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 11238, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and
10% 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
1 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2018-01-17.
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
3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (3).
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 (1876)
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)
214 VAN BUREN LLC
Head officer
YOSEF EMERGI
Managing agent
SUPERIOR HOME PROPERTY
Last registered
2025-09-02
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
$3,033,000
$181,980
2026
$3,227,000
$193,620
2027
$2,811,000
$168,660
The city's market estimate has fallen
7% 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
Clinton-Washington Avs — G · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Lafayette Av / Grand Av — B38 · 250 ft
Citi Bike
Lafayette Ave & St James Pl · 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.
3 311 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: $200,000 on
2010-08-23 (lender: Pringle, Brenda). 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
AL&R $2,500,153 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$2,500,153
2017-12-20
Agreement $2,500,153 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$2,500,153
2012-11-02
AL&R $2,750,000 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$2,750,000
2012-11-02
M&CON $2,750,000 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$2,750,000
2010-09-08
Deed $300,000 — from PRINGLE , BRENDA; ANTOINE, JOHN; ANTOINE, GLADYS to EMERGI PROPERTIES LLC
$300,000
2010-08-23
Mortgage $200,000 — from EMERGI PROPERTIES LLC to PRINGLE, BRENDA
$200,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
23
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & money
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Total
2017
0
0
2
2
2018
1
22
0
23
2019
0
3
0
3
2020
0
4
0
4
2021
0
3
1
4
2022
0
4
0
4
2023
0
4
0
4
2024
0
2
4
6
2025
0
1
0
1
2026
0
3
0
3
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2026-04-16311: Noise — Noise: Construction Equipment (NC1)
2026-04-16311: Noise — Noise: Construction Equipment (NC1)
2025
2025-06-12Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024
2024-09-24Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-09-17Mortgage assigned — from IN ITS CAPACITY AS RECEIVER FOR; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; SIGNATURE BANK, NE to SIGNATURE BRIDGE BANK, N.A.
2024-09-17AALR — from IN ITS CAPACITY AS RECEIVER FOR; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; 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.
2024-09-17Mortgage assigned — from FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; IN ITS CAPACITY AS RECEIVER FOR; SIGNATURE BRIDGE B to SIG CRE 2023 VENTURE LLC
2012-11-02AL&R $2,750,000 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$2,750,000
2012-11-02M&CON $2,750,000 — from 214 VAN BUREN LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$2,750,000
2012-11-02Mortgage satisfied — from EMERGI PROPERTIES LLC to PRINGLE, BRENDA
2012-11-02Deed — from EMERGI PROPERTIES LLC to 214 VAN BUREN LLC
2012-09-07311: PAINT - PLASTER — WALLS
2012-09-07311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — VENTILATION SYSTEM
2012-09-07311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — GAS
2012-09-07311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2012-09-07311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — FLOOR
2012-09-07311: PAINT - PLASTER — WALLS
2012-09-07Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2012-09-07Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2012-09-07Tenant complaint: GENERAL — FLOOR
2012-09-07Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2012-09-07Tenant complaint: GENERAL — COOKING GAS
2012-09-07Tenant complaint: GENERAL — VENTILATION SYSTEM
2012-08-29DOB violation LANDMK:
2012-08-29DOB violation LANDMK:
2012-02-27DOB violation LANDMK:
2012-02-13Permit PL — ISSUED
2012-02-08Permit EW — ISSUED
2011
2011-12-15Permit EW — ISSUED
2011-11-10Permit EW — ISSUED
2011-09-20Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2011-09-13Rodent inspection: Monitoring visit
2011-09-06Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2011-08-22Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2011-08-15Rodent inspection: Monitoring visit
2011-08-08Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2011-07-01Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2011-03-24Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2010
2010-11-26Job filed: RESTORE FIRE-DAMAGED WALLS AND CEILING JOIST IN EXISTING 2 FAMILY DWELLING. ADD CELLAR AS ACCESSORY USE TO BASEMENT LEVEL, NO CHANCE TO USE, BULK, EGR$132,700
2010-11-26Job filed: RESTORE FIRE-DAMAGED WALLS AND CEILING JOIST IN EXISTING 2 FAMILY DWELLING. ADD CELLAR AS ACCESSORY USE TO BASEMENT LEVEL, NO CHANCE TO USE, BULK, EGR$132,700
2010-09-08Deed $300,000 — from PRINGLE , BRENDA; ANTOINE, JOHN; ANTOINE, GLADYS to EMERGI PROPERTIES LLC$300,000
2010-08-23Mortgage $200,000 — from EMERGI PROPERTIES LLC to PRINGLE, BRENDA$200,000
2010-08-17311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2010-07-19Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2010-07-06311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2010-06-22Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2010-06-21311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2010-06-07311: Rodent — Signs of Rodents
2010-05-06311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building - Vacant, Open And Unguarded
2010-05-06DOB complaint, category ?
2008
2008-01-23DOB violation LANDMK:
2008-01-23DOB violation LANDMK:
1983
1983-07-18LDMK — from LANDMARKS PRESERV COM NY to NOTICE OF DESIGNATION