A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 60% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty
points per 10 units; this building carries 26. In ZIP 11206, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and
17% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
B
C
Among 46,798 6-24-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), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2024-05-05.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
68 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Dirty Condition (35) · Noise (14) · Snow or Ice (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · Rodent (2).
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
No
Built before 1974 (2005)
Yes
Six or more residential units (7)
Yes
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
2 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. 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)
The Meserole Project LLC
Head officer
chaim Lefkowitz
Managing agent
Greeni Management
Last registered
2025-08-14
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
$2,380,800
$1,071,360
2026
$2,769,000
$1,246,050
2027
$3,229,000
$1,453,050
The city's market estimate has risen
36% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 421A 25 YR NO CAP
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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
Broadway — G · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Hewes St — J M · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Meserole St / Union Av — B60 · 150 ft
Citi Bike
Scholes St & Lorimer St · 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.
68 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $7,263,673 on
2019-04-24 (lender: Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC), covering 4 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2019-04-24
AL&R $17,600,000 — from THE MESSORLE PROJECT LLC to STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC
$17,600,000
2019-04-24
Mortgage $7,263,674 — from THE MESSORLE PROJECT LLC to STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC
$7,263,674
2019-04-24
Agreement $17,600,000 — from THE MESSORLE PROJECT LLC to STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC
$17,600,000
2016-03-15
AL&R $875,000 — from LEFKOWITZ, JOEL; LJC TOWERS, LLC; THE MESSORLE PROJECT LLC to LEFKO FUNDING LLC
$875,000
2016-03-15
Mortgage $875,000 — from THE MESSORLE PROJECT LLC; LJC TOWERS, LLC to LEFKO FUNDING LLC
$875,000
2012-09-14
Agreement $11,800,000 — from THE MESSORLE PROJECT LLC to ARBOR COMMERCIAL FUNDING, LLC
$11,800,000
2012-09-14
Mortgage $2,823,777 — from THE MESSORLE PROJECT LLC to ARBOR COMMERCIAL FUNDING, LLC
$2,823,777
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
40
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
4
0
0
4
2018
0
13
0
3
16
2019
6
17
10
0
33
2020
0
6
0
0
6
2021
3
24
0
0
27
2022
1
18
0
0
19
2023
0
23
0
0
23
2024
0
38
0
2
40
2025
0
23
0
0
23
2026
0
17
0
0
17
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2025-06-11Tenant complaint: GENERAL — JANITOR/SUPER
2025-06-11Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — TOILET
2025-06-11311: GENERAL — JANITOR/SUPER
2025-06-11311: PLUMBING — TOILET
2025-06-11311: PLUMBING — TOILET
2025-05-24311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2025-04-21Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-04-04311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2025-03-06311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2025-01-20311: Snow or Ice — Sidewalk
2024
2024-12-15311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2024-11-26HPD 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
2024-05-05HPD class A: § 27-2010, 2011, 2012 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE AND/OR RUBBISH AND MAINTAIN IN A CLEAN CONDITION THE HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE, RUB
2024-04-29Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — DAMP SPOT
2024-04-17HPD 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
2024-04-10Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
2024-03-06Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
2023-03-30HPD 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
2023-03-27311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-03-22311: Illegal Tree Damage — Roots Damaged
2023-03-04311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-01-27311: Illegal Tree Damage — Roots Damaged
2022-03-09HPD 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
2021-06-01311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-05-27311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-04-15HPD class A: § 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES, BOTTOM
2021-04-13Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-04-13311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-03-24Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-03-24Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-03-24Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2021-03-24Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-03-24311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-03-24311: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2021-03-24311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-03-24311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-03-14311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-03-01ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS.NOTE:AT TIME
2021-03-01ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS.NOTE:AT TIME
2021-02-26DOB complaint, category ?
2021-02-23HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE WEST WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCAT
2021-02-23HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT
2021-02-14Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2021-02-14311: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2020
2020-12-21Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-09-01311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-06-21311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-03-13311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2020-03-13311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2019-10-11ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK W/O PERMIT. NOTED:AT 2ND FL LEVEL APT#2A, APT ALTERED TO CREATE LOFT W/ 2 BEDROOMS FOR SLEEPING,AND WOOD STAIRS TO ACCESS SPA
2019-10-11ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK WITHOUT PERMIT. NOTED: AT 2ND FLOOR LEVEL AT APT. #2B, APARTMENT WAS ALTERED TO CREATE A LOFT WITH 2 ROOMS FOR SLEEPING & STA
2019-09-29311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-10-26HPD 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
2016-03-15AL&R $875,000 — from LEFKOWITZ, JOEL; LJC TOWERS, LLC; THE MESSORLE PROJECT LLC to LEFKO FUNDING LLC$875,000
2016-03-15Mortgage $875,000 — from THE MESSORLE PROJECT LLC; LJC TOWERS, LLC to LEFKO FUNDING LLC$875,000
2015
2015-10-20HPD 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
2010-12-05Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2010-12-05311: HEATING — HEAT
2010-05-17Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2010-04-02Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2007
2007-11-19Permit EW — ISSUED
2007-08-31Permit NB — ISSUED
2007-08-17ECB Hazardous violation: NO GUARD RAILS NB #302289958 AT NORTH FRONT, CELLAR, WELL/WINDOW OPENINGS ARE OPEN APPROX 2' X 2' AT GRADE LEVEL. OPEN SHAFT TO CE$5,000