A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 85% 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 13.3. In ZIP 11221, 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
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
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
75 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (74) · Food Poisoning (1).
Filed construction activity
$32,500 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (3 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively
the owner maintains the building. 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 (1910)
No
Six or more residential units (2)
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)
679 KNICK LLC
Head officer
Shaul Cohen
Managing agent
Shaul Cohen
Last registered
2025-07-18
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
$1,158,000
$69,480
2026
$1,314,000
$78,840
2027
$1,222,000
$73,320
The city's market estimate has risen
6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick) · 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
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs — L M · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Wilson Av / Cornelia St — B60 · 750 ft
Citi Bike
Putnam Ave & Knickerbocker Ave · 200 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.
75 311 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: $900,000 on
2021-05-26 (lender: Connectone 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
2022-10-14
AL&R $1,500,000 — from 679 KNICK, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$1,500,000
2022-10-14
M&CON $1,500,000 — from 679 KNICK, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$1,500,000
2021-05-26
AL&R $900,000 — from 679 KNICK, LLC to CONNECTONE BANK
$900,000
2021-05-26
Mortgage $900,000 — from 679 KNICK, LLC to CONNECTONE BANK
$900,000
2021-05-26
Deed $1,200,000 — from CHEVERES, GILBERTO; MELENDEZ, YOLANDA; CHEVERES, JULIO; CHEVERES, LUIS A to 679 KNICK, LLC
$1,200,000
2021-05-05
Sold for $1,200,000
$1,200,000
$600,000
Ten-year activity
100500
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
52
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
2
0
0
2
2018
0
0
13
0
2
15
2019
0
1
0
0
4
5
2020
0
0
0
0
1
1
2021
0
0
1
9
1
11
2022
1
0
0
4
2
7
2023
4
1
47
0
0
52
2024
1
1
18
6
2
28
2025
0
1
2
0
1
4
2026
0
0
18
0
2
20
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2024-03-25AALR — from SIGNATURE BRIDGE BANK, N.A.; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; IN ITS CAPACITY AS REC to SIG CRE 2023 VENTURE LLC
2024-03-25Mortgage assigned — from FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; SIGNATURE BRIDGE BANK, N.A.; IN ITS CAPACITY AS REC to SIG CRE 2023 VENTURE LLC
2024-03-25AALR — from IN ITS CAPACITY AS RECEIVER FOR; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; SIGNATURE BANK, NE to SIGNATURE BRIDGE BANK, N.A.
2024-03-25Mortgage assigned — from FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; IN ITS CAPACITY AS RECEIVER FOR; SIGNATURE BANK, NE to SIGNATURE BRIDGE BANK, N.A.
2023-04-12Job filed: PROPOSED ACCESSORY USE AND NEW LAYOUT IN THE REAR YARD RELATED TO THE EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT ON 1ST FLOOR AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH. NO C$2,500
2023-01-18Permit General Construction — Signed-off
2023-01-18Permit Plumbing — Signed-off
2023-01-04Job filed: Installation of plumbing fixtures and related piping as shown on the drawings filed herewith. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.$10,000
2022
2022-12-19Boiler inspection
2022-12-08Job filed: Interior renovations to first floor and cellar to convert to eating and drinking establishment. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.$20,000
2022-10-14TL&R — from CONNECTONE BANK to 679 KNICK, LLC
2022-10-14AL&R $1,500,000 — from 679 KNICK, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$1,500,000
2022-10-14M&CON $1,500,000 — from 679 KNICK, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$1,500,000
2022-10-14Mortgage assigned — from CONNECTONE BANK to SIGNATURE BANK
2022-08-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2021
2021-12-14Boiler inspection
2021-11-10311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-05-26PAT — from CHEVERES, LUIS A to HAFIF, STEVEN; MAKSIM, KATHERINE
2021-05-26AL&R $900,000 — from 679 KNICK, LLC to CONNECTONE BANK$900,000
2021-05-26Mortgage $900,000 — from 679 KNICK, LLC to CONNECTONE BANK$900,000
2021-05-26PAT — from CHEVERES, GILBERT to HAFIF, STEVEN; MAKSIM, KATHERINE
2021-05-26PAT — from MELENDEZ, YOLANDA to MAKSIM, KATHERINE; HAFIF, STEVEN
2021-05-26PAT — from CHEVERES, JULIO to HAFIF, STEVEN; MAKSIM, KATHERINE
2021-05-26Deed — from MELENDEZ, YOLANDA; CHEVERES, JULIO; CHEVERES, LUIS A; CHEVERES, GILBERTO to CHEVERES, LUIS A; MELENDEZ, YOLANDA; CHEVERES, JULIO; CHEVERES, GILBERTO
2021-05-26Deed $1,200,000 — from CHEVERES, GILBERTO; MELENDEZ, YOLANDA; CHEVERES, JULIO; CHEVERES, LUIS A to 679 KNICK, LLC$1,200,000
2021-05-05Sold for $1,200,000$1,200,000
2020
2020-12-01Boiler inspection
2019
2019-12-30Boiler inspection
2019-12-23Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-11-08DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2017 INSPECTION REPORT
2019-06-21Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-01-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2018
2018-12-18Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2015-01-22311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Other (complaint details)
2012
2012-04-26Rodent inspection: Passed
2012-04-11Deed — from CHEVEREZ, JUAN; MELENDEZ, YOLANDA; CHEVRES, JULIO; CHEVRES, GILBERTO; CHEVRES, LUIS A to CHEVRES, JULIO; MELENDEZ, YOLANDA; CHEVRES, GILBERTO; CHEVRES, LUIS A
2011
2011-12-13DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT
2009
2009-12-07DEED, LE — from CHEVEREZ, JUAN A to CHEVRES, GILBERTO; CHEVRES , LUIS A; CHEVRES, JULIO; CHEVRES, JUAN A; MELENDEZ, YOLANDA
2006
2006-04-12DOB complaint, category ?
1998
1998-05-04DOB violation LL6291:
1994
1994-07-25DOB violation LL6291:
1988
1988-11-03Deed — from CHEVEREZ, ISMAEL to CHEVEREZ, JUAN ALBERTO
1979
1979-01-03Deed — from BONET HERIBERTO to CHEVEREZ ISMAEL
1970
1970-06-29Mortgage — from BONET HERIBERTO to ODDO BRIGIDA
1970-06-29Deed — from ODDO BRIGIDA to BONET HERIBERTO