A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 86% 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 15.5. In ZIP 11207, 62% of residential buildings hold an A and
13% 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
24 total — 6 class C (immediately hazardous), 9 class B, 9 class A. Oldest open since 2021-09-15.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
89 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (42) · Illegal Parking (20) · Blocked Driveway (18) · Derelict Vehicles (3) · Drinking (1) · Illegal Dumping (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 (1906)
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)
HL CENTRAL PROPERTIES INC
Head officer
BIN LIN
Managing agent
RELIANCE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Last registered
2026-04-15
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
$808,000
$363,600
2026
$970,000
$436,500
2027
$888,000
$399,600
The city's market estimate has risen
10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Building systems
Heating fuel
NATURALGAS
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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since
2022 (0 in the last three years).
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps
(cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
Getting around
Subway
Halsey St — J · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Wilson Av — L · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Manhattan-bound only)
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Halsey St / Central Av — B26 · 200 ft
Citi Bike
Central Ave & Weirfield St · 100 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.
89 311 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: $950,000 on
2016-08-23 (lender: 552 Central Funding LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2021-10-15
Deed $1,998,000 — from 552 CENTRAL AVE LLC to HL CENTRAL PROPERTIES INC
$1,998,000
2021-10-06
Sold for $1,998,000
$1,998,000
$499,500
2018-07-18
Agreement $1,365,000 — from 552 CENTRAL AVE LLC to PONCE BANK
$1,365,000
2018-07-18
Mortgage $415,000 — from 552 CENTRAL AVE LLC to PONCE BANK
$415,000
2018-07-18
AL&R $1,365,000 — from 552 CENTRAL AVE LLC to PONCE BANK
$1,365,000
2016-08-23
Deed $1,400,000 — from ZHENG, YAN PING to 552 CENTRAL AVE LLC
$1,400,000
2016-08-23
Mortgage $950,000 — from 552 CENTRAL AVE LLC to 552 CENTRAL FUNDING LLC
$950,000
2016-08-03
Sold for $1,400,000
$1,400,000
$350,000
2009-11-13
Deed $400,000 — from CRUZ-NEE ECHEVARRIA, JULIA ESTHER; ECHEVARRIA, FIDELA to ZHENG, YAN PING
$400,000
2009-11-13
Mortgage $240,000 — from ZHENG, YAN PING to CHINATOWN FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
$240,000
Ten-year activity
100500
2017
2018
2019
2020
80
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
28
0
2
30
2018
0
7
4
1
12
2019
0
18
0
0
18
2020
0
12
0
0
12
2021
1
76
2
1
80
2022
0
9
2
4
15
2023
3
8
0
7
18
2024
0
27
0
2
29
2025
1
38
0
2
41
2026
0
29
0
1
30
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HPD 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
2026-04-20
Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-02-15
311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2026-02-09
Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2026-02-09
Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-02-09
311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2026-02-09
311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-02-01
311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2025-12-25
311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2025-11-19
HPD 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
2026-05-04HPD 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
2026-04-20Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-02-15311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2026-02-09Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2026-02-09Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-02-09311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2026-02-09311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-02-01311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2025
2025-12-25311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2025-11-19HPD 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
2022-03-03TL&R — from 552 CENTRAL AVENUE LLC to PONCE BANK
2022-03-03Mortgage satisfied — from 552 CENTRAL AVE LLC to PONCE BANK
2022-02-23HPD 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
2021
2021-11-30Boiler inspection
2021-11-09City emergency repair (OMO): division nyc - ''essential hpd emergency operations service work'' install hinges to make door self-closing arrange and $250
2021-11-09311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2021-11-06City emergency repair (OMO): nyc hpd emergency operations division - '' essential service work '' at vestibule, install hinges to make door self-clos$250
2021-11-04HPD 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
2021-10-23Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2021-10-23Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2021-10-23311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2021-10-23311: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2021-10-15Deed $1,998,000 — from 552 CENTRAL AVE LLC to HL CENTRAL PROPERTIES INC$1,998,000
2021-10-06Sold for $1,998,000$1,998,000
2021-09-26HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2021-09-26HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REFIT VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2021-09-26HPD class A: § 27-2045 ADM CODE POST A PROPER NOTICE OF SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR THE MAIL BOX MISS
2021-09-26HPD 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
2021-09-26HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUT
2021-09-26HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM BOILER ROOM DOOR LOCKED AT CELLAR
2021-09-26HPD class C: § 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT GAS RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT
2021-09-26HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007, 204.1 HMC CODE: ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS ... IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FRO
2021-09-26HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOL
2021-09-26HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. MAKE STATIONARY THE IRON LADDER LEADING TO SCUTTLE OPENING IN ROOF ... AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd S
2021-09-26HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORY
2021-09-26HPD class A: § 27-2104 ADM CODE POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY SHOWING THE REGISTRATION NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND
2021-09-26HPD 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
2021-09-26HPD class A: § 27-2046.1 HMC: POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A COMMON
2021-09-25Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-09-25311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-09-19HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM LOCKED DOOR AT BOILER ROOM AT BASEMENT
2021-09-19HPD class C: § 27-2044 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS .. IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
2021-09-19HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST
2021-09-17Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-09-17311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-09-15HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO H
2021-09-15HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING HASP WITH PAD LOCKABLE EYE AT WEST GATE LEADING TO BUILDING ENTRANCE AT BUILDING FRONT
2021-09-15HPD class A: § 27-2104 ADM CODE POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY SHOWING THE REGISTRATION NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND
2021-09-15HPD 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
2021-09-15HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATED LOCK AT DOOR TO ROOM WITH WINDOW LEADING TO FIRE ESCAOE IN TH
2021-09-15HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM LOCKED DOOR AT BOILER ROOM AT CELLAR
2021-09-15HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUT
2021-09-15HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOL
2021-09-15HPD class A: § 27-2046.1 HMC: POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A COMMON
2021-09-15HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF HVAC UNIT PREVENTING DROP LADDER FROM FULLY EXTENDING AT WEST STACK BUILDI
2021-09-15HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF 3 BICYCLES AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2021-09-15HPD 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
2021-09-15HPD class A: § 27-2045 ADM CODE POST A PROPER NOTICE OF SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR THE MAIL BOX MISS
2021-09-15HPD class A: § 27-2043 ADM CODE PROVIDE A LOCK AND KEY TO THE ENTRANCE DOOR OF DWELLING UNIT AND, IF A CL A MULTIPLE DWELLING, ALSO CHAIN GUARD AT DOOR I
2021-09-15HPD 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
2021-09-15HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007, 204.1 HMC CODE: ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS AT VESTIBULE AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2021-09-12Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2021-09-12311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2021-09-10HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007, 204.1 HMC CODE: ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS THE VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2021-09-09Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2021-09-09Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-09-09Tenant complaint: GENERAL — COOKING GAS
2021-09-09311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2021-09-09311: GENERAL — COOKING GAS
2021-09-09311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-09-08Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2021-09-08311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2021-09-07Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2021-04-07HPD 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
2021-04-07HPD 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
2020
2020-11-02Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2020-11-02311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2020-10-23311: Noise - House of Worship — Loud Music/Party
2015-10-08HPD 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
2015-02-18HPD 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
2014
2014-11-23311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2014-09-18311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2014-03-20311: Street Light Condition — Street Light Out
2012
2012-12-24Rodent inspection: Passed
2012-09-10311: Water System — Leak (Use Comments) (WA2)
2012-08-22311: Water System — Leak (Use Comments) (WA2)
2010-04-06311: General Construction/Plumbing — Site Conditions Endangering Workers
2010-04-06311: General Construction/Plumbing — Smoking Ban - Smoking on Construction Site
2010-04-06311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2010-04-06311: Building/Use — SRO - Illegal Work/No Permit/Change In Occupancy/Use
2010-04-06DOB complaint, category ?
2010-04-06DOB complaint, category ?
2010-04-06DOB complaint, category ?
2010-04-06DOB complaint, category ?
2010-04-02Permit PL — ISSUED
2010-04-02Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-03-12Job filed: EXISTING OIL BURNER CHANGE TO 5 NEW GAS BOILERS AND 5 NEW HOT WATER HEATER IN CELLAR, NO CHANGE IN USE OF EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY.$20,000
2010-03-12Job filed: EXISTING OIL BURNER CHANGE TO 5 NEW GAS BOILERS AND 5 NEW HOT WATER HEATER IN CELLAR, NO CHANGE IN USE OF EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY.$20,000
2009
2009-11-13Deed $400,000 — from CRUZ-NEE ECHEVARRIA, JULIA ESTHER; ECHEVARRIA, FIDELA to ZHENG, YAN PING$400,000
2009-11-13Mortgage $240,000 — from ZHENG, YAN PING to CHINATOWN FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK$240,000
2007
2007-08-16Deed — from ECHEVARRIA, FIDELA to NEE ECHEVARRIA, JULIA ESTHER CRUZ; ECHEVARRIA, FIDELA
2003
2003-06-04Permit EW — ISSUED
2003-06-04Permit EW — ISSUED
2003-05-28Job filed: REPLACE BOILER AND OIL BURNER (NYC BOILE R #72276-01) NO CHANGE IN USE, GRESS OR OCCUPANCY.