A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 84% 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 11.3. 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
Open HPD violations
1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2006-01-01.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
7 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · PAINT/PLASTER (1) · Graffiti (1) · Street Condition (1) · Food Establishment (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 (1910)
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)
BLUE GRAND LLC
Head officer
SHLOMO KARPEN
Managing agent
BLUE GRAND LLC
Last registered
2025-10-17
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
$2,556,000
$153,360
2026
$2,173,000
$130,380
2027
$2,174,000
$130,440
The city's market estimate has fallen
15% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · 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
Lorimer St — G L · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Grand St / Lorimer St — Q54 Q59 · 550 ft
Citi Bike
Leonard St & Maujer St · 350 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.
7 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 of them about heat or hot water.
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: $329,360 on
2019-03-15 (lender: Bank Of Princeton). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2019-03-15
Agreement $1,400,000 — from BLUE GRAND LLC to BANK OF PRINCETON
$1,400,000
2019-03-15
Mortgage $329,360 — from BLUE GRAND LLC to BANK OF PRINCETON
$329,360
2013-12-05
Agreement $1,200,000 — from BLUE GRAND LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A.
$1,200,000
2013-12-05
Mortgage $367,533 — from BLUE GRAND LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A.
$367,533
2009-11-19
M&CON $877,000 — from BLUE GRAND LLC to HERALD NATIONAL BANK
$877,000
2009-11-19
AL&R $877,000 — from BLUE GRAND LLC to HERALD NATIONAL BANK
$877,000
2008-05-23
Agreement $1,250,000 — from MANHATTAN NADLAN, LLC; BLUE GRAND LLC to MADISON REALTY CAPITAL, L.P.
$1,250,000
2008-05-08
AL&R $500,000 — from BLUE GRAND LLC to MADISON REALTY CAPITAL, L.P.
$500,000
2008-05-08
Mortgage $500,000 — from BLUE GRAND LLC to MADISON REALTY CAPITAL, L.P.
$500,000
2007-01-30
AL&R $1,250,000 — from MADISON REALTY CAPITAL L.P. to BLUE FIN REALTY INC.; MANHATTAN NADLAN LLC
$1,250,000
1998-01-09
Mortgage $114,200 — from 640 GRAND STREET CORP to DASKAL, JACOB; KATZ, GAVIN
$114,200
1987-10-08
Mortgage $80,000 — from HERNANDEZ, DORCAS I to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK
$80,000
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
14
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Housing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
0
0
2018
5
0
0
5
2019
9
5
0
14
2020
0
0
0
0
2021
3
0
0
3
2022
1
0
0
1
2023
5
0
0
5
2024
6
0
0
6
2025
1
0
1
2
2026
2
0
2
4
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2021-08-14311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2021-07-28311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-04-14Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019
2019-11-11311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2019-06-03311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2019-04-30311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2019-04-18311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2019-04-16311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-04-01HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE METAL EDGE PROTECTOR COVERING SHARP METAL EDGES AT EAST AND WEST WALL AT BUILDING
2019-03-15AL&R — from BLUE GRAND LLC to BANK OF PRINCETON
2019-03-15Agreement $1,400,000 — from BLUE GRAND LLC to BANK OF PRINCETON$1,400,000
2019-03-15Mortgage $329,360 — from BLUE GRAND LLC to BANK OF PRINCETON$329,360
2019-03-15TL&R — from BANKUNITED, N.A. to BLUE GRAND LLC
2019-03-15Mortgage assigned — from BANKUNITED, N.A. to THE BANK OF PRINCETON
2019-02-04HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF SCALDING HOT WATER EXCIEEDING THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE TEMPERATURE OF 130 F AT SINK IN
2019-02-01311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-02-01Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2018
2018-10-30HPD 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
2018-07-31311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2005-05-27Job filed: PROPOSE TO RENOVATE INTERIOR OF BUILDING AS SHOWN. PARTITION AND PLUMBING WORK AS SHOWN ON PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY UNDER THIS APP$35,000
2005-03-31ECB Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. HAZARDOUS. NOTED: ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION WORK BE-ING DONE THROUGHOUT ENTIRE 2ND & 3RD FLOORS & REAR OF 1ST FL$2,500
2005-03-31ECB Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE HOUSEKEEPING NOTE IN REAR YARD OF BUILDING HUGE PILE OF CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS SUCH AS PIECES OF WOOD WI$1,000
2005-03-31ECB Hazardous violation: RESIDENCE ALTERED FOR OCCUPANCY AS A DWELLING FOR MORE THAN THE LEGALLY APPROVED NUMBER OF FAMILIES NOTE DEPARTMENT COMPUTER RECOR$7,000
2005-03-13DOB complaint, category ?
2005-02-19DOB complaint, category ?
2004
2004-12-16DOB complaint, category ?
2003
2003-02-24Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
1999
1999-03-26Deed — from 640 GRAND STREET CORP to BLUE FIN REALTY INC
1998
1998-01-09Deed — from NYC ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD/DEF; HERNANDEZ, DORCAS/DEF; NYC PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU/ to 640 GRAND STREET CORP.
1998-01-09Mortgage $114,200 — from 640 GRAND STREET CORP to DASKAL, JACOB; KATZ, GAVIN$114,200
1997
1997-10-16DOB complaint, category ?
1994
1994-03-16ECB Non-Hazardous violation: OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY THE BUILDING DEPT RECORDS: PARTITIONS KITCHEN, BATHROOM & SHOWER SLEEPING ROOM, PERSON ASLEE$2,000
1994-03-08DOB complaint, category ?
1991
1991-02-28DOB complaint, category ?
1987
1987-10-08Mortgage satisfied — from TORRES, JUAN to HERNANDEZ, EDWARD L
1987-10-08Mortgage $80,000 — from HERNANDEZ, DORCAS I to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK$80,000
1986
1986-12-31VAC — from CITY OF NEW YORK to VACATE ORDER
1986-05-28Deed — from COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE; COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE to CITY OF NEW YORK; CITY OF NEW YORK
1986-05-28Deed — from COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE; COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE to CITY OF NEW YORK; CITY OF NEW YORK
1983
1983-09-07Deed — from TORRES, JUAN to HERNANDEZ, DORCAS
1982
1982-07-09Mortgage assigned — from HERNANDEZ, EDWARD LDECD to ZUCKERMAN, LILA
1980
1980-11-26Deed — from HERNANDEZ EDWARD L to TORRES JUAN
1980-11-26Mortgage — from TORRES JUAN to HERNANDEZ EDWARD L
1971
1971-07-28Deed — from IGFH REALTY CORP to HERNANDEZ EDWARD L
1970
1970-12-04Deed — from SKULSKY IDA EXEC OF; GREENBERG MINNIE DECD to IGFH REALTY CORP