A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 87% 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 20. In ZIP 11237, 39% of residential buildings hold an A and
15% 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
4 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1997-09-28.
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
10 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Establishment (3) · Vendor Enforcement (3) · Graffiti (1) · Consumer Complaint (1) · Illegal Parking (1) · Mobile Food Vendor (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 (1931)
No
Six or more residential units (4)
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)
LIFENG CHEN
Last registered
2025-08-22
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
$1,358,400
$611,280
2026
$1,087,000
$489,150
2027
$1,304,000
$586,800
The city's market estimate has fallen
4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
3 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contains Foreign Object, Food Worker Hygiene, 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
Jefferson St — L · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Central Av — M · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Wilson Av / Willoughby Av — B60 · 600 ft
Citi Bike
Suydam St & Knickerbocker Ave · 600 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.
10 311 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.
Sales, deeds & mortgages
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $133,200 on
1998-06-24 (lender: Emigrant Funding Corporation). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2018-10-17
Deed $190,000 — from CHEN, JIAN ZHONG to CHEN, LI FENG
$190,000
2018-10-02
Sold for $190,000
$190,000
$47,500
2014-02-04
Deed $190,000 — from WANG, SHAO HANG to JIANG, FENG BIN
$190,000
1998-06-24
Mortgage $133,200 — from LAM, MIU LIN; DONG, SHUN QUAN to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION
$133,200
1988-09-21
Mortgage $120,000 — from CHAN, YUNG-KAN; LEE, PO CHU to STATE SAVINGS F.A.
$120,000
1985-07-12
Mortgage $32,000 — from RODRIGUEZ, ROY F; GAIBOR, TELMO to PIRRELLO, VITA; PIRRELLO, JACK
$32,000
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
12
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
1
2
0
3
6
2018
0
3
2
3
8
2019
0
3
0
3
6
2020
0
0
0
1
1
2021
0
2
0
2
4
2022
0
5
0
3
8
2023
0
5
0
3
8
2024
0
5
0
4
9
2025
0
1
0
4
5
2026
0
9
0
3
12
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2025-07-22Restaurant inspection: NEW CITY ASIAN CUISINE — grade A
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
2025-04-01Rodent inspection: Passed
2024
2024-11-29HPD 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
2024-10-11Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-09-06Boiler inspection
2024-06-11311: Consumer Complaint — Restaurant
2024-05-31311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2024-04-19Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-04-18Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-04-10HPD 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
2024-03-13Restaurant inspection: NEW CITY ASIAN CUISINE — grade A · mice evidence
2023
2023-11-22HPD 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
2023-03-23HPD 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
2023-03-14311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2022
2022-11-14HPD 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
2022-10-14Boiler inspection
2022-10-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-07-18Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-04-20Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-02-25HPD 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
2022-02-25HPD 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
2022-02-07311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2021
2021-09-14Boiler inspection
2021-04-20Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-04-09HPD 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
2021-01-15Rodent inspection: Passed
2020
2020-07-27Boiler inspection
2019
2019-11-05311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2019-10-11Boiler inspection
2019-10-10Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-04-04Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-03-27311: Street Condition — Pothole
2019-02-16311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018
2018-10-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-10-17Deed $190,000 — from CHEN, JIAN ZHONG to CHEN, LI FENG$190,000
2017-11-24HPD 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
2017-11-10Boiler inspection
2017-08-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-08-18311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2017-03-13FDNY inspection (RISK)
2016
2016-11-10HPD 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
2015
2015-10-09HPD class I: SECTION27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE ?27-2097 AND IS THER
2015-02-23HPD class I: SECTION27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE ?27-2097 AND IS THER
2014-02-04Deed $190,000 — from WANG, SHAO HANG to JIANG, FENG BIN$190,000
2013
2013-10-30Rodent inspection: Passed
2012
2012-04-20Rodent inspection: Passed
2007
2007-08-28DEEDO — from CHEN, DONG MING; LU, JIN MING to WANG, SHAO HANG; CHEN, JIAN ZHONG; CHEN, LI FENG; LU, JIN MING
2006
2006-07-05Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-06-26Job filed: INSTALL AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN EXISTING KITCHEN RANGE HOOD. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. COOKING EQUIPMENTS WERE FILED IN JOB#$3,000
2006-06-26Job filed: INSTALL AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN EXISTING KITCHEN RANGE HOOD. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. COOKING EQUIPMENTS WERE FILED IN JOB#$3,000