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 123.3. In ZIP 11211, 58% of residential buildings hold an A and
7% 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.
$36,150 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
What 311 hears from this address
25 service requests in the last three years. Most common: General Construction/Plumbing (13) · Missed Collection (4) · Blocked Driveway (3) · Graffiti (2) · Plumbing (1) · Dirty Condition (1).
Filed construction activity
$1,097,150 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (12 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
Yes
Built before 1974 (1920)
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).
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$1,019,000
$458,550
2026
$1,094,000
$65,640
2027
$1,202,000
$72,120
The city's market estimate has risen
18% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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
Marcy Av — J M Z · 100 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / Marcy Av — B24 B46 B60 Q54 · 150 ft
Citi Bike
S 4 St & Rodney St · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)
Elementary: 319 (K-1), 414 (K-5). Confirm with the DOE's school search.
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.
25 311 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: $1,353,750 on
2014-10-08 (lender: Bcb Community Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2014-10-08
Deed $1,805,000 — from JOHNSTON, JAMES CHANCE to 168 MARCY LLC
$1,805,000
2014-10-08
AL&R $1,353,750 — from 168 MARCY, LLC to BCB COMMUNITY BANK
$1,353,750
2014-10-08
Mortgage $1,353,750 — from 168 MARCY, LLC to BCB COMMUNITY BANK
$1,353,750
2014-07-28
Mortgage $143,750 — from JOHNTON, JAMES CHANCE to MAHTAFAR, ARSALAN; HOUTAN, ZOHAJI
$143,750
2001-11-21
Mortgage $30,000 — from JOHNSTON, JAMES C to CITIBANK NA
$30,000
1997-12-03
Mortgage $153,900 — from ALMANZAR, ELIDIA G.; ALMANZAR, LUIS to NYC HPD
$153,900
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
50
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
4
0
0
4
2018
0
0
13
0
2
15
2019
0
0
4
0
0
4
2020
0
0
15
0
0
15
2021
0
0
5
0
1
6
2022
1
0
14
2
0
17
2023
2
3
10
0
0
15
2024
14
18
15
0
3
50
2025
4
11
3
0
0
18
2026
10
5
2
0
1
18
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Job filed: PROPOSED PLUMBING WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALT-CO #B00696384 ON CELLAR, THIRD, FOURTH FLOOR AND ROOF. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OROCCUPANCY UNDER THIS
2026-07-16
Permit Structural — Permit Issued
2026-07-07
Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2026-05-22
FDNY inspection (ALT)
2026-05-05
311: General Construction/Plumbing — Debris - Excessive
2026-05-05
DOB complaint, category ?
2026-05-01
311: Homeless Person Assistance — Non-Chronic
2026-04-22
Permit Plumbing — Permit Issued
2026-04-22
Permit Plumbing — Permit Issued
2026-04-22
Permit Plumbing — Permit Issued
2026-04-17
DOB complaint, category ?
2026-04-17
ECB CLASS - 2 violation: AT THE TIME OF MY INSPECTION OBSERVED SIDEWALK SHED INSTALLED AT EXP#1 -WITH EXTENSION TO ADJ PROPERTY AT EXP#2-OBSERVED BRACING F
2026-04-07
Permit Supported Scaffold — Signed-off
2026-02-20
Permit Sidewalk Shed — Signed-off
2026-02-16
Job filed: PROPOSED PLUMBING WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALT-CO #B00696384 ON CELLAR, THIRD, FOURTH FLOOR AND ROOF. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OROCCUPANCY UNDER THIS
2026-02-02
Permit Mechanical Systems — Permit Issued
2026-01-05
FDNY inspection (ALT)
2025-12-11
Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2025-12-09
311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2025-11-14
DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2025-11-12
Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 35' NEW SIDEWALK SHED AT 168 MARCY AVE, AS INDICATED ON PLANS. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN THE USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY UNDER THIS APP
The full timeline
2026
2026-10-07Restaurant inspection: DUFF'S — grade A
2026-08-09Job filed: PROPOSED PLUMBING WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALT-CO #B00696384 ON CELLAR, THIRD, FOURTH FLOOR AND ROOF. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OROCCUPANCY UNDER THIS $48,000
2026-07-16Permit Structural — Permit Issued
2026-07-07Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2026-05-22FDNY inspection (ALT)
2026-05-05311: General Construction/Plumbing — Debris - Excessive
2026-05-05DOB complaint, category ?
2026-05-01311: Homeless Person Assistance — Non-Chronic
2026-04-22Permit Plumbing — Permit Issued
2026-04-22Permit Plumbing — Permit Issued
2026-04-22Permit Plumbing — Permit Issued
2026-04-17DOB complaint, category ?
2026-04-17ECB CLASS - 2 violation: AT THE TIME OF MY INSPECTION OBSERVED SIDEWALK SHED INSTALLED AT EXP#1 -WITH EXTENSION TO ADJ PROPERTY AT EXP#2-OBSERVED BRACING F$2,400
2026-04-07Permit Supported Scaffold — Signed-off
2026-02-20Permit Sidewalk Shed — Signed-off
2026-02-16Job filed: PROPOSED PLUMBING WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALT-CO #B00696384 ON CELLAR, THIRD, FOURTH FLOOR AND ROOF. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OROCCUPANCY UNDER THIS $7,500
2026-02-02Permit Mechanical Systems — Permit Issued
2026-01-05FDNY inspection (ALT)
2025
2025-12-11Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2025-11-12Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 35' NEW SIDEWALK SHED AT 168 MARCY AVE, AS INDICATED ON PLANS. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN THE USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY UNDER THIS APP$5,000
2025-09-02DOB complaint, category ?
2025-09-02ECB CLASS - 2 violation: OBSERVED SIDEWALK SHED WITH A SCAFFOLD ON TOP @ EXP#1, HAVING 2 CONTINUOUS ELEVATIONS AND EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF SILLS 6-8 INCHES IN $3,125
2025-08-01FDNY inspection (ALT)
2025-05-22DOB complaint, category ?
2025-04-14ECB CLASS - 2 violation: AT TIME OF INSPECTION, OBSERVED INADEQUATE GUARDRAIL SYSTEM AT EXPOSURE 4 MISSING MID RAIL AND TOE BOARD, AND TOP RAIL NOT PROPERL$2,500
2025-04-14ECB CLASS - 2 violation: AT TIME OF INSPECTION, OBSERVED SUPPORTED SCAFFOLD AT EXPOSURES 1 AND 3 MISSING ADEQUATE GUARDRAIL SYSTEMS, INCLUDING TOP RAILS, M$2,500
2025-04-14ECB CLASS - 2 violation: AT TIME OF INSPECTION, OBSERVED SUPPORTED SCAFFOLD AT EXPOSURES 1 AND 3 IN PLACE BUT NOT ADEQUATELY MAINTAINED, MISSING GUARDRAIL $2,500
2025-04-14ECB CLASS - 1 violation: AT TIME OF INSPECTION, ROOF PROTECTION AT EXPOSURE 4 WAS FOUND TO BE INADEQUATE AND NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH BC 3309.10. THIS CREATE$5,000
2025-04-14ECB CLASS - 1 violation: AT TIME OF INSPECTION, OBSERVED INADEQUATE OVERHEAD PROTECTION AT EXPOSURE 4, CONTRARY TO BC 3309.1, WHICH REQUIRES PROTECTION OF $10,000
2025-04-09DOB complaint, category ?
2025-03-13Permit Supported Scaffold — Signed-off
2025-02-18Permit Sidewalk Shed — Signed-off
2025-01-12311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2025-01-09311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2024
2024-12-06Restaurant inspection: DUFF'S — grade A
2024-10-02DOB complaint, category ?
2024-09-25Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2024-08-13Permit Mechanical Systems — Permit Issued
2024-08-08Permit Structural — Permit Issued
2024-07-30Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 35' NEW SIDEWALK SHED AT 168 MARCY AVE, AS INDICATED ON PLANS. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN THE USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY UNDER THIS APP$5,000
2024-07-09Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2024-06-20311: Plumbing — Failure To Retain Water/Improper Drainage- (LL103/89)
2024-06-20311: General Construction/Plumbing — Adjacent Buildings Not Protected
2024-06-20DOB complaint, category ?
2024-06-20DOB complaint, category ?
2024-06-20Job filed: FILING FOR STRUCTURAL WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH MAIN ALT ( DOB Now Application#B00696384-I1)$65,000
2024-06-17ECB CLASS - 2 violation: 3-STORY MIXED USE OCCUPIED BUILDING UNDER ALTERATION, NO CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. OBSERVED SIDEWALK SHED B01004202 AT EXPOSURE1 BU$3,125
2024-06-14DOB complaint, category ?
2024-06-04311: General Construction/Plumbing — Sidewalk Shed/Pipe Scafford - Inadequate Defective/None
2024-06-04DOB complaint, category ?
2024-05-30DOB complaint, category ?
2024-05-24Asbestos abatement: Removal — EC Abatement Inc.
2024-05-24Asbestos abatement: Removal — EC Abatement Inc.
2024-05-21311: General Construction/Plumbing — Cons - Contrary/Beyond Approved Plans/Permits
2024-05-21DOB complaint, category ?
2024-05-20311: General Construction/Plumbing — Debris - Falling Or In Danger Of Falling
2024-05-20DOB complaint, category ?
2024-05-17311: General Construction/Plumbing — Sidewalk Shed/Pipe Scafford - Inadequate Defective/None
2024-05-17DOB complaint, category ?
2024-05-14311: General Construction/Plumbing — Adjacent Buildings Not Protected
2024-05-14DOB complaint, category ?
2024-05-10311: General Construction/Plumbing — Sidewalk Shed/Pipe Scafford - Inadequate Defective/None
2024-05-10DOB complaint, category ?
2024-05-08311: General Construction/Plumbing — Cons - Contrary/Beyond Approved Plans/Permits
2024-05-08DOB complaint, category ?
2024-05-07ECB CLASS - 2 violation: AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION OF AN ACTIVE JOBSITE, I OBSERVED SCAFFOLD INSTALLED AT EXPOSURE#1 ON TOP OF SHED NOT COMPLAINT THERE ARE$5,000
2024-05-06311: General Construction/Plumbing — Sidewalk Shed/Pipe Scafford - Inadequate Defective/None
2024-05-06DOB complaint, category ?
2024-05-02311: General Construction/Plumbing — Adjacent Buildings Not Protected
2024-05-02311: General Construction/Plumbing — Adjacent Buildings Not Protected
2024-05-02311: General Construction/Plumbing — Sidewalk Shed/Pipe Scafford - Inadequate Defective/None
2024-05-02DOB complaint, category ?
2024-05-02DOB complaint, category ?
2024-02-21Permit Supported Scaffold — Signed-off
2024-02-20Job filed: Installation of temporary supported scaffold per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/o$3,500
2024-02-13Permit Sidewalk Shed — Signed-off
2024-02-13Job filed: FILING FOR STRUCTURAL WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH MAIN ALT ( DOB Now Application#B00696384-I1)$65,000
2024-02-13Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 35' NEW SIDEWALK SHED AT 168 MARCY AVE, AS INDICATED ON PLANS. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN THE USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY UNDER THIS APP$5,000
2024-02-08Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2024-02-06Job filed: PROPOSED PLUMBING WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALT-CO #B00696384 ON CELLAR, THIRD, FOURTH FLOOR AND ROOF. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OROCCUPANCY UNDER THIS $48,000
2024-02-06Job filed: PROPOSED MECHANICAL WORK INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF AIR CONDITION SYSTEM AND TOILET EXHAUST AIR DUCT IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALT-CO #B00696384 ON CELLAR, T$8,000
2023-10-18Job filed: RENOVATE EXISTING BUILDING AND CREATE ONE ADDITIONAL STORY ON EXISTING 4 STORY BUILDING AS PER PLANS FILED. WORK INCLUDE INTERIOR DEMOLITION PARTITION$418,575
2022-10-22311: Missed Collection — Recycling - Paper
2022-07-26311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Talking
2022-06-15ZONE — from 168 MARCY LLC
2022-06-15CERT — from RIVERSIDE ABSTRACT, LLC
2022-06-06311: Sidewalk Condition — Blocked - Construction
2022-05-09311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2022-04-14311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2022-03-28Job filed: RENOVATE EXISTING BUILDING AND CREATE ONE ADDITIONAL STORY ON EXISTING 4 STORY BUILDING AS PER PLANS FILED. WORK INCLUDE INTERIOR DEMOLITION PARTITION$418,575
2022-03-26311: Abandoned Bike — Chained to Public Property
2022-03-01311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2022-03-01311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2022-03-01311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2022-02-25311: Blocked Driveway — Partial Access
2022-01-13311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2021
2021-12-29Boiler inspection — defects found
2021-08-24311: Maintenance or Facility — Garbage or Litter
2006-09-01TLS — from CITY OF NEW YORK to BANK OF NEW YORK
2006-01-06DOB violation LL6291:
2005
2005-01-31DOB violation LL6291:
2004
2004-02-13DOB violation LL6291:
2003
2003-03-19DOB violation LL6291:
2002
2002-03-26DOB violation LL6291:
2001
2001-11-21Mortgage $30,000 — from JOHNSTON, JAMES C to CITIBANK NA$30,000
2001-08-02Permit PL — ISSUED
2001-05-22Permit EW — ISSUED
2001-02-27DOB violation LL6291:
2000
2000-11-03Job filed: REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE TO EXG. EATING AN D DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT. NEW FIXTURES ON EXG. ROUGHING. NO CHANGE IN USE,OCCUPANCY OR ENTRY-EGRE SS$5,000
2000-11-03Job filed: REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE TO EXG. EATING AN D DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT. NEW FIXTURES ON EXG. ROUGHING. NO CHANGE IN USE,OCCUPANCY OR ENTRY-EGRE SS$5,000
2000-08-17PAT — from ALMANZAR, ELIDIA to ALMANZAR, LUIS MANUEL
2000-08-17Deed — from ALMAMZAR, LUIS; ALMANZAR, ELIDIA G to JOHNSTON, JAMES CHANCE
2000-07-25Permit EW — ISSUED
1997
1997-12-03Deed — from NYC HPD to ALMANZAR, ELIDIA G; ALMANZAR, LUIS
1997-12-03Mortgage $153,900 — from ALMANZAR, ELIDIA G.; ALMANZAR, LUIS to NYC HPD$153,900
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1996
1996-05-21Permit PL — ISSUED
1995
1995-09-15ECB Non-Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PLUMBING AND/OR APPURTENANCES - NON HAZARDOUS . REMEDY: MAINTAIN PLUMBING. ROOF LEADER NOT INSTALLED, WA
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1995-08-04DOB complaint, category ?
1994
1994-07-25DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-08-16DOB violation C:
1993-07-16DOB complaint, category ?
1991
1991-11-19Permit EW — ISSUED
1991-11-19Permit PL — ISSUED
1991-01-30DOB complaint, category ?
1990
1990-07-10DOB violation C:
1990-06-15DOB complaint, category ?
1977
1977-10-21Deed — from FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR OF CITY OF NY; FINANCE ADMIN OF CITY OF NY; FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR OF to CITY OF NEW YORK; THE CITY OF NEWYORK; TH ECITY OF NEW YORK; THE CITY OF NEW YORK; CITY OF
1971
1971-05-07Mortgage — from CHAGOS REALTY CORP to TROKANOWSKI NICK
1971-05-07Deed — from TROKANOWSKI BESSIE DECD; TROKANOWSKI NICK AS DISTRIBUTEE OF to CHAGOS REALTY CORP
1971-04-08Deed — from OSIP DANIEL to TROKANOWSKI NICK
1969
1969-03-14Deed — from TROKANOWSKI NICK to TROKANOWSKI NICK