A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 76% 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 64.7. 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), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2026-02-16.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
3 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 3).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
57 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Dirty Condition (38) · Snow or Ice (3) · Noise (3) · Rodent (3) · PLUMBING (2) · DOOR/WINDOW (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
2025-08-19
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 · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Meserole St / Union Av — B60 · 200 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.
57 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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
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
2019-04-24
AL&R $17,600,000 — from THE MESSORLE PROJECT LLC to STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC
$17,600,000
2016-03-15
Mortgage $875,000 — from THE MESSORLE PROJECT LLC; LJC TOWERS, LLC to LEFKO FUNDING LLC
$875,000
2016-03-15
AL&R $875,000 — from LEFKOWITZ, JOEL; LJC TOWERS, LLC; THE MESSORLE PROJECT 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
33
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
1
0
0
1
2018
0
1
0
9
10
2019
2
12
10
3
27
2020
0
5
0
0
5
2021
0
33
0
0
33
2022
0
21
0
0
21
2023
1
28
0
2
31
2024
1
25
0
3
29
2025
1
21
0
0
22
2026
0
23
0
0
23
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HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MIS
2026-02-16
HPD class B: § 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVI
2026-02-16
HPD class B: § 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN AC
2026-02-16
HPD class C: § 27-2028, 2032 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FROM AN APPROVED CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM, OR AN APPROVED SYSTEM OF GAS OR ELECTRI
2026-02-16
HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT PENTHOUSE PH, 4th STORY, 1st PENTHOUSE FRO
2026-02-10
Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-02-10
311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-02-07
Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2026-02-07
311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-02-07
311: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2026-01-19
311: Snow or Ice — Sidewalk
2026-01-05
Tenant complaint: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2026-01-05
311: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2026-01-04
Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR FRAME
2026-01-04
311: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR FRAME
2026-01-03
311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2025-12-11
Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-11-06
Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2025-11-06
311: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2025-11-02
311: Dirty Condition — Trash
The full timeline
2026
2026-10-01311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-10-01311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-09-30311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-07-27311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-06-30311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-06-29311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-05-31311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-02-16HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MIS
2026-02-16HPD class B: § 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVI
2026-02-16HPD class B: § 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN AC
2026-02-16HPD class C: § 27-2028, 2032 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FROM AN APPROVED CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM, OR AN APPROVED SYSTEM OF GAS OR ELECTRI
2026-02-16HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT PENTHOUSE PH, 4th STORY, 1st PENTHOUSE FRO
2026-02-10Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-02-10311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-02-07Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2026-02-07311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-02-07311: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2026-01-19311: Snow or Ice — Sidewalk
2026-01-05Tenant complaint: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2026-01-05311: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2026-01-04Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR FRAME
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
2024-11-03311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2024-09-29311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2024-09-21311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2024-09-15311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2024-08-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-08-03311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2024-08-03311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2024-07-27311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2024-07-14311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2024-07-03Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
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
2024-04-10311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2024-03-06Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2023-10-23Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
2023-10-22311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-10-21311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-10-01311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-09-30311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-09-24311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-09-17311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-08-15Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2023-08-15Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2023-08-15311: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2023-08-15311: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2023-07-31Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2023-07-26Tenant complaint: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2023-07-26Tenant complaint: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2023-07-26311: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2023-07-26311: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2023-07-20311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2023-06-25311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-05-07311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-04-03Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-04-01311: Dirty Condition — Trash
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
2023-03-22311: Illegal Tree Damage — Roots Damaged
2023-03-22311: Illegal Tree Damage — Roots Damaged
2023-03-04311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-02-02FDNY inspection (RISK)
2023-01-23311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-01-18311: Illegal Tree Damage — Roots Damaged
2022-05-17311: Residential Disposal Complaint — Trash Not Separated from Recycling
2022-04-10HPD class B: § 27-2010, 2011, 2012 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE AND/OR RUBBISH AND MAINTAIN IN A CLEAN CONDITION THE FLOOR AT PUBLIC HALL,
2022-04-10HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING AND WEST WALL AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2022-04-10HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT CEILING AND WEST WALL AT PUBLIC
2022-04-10HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2022-04-10HPD class B: § 27-2010, 2011, 2012 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE AND/OR RUBBISH AND MAINTAIN IN A CLEAN CONDITION THE BUILDING FRONT
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
2022-02-08311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2022-02-01311: Residential Disposal Complaint — Trash or Recycling Not Secure
2022-01-31311: Residential Disposal Complaint — Trash or Recycling Not Secure
2022-01-31311: Snow or Ice — Sidewalk
2022-01-08311: Snow or Ice — Sidewalk
2022-01-08311: Snow or Ice — Sidewalk
2022-01-08311: Snow or Ice — Sidewalk
2022-01-06311: Illegal Dumping — Removal Request
2021
2021-10-07311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-10-05311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-03-11311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-03-09311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-03-07311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-02-23HPD 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
2021-02-01Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2021-02-01Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — OUTLET/SWITCH
2018-11-29Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
2018-11-27Rodent inspection: Monitoring visit
2018-11-19Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2018-11-13Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2018-10-31Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2018-10-29Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
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
2016-03-15Mortgage $875,000 — from THE MESSORLE PROJECT LLC; LJC TOWERS, LLC to LEFKO FUNDING LLC$875,000
2016-03-15AL&R $875,000 — from LEFKOWITZ, JOEL; LJC TOWERS, LLC; THE MESSORLE PROJECT 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
2010-05-17Rodent 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 #302289967 AT NORTH FRONT, CELLAR WELL WINDOW VENT OPENINGS ARE IMPROPERLY PROTECTED. LUMBER PANELS ARE BOWING D$5,000