A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 81% 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 6.3. In ZIP 11206, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and
17% 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
3 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2020-07-23.
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
41 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Dirty Condition (23) · Noise (9) · Illegal Dumping (2) · Graffiti (1) · Rodent (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (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
No
Built before 1974 (2012)
No
Six or more residential units (3)
No
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
0 of 3 signals present. None of the common signals are present — stabilization is unlikely (though never impossible). 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)
MIDDLETOWN MEWS LLC
Head officer
SHLOMO KARPEN
Managing agent
KEREN STAR MANAGEMENT
Last registered
2025-08-24
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
$2,975,000
$178,500
2026
$3,112,000
$186,720
2027
$3,261,000
$195,660
The city's market estimate has risen
10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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 · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Hewes St — J M · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Meserole St / Lorimer St — B60 · 200 ft
Citi Bike
Scholes St & Lorimer St · 400 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.
41 311 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: $1,958,472 on
2022-05-27 (lender: Popular Bank), covering 9 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
2022-05-27
AL&R $19,000,000 — from MIDDLETON MEWS LLC to POPULAR BANK
$19,000,000
2022-05-27
Agreement $19,000,000 — from MIDDLETON MEWS LLC to POPULAR BANK
$19,000,000
2022-05-27
Mortgage $1,958,472 — from MIDDLETON MEWS LLC to POPULAR BANK
$1,958,472
2015-08-11
Agreement $19,875,000 — from MIDDLETON MEWS LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A.
$19,875,000
2015-08-11
Mortgage $2,108,046 — from MIDDLETON MEWS LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A.
$2,108,046
2015-07-10
Agreement $7,000,000 — from GREENE PASTURES LLC; MIDDLETON MEWS LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A.
$7,000,000
2014-09-10
Agreement $13,500,000 — from GREENE PASTURES LLC; MIDDLETON MEWS LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A.
$13,500,000
2014-09-10
Mortgage $7,000,000 — from MIDDLETON MEWS LLC; GREENE PASTURES LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A.
$7,000,000
2014-01-16
Agreement $13,500,000 — from MIDDLETON MEWS LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A.
$13,500,000
2014-01-16
Mortgage $7,117,135 — from MIDDLETON MEWS LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A.
$7,117,135
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
18
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
3
0
0
3
2018
0
3
0
0
3
2019
1
5
0
0
6
2020
0
13
0
0
13
2021
0
8
0
0
8
2022
0
11
4
0
15
2023
0
9
0
0
9
2024
0
17
0
1
18
2025
0
16
0
0
16
2026
0
9
0
0
9
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2025-07-09311: Water System — Hydrant Running Full (WA4)
2025-06-13HPD 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
2022-12-26Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2022-11-07HPD 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
2022-03-10HPD 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
2021-04-20HPD 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
2021-04-20HPD 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
2020
2020-12-20311: Snow — E9 Snow / Icy Sidewalk
2020-11-13City emergency repair (OMO): location public hall 1st story install new hinges, to make the door self closing, at building front entrance. [1 door]. $165
2020-09-08City emergency repair (HWO): nyc hpd emerency operations division at basement/apt 1: at boiler room repair/ adjust hot water temperature for apt$25
2020-09-04City emergency repair (OMO): install hinges to make door self-closing in the entrance located at apt 1 lower level, 1st story, 1st apartment from nor$275
2020-07-23HPD class A: § 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE AGE
2020-07-23HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC: POST, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND MAINTAIN A NOTICE IN A COMMON AREA OF THE BUILDING REGARDING THE PROCEDURES
2020-07-23HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS AT FRONT ENTRANCE TO BUILDING , 1st STORY
2020-07-23HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS AT THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1 LOWER LEVEL, 1st STORY, 1
2020-07-23HPD class A: § 27-2011 ADM CODE CLEANSE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CERAMIC TILES WITH GROUTED JOINTS OF VISIBLE MOLD AT EAST AND SOUTH WA
2020-07-23HPD class C: § 27-2024 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HOT WATER FOR THE FIXTURES ... IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTM
2020-07-22Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2020-07-22311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019
2019-11-30311: Water System — Dirty Water (WE)
2019-11-06HPD 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
2018-10-26HPD 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
2016-11-29HPD 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
2013-03-13Job filed: INSTALLATION OF PIPE SCAFFOLD AS PER DRAWINGS.SCAFFOLD SHOULD COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF THE 2008 CODE. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER TH
2013-03-13Job filed: INSTALLATION OF PIPE SCAFFOLD AS PER DRAWINGS.SCAFFOLD SHOULD COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF THE 2008 CODE. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER TH
2013-02-28Permit PL — ISSUED
2012
2012-10-04Permit NB — ISSUED
2012-10-04Permit EQ — ISSUED
2012-06-19Job filed: AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM TO BE FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH DOC#01
2012-06-19Job filed: AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM TO BE FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH DOC#01