The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 80% 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 4.7. In ZIP 11205, 49% of residential buildings hold an A and
13% 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
15 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Panhandling (3) · Food Establishment (2) · Rodent (2) · Illegal Parking (1) · Graffiti (1) · Overgrown Tree/Branches (1).
Filed construction activity
$70,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (5 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively
the owner maintains the building. 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 (1989)
No
Six or more residential units (2)
No
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
0 of 3 signals present. None of the common signals are present — stabilization is unlikely (though never impossible). The definitive answer for any unit:
request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$2,315,000
$138,900
2026
$2,319,000
$139,140
2027
$2,506,000
$150,360
The city's market estimate has risen
8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick) 2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food, Food Spoiled) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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
Clinton-Washington Avs — G · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Myrtle Av / Washington Av — B54 · 100 ft
Citi Bike
Clinton Ave & Myrtle Ave · 600 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.
15 311 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.
Sales, deeds & mortgages
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $250,000 on
2000-01-12 (lender: HSBC Bank USA). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2000-01-12
Mortgage $250,000 — from CHENG, SHUI YING/TR; CHENG, JAMES KUM MAN; JAMES KUM MAN CHENGREVOCABLE TRUST to HSBC BANK USA
$250,000
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
11
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
1
1
2
2018
0
0
4
1
5
2019
0
0
3
1
4
2020
0
1
8
1
10
2021
0
0
4
1
5
2022
0
1
4
1
6
2023
6
1
0
3
10
2024
2
0
5
4
11
2025
0
0
5
4
9
2026
0
0
6
1
7
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2024-03-13Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION OF CELLAR AND 1ST FLOOR OF 3 STORY EXISTING BUILDING. CONSTRUCTION WORKS AS PER PLAN. REPAIR EXISTING FLOORING AND PAINTING THRO$12,000
2024-02-26Restaurant inspection: KUM KAU — grade A
2024-01-31311: Food Establishment — Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food
2024-01-03Permit General Construction — Signed-off
2023
2023-12-22Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION OF CELLAR AND 1ST FLOOR OF 3 STORY EXISTING BUILDING. CONSTRUCTION WORKS AS PER PLAN. REPAIR EXISTING FLOORING AND PAINTING THRO$12,000
2023-10-30Boiler inspection
2023-10-30Boiler inspection
2023-10-30Boiler inspection
2023-03-15FDNY inspection (RISK)
2023-03-10Job filed: INSTALL 1 NEW GAS METER, 2 NEW BOILER AND 2 H.W.H. IN THE 3 STORY EXISTING BUILDING. REPLACE EXISTING GAS PIPING. PLUMBING WORKS AS PER PLAN. NO CH$18,000
2023-02-08Permit Boiler Equipment — Signed-off
2023-02-07Job filed: INSTALL 2 NEW BOILERS IN THE 3 STORY EXISTING BUILDING. PLUMBING WORKS AS PER PLAN. NO CHANGE IN EGRESS, USE OR OCCUPANCY.$10,000
2023-02-03Job filed: INSTALL 1 NEW GAS METER, 2 NEW BOILER AND 2 H.W.H. IN THE 3 STORY EXISTING BUILDING. REPLACE EXISTING GAS PIPING. PLUMBING WORKS AS PER PLAN. NO CH$18,000
2023-02-03Permit Plumbing — Signed-off
2022
2022-11-09311: Street Condition — Plate Condition - Shifted
2012-12-18311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2012-12-18DOB complaint, category ?
2012-12-07311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2012-05-18Permit EW — ISSUED
2012-05-15311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2012-03-21Job filed: INSTALL 3 SETS AC UNITS, ONE SET IS FOR COMMERCIAL IN FIRST FLOOR, TWO SETS ARE FOR APARTMENTS IN 2ND AND 3RD FLOOR. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCU$27,000
2011
2011-10-06311: Consumer Complaint — Overcharge
2010
2010-07-19Deed — from CHENG, JAMES KUM MAN to EVERRISE REALTY LLC
2010-03-02Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-02-05Job filed: INSTALLATION OF FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY$3,000
2010-02-05Job filed: INSTALLATION OF FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY$3,000
2007
2007-01-19DOB violation LL6291:
2006
2006-01-06DOB violation LL6291:
2004
2004-02-13DOB violation LL6291:
2002
2002-03-26DOB violation LL6291:
2001
2001-12-17Permit SG — ISSUED
2001-11-30Permit AL — ISSUED
2001-07-03Job filed: INSTALLATION OF A BUSINESS AWNING. NO CH ANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANC$500
2001-07-03Job filed: INSTALLATION OF A BUSINESS AWNING. NO CH ANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANC$500
2001-04-26DOB complaint, category ?
2001-04-24DOB violation C:
2000
2000-01-12Mortgage assigned — from JAMES KUM MAN CHENGREVOCABLE TRUST; CHENG, SHUI YING/TR; CHENG, JAMES KUM MAN/TR to HSBC BANK USA
2000-01-12Mortgage $250,000 — from CHENG, SHUI YING/TR; CHENG, JAMES KUM MAN; JAMES KUM MAN CHENGREVOCABLE TRUST to HSBC BANK USA$250,000
1997
1997-12-10Deed — from CHENG, JAMES KUM MAN to CHENG, SHUI YING/TR; JAMES KUM MAN CHENGREVOCABLE TRUST; CHENG, JAMES KUM MAN/TR
1994
1994-08-04Permit EW — ISSUED
1994-06-01DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-08-16DOB violation LL6291:
1993-06-01DOB violation LL6291:
1991
1991-11-26ECB Hazardous violation: 4B,18$115
1991-01-02STP — from CHENG, JAMES KUM-MAN
1990
1990-03-27STP — from CHENG, JAMES KUM MAN
1989
1989-01-06ECB Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE PROTECTION AT SIDES OF EXCAVATION. REMEDY: STOP ALL WORK UNTIL ADEQUATE PROTECTION OF SITE PROVIDED.$400
1989-01-06ECB Non-Hazardous violation: FOUNDATION WALL AT EAST SIDE OF BEING POURED DEFORMED TO ADJACENT RUBBLE WALL FOUNDATION CAUSING AN UNSAFE CONDITION TO ADJOIN
1983
1983-10-07Deed — from NEW YORK CITY to CHENG, JAMES KUM MAN
1979
1979-06-14Deed — from COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE OF THE CITY O FN; COMM OF FINANCE OF THE CITY OF NY; COMMISSIONER to THE CITY OF NEW YORK; THE CITY OF NY; THE CITY OF NEW YORK; THE CITY OFNEW YORK; CITY NY;
1976
1976-04-16Deed — from CITY OF NY to SULLIVAN EUGENE J
1973
1973-12-27Deed — from FINANCE ADMIN OF CITY OF NY; ZWICKEL, YETTA to CITY OF NY