTRONA, ANTHONY J./REF; BOMANI, AKINKANJU /DEF to REYENTOVICH, IDEL
1994
1994-07-26Mortgage assigned — from CHEMICAL BANK to GE CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
1990
1990-08-27Mortgage satisfied — from BOMANI, AKINKANJU to DIME SAVS BANK/NY FSB
1990-05-11Mortgage $116,400 — from BOMANI, AKINKANJU to CHEMICAL BANK$116,400
1987
1987-01-23Mortgage $71,200 — from BOMANI, AKINKANJU to DIME SAVINGS BK OF NY$71,200
1987-01-23Mortgage satisfied — from WILSON, SIDNEY; BOMANI, AKINKANJU to SOARIES, JOHN L; SOARIES, DE FOREST B
1986
1986-05-22Deed — from BOMANI, AKINKANJU; WILSON, SIDNEY to BOMANI, AKINKANJU
1981
1981-04-14Deed — from SOARIES JOHN L; SOARIES DEFOREST B to BOMANI AKINKANJO; WILSON SIDNEY
1981-04-14Mortgage — from WILSON SIDNEY; BOMANI AKINKANJO to SOARIES DEFOREST B; SOARIES JOHN L
1973
1973-04-23Mortgage — from SLADE ISABELL to OSTAPOWITZ ANN
1971
1971-10-22Mortgage — from WALKER DG; SLADE ISABELL; SLADE ISABELL WALKER DG to NOSKIN DINA
1966
1966-03-01Mortgage — from SOARIES CARRIE L; SOARIES CARRIE LORETTA to PARAGON PROGRESSIVE FEDL CREDIT UNION; PARAGON PROGRESSIVE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION