The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 56% 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 12.5. 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
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
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
2
’23–24
2
’25–26
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
22 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (10) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Residential Disposal Complaint (2) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Illegal Parking (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 (1920)
Yes
Six or more residential units (12)
Yes
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
3 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)
87 MONTROSE LLC
Head officer
Solomon Schwimmer
Managing agent
TWIN GROUP ASSOCIATES INC
Last registered
2026-07-29
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
$2,387,000
$1,074,150
2026
$2,728,000
$1,227,600
2027
$3,013,000
$1,355,850
The city's market estimate has risen
26% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 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
Lorimer St — J M · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Broadway — G · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Montrose Av / Leonard St — B60 · 100 ft
Citi Bike
Leonard St & Boerum St · 550 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.
22 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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: $2,600,000 on
2016-04-18 (lender: Sterling National 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
2020-04-07
AL&R $6,300,000 — from 87 MONTROSE LLC to BANK LEUMI USA
$6,300,000
2020-04-07
M&CON $6,300,000 — from 87 MONTROSE LLC to BANK LEUMI USA
$6,300,000
2016-04-18
AL&R $5,500,000 to STERLING NATIONAL BANK
$5,500,000
2016-04-18
Agreement $5,500,000 — from STERLING NATIONAL BANK to 87 MONTROSE LLC
$5,500,000
2016-04-18
Mortgage $2,600,000 — from 87 MONTROSE LLC to STERLING NATIONAL BANK
$2,600,000
2014-11-06
Deed $1,900,000 — from VARGAS, DORIS A; VARGAS, RICARDO U to 87 MONTROSE LLC
$1,900,000
2014-11-06
AL&R $1,550,000 — from 87 MONTROSE LLC to EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC
$1,550,000
2014-11-06
Mortgage $1,350,000 — from 87 MONTROSE LLC to EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC
$1,350,000
2014-11-06
AL&R $1,350,000 — from 87 MONTROSE LLC to EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC
$1,350,000
2014-11-06
Mortgage $1,550,000 — from 87 MONTROSE LLC to EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC
$1,550,000
1995-06-21
Mortgage $70,000 — from VARGAS, DORIS A; VARGAS, RICARDO U to GREENPOINT BANK
$70,000
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
2019
19
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
1
0
0
0
1
2018
0
1
0
1
2
2019
0
3
0
0
3
2020
0
15
4
0
19
2021
1
11
0
0
12
2022
0
2
0
0
2
2023
0
12
0
0
12
2024
0
9
0
0
9
2025
0
10
0
0
10
2026
0
9
0
0
9
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2025-06-10HPD 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
2024
2024-11-25HPD 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
2023-12-18HPD 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
2023-12-16Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2022-03-01HPD 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
2021-10-06311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Building
2021-06-13311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-06-01Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-05-18HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK THE CEILING, NORTH WALL, EAST WALL IN THE 12th ROOM F
2021-05-18HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING, NORTH WALL, EAST WALL, 1st CL
2021-05-18HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL PEELING PAINT SURFACES IN THE 12th ROOM FROM NO
2021-04-12HPD 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
2020-08-05HPD 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
2020-07-29Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2019-10-31HPD 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
2019-08-29311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2016-04-18AL&R $5,500,000 to STERLING NATIONAL BANK$5,500,000
2016-04-18Agreement $5,500,000 — from STERLING NATIONAL BANK to 87 MONTROSE LLC$5,500,000
2016-04-18Mortgage $2,600,000 — from 87 MONTROSE LLC to STERLING NATIONAL BANK$2,600,000
2016-04-18TL&R — from EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC to 87 MONTROSE LLC
2016-04-18TL&R — from EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC to 87 MONTROSE LLC
2016-04-18Mortgage assigned — from EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC to STERLING NATIONAL BANK
2016-04-18Mortgage assigned — from ISRAEL DISCOUNT BANK OF NEW YORK to EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC
2016-04-18Mortgage assigned — from EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC to STERLING NATIONAL BANK
2016-04-18Mortgage assigned — from ISRAEL DISCOUNT BANK OF NEW YORK to EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC
2016-04-11FDNY inspection (SPECIAL-OTH)
2016-03-25FDNY inspection (STRUC_INT)
2016-02-25FDNY inspection (STRUC_INT)
2016-01-22Certificate of occupancy Final
2015
2015-10-11311: Emergency Response Team (ERT) — After Hours Work - Illegal
2015-10-11DOB complaint, category ?
2015-08-14Permit EQ — ISSUED
2015-08-14Permit AL — ISSUED
2015-07-13Permit PL — ISSUED
2015-07-08311: Construction Safety Enforcement — Excavation Tracking Complaint
2015-07-08DOB complaint, category ?
2015-07-08ECB CLASS - 1 violation: SEC. 3304.3.1 FAILURE TO NOTIFY DOB W/I 24-48HRS OF THE START OF EXCAVATION. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION IT IBSERVED THAT EXCAVATION$1,200
2015-07-08ECB CLASS - 2 violation: SEC. 3307.7 FAILURE TO PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE CONSTRUCTION FENCE. INADEQUATE NOTED: THERE WAS NO CONSTRUCTION FENCE AT THE REAR OF TH
2015-07-08ECB CLASS - 2 violation: SEC. 3301.2 FAILURE TO PROVIDE 3FOOT 6INCH GUARDRAIL OR EQUIVALENT AROUND ALL FLOOR & PERIMETER OPENINGS. AT TIME OF INSPECTION TH
2015-06-15Permit EQ — ISSUED
2015-06-15Permit EQ — ISSUED
2015-06-12Job filed: INSTALLATION OF PIPE SCAFFOLD AS PER PLANS. WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH 2014 BUILDING CODE CHAPTER 33. NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY
2015-06-12Job filed: INSTALLATION OF SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH 2014 BUILDING CODE CHAPTER 33. NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY
2015-06-12Job filed: INSTALLATION OF SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH 2014 BUILDING CODE CHAPTER 33. NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY
2015-05-28ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE HOUSEKEEPING.CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS/DEBRIS NOT PROPERLY STORED OR REMOVED FROM SITE.WORKING PROGRESS
2015-05-08Permit AL — ISSUED
2015-05-08Permit EQ — ISSUED
2015-04-30DOB complaint, category ?
2015-01-05Permit EW — ISSUED
2014
2014-12-24Job filed: APPLICATION FILED HEREWITH FOR SITE PREPARATION AND INTERIOR DEMOLITION OF NON BEARING WALLS. CAP AND REMOVING EXISTING PLUMBING FIXTURES.$77,194
2014-12-15ZONE — from 87 MONTROSE LLC
2014-12-15CERT — from SUCCESSFUL ABSTRACT LLC
2014-12-10Job filed: PROPOSED ADDITIONAL FILING FOR SPRINKLER (SP) WORK ONLY, AS PER PLANS.
2014-12-05Job filed: PROPOSED ADDITIONAL FILING FOR STRUCTURAL WORK, AS PER PLANS.
2014-12-05Job filed: PROPOSED ADDITIONAL FILING FOR STRUCTURAL WORK, AS PER PLANS.
2014-11-26Job filed: PROPOSED ADDITIONAL FILING FOR PLUMBING (PL) & MECHANICAL (MH) WORK TYPES, AS PER PLANS.
2014-11-17Mortgage assigned — from EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC to ISRAEL DISCOUNT BANK OF NEW YORK
2014-11-06Deed $1,900,000 — from VARGAS, DORIS A; VARGAS, RICARDO U to 87 MONTROSE LLC$1,900,000
2014-11-06AL&R $1,550,000 — from 87 MONTROSE LLC to EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC$1,550,000
2014-11-06Mortgage $1,350,000 — from 87 MONTROSE LLC to EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC$1,350,000
2014-11-06Mortgage assigned — from EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC to ISRAEL DISCOUNT BANK OF NEW YORK
2014-11-06AL&R $1,350,000 — from 87 MONTROSE LLC to EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC$1,350,000
2014-11-06Mortgage $1,550,000 — from 87 MONTROSE LLC to EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC$1,550,000
2014-11-02Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014-11-02311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014-10-03Tenant complaint: OUTSIDE BUILDING — GUTTER/LEADER
2014-10-03311: OUTSIDE BUILDING — GUTTER/LEADER
2014-09-25Job filed: INTERIOR ALTERATION TO EXISTING THREE STORIES WITH CELLAR OLD LAW TENEMENT AS WELL AS HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL EXTENSIONS PER PLANS.$650,000
2014-07-02FDNY inspection (RISK)
2013
2013-07-31311: Sidewalk Condition — Dumpster - Construction Waste