The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 87% 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 1.2. In ZIP 11212, 56% of residential buildings hold an A and
14% 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
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
4 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · Lead (1) · Illegal Dumping (1).
Filed construction activity
$191,500 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (2 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 (1930)
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)
RALPH BLAKE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Head officer
LAURIE KEFALIDIS
Managing agent
IBEC BUILDING CORP
Last registered
2025-08-18
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
$651,000
$292,950
2026
$532,000
$239,400
2027
$578,000
$260,100
The city's market estimate has fallen
11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: J51
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.
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
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd — 3 · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: E 98 St / Blake Av — B15 B47 · 400 ft
Citi Bike
Howard Ave & Blake Ave · 350 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.
4 311 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: $3,967,397 on
2018-12-13 (lender: First Republic Bank), covering 5 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
2018-12-13
AL&R $8,000,000 — from RALPH BLAKE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK
$8,000,000
2018-12-13
Agreement $8,000,000 — from RALPH BLAKE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK
$8,000,000
2018-12-13
Mortgage $3,967,397 — from RALPH BLAKE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK
$3,967,397
2010-11-09
Mortgage $4,745,000 — from RALPH BLAKE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to SOVEREIGN BANK
$4,745,000
1991-06-28
Mortgage $1,153,000 — from RALPH BLAKE LTD PTRSHIP to COMMUNITY PESERVATNCORP
$1,153,000
1991-06-28
Mortgage $3,697,000 — from RALPH BLAKE LTD PTRSHIP to COMMUNITY PRESERVATNCP
$3,697,000
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
16
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
3
0
2
5
2018
0
0
0
5
3
8
2019
0
0
3
0
1
4
2020
0
0
1
0
1
2
2021
0
0
4
0
1
5
2022
0
0
3
0
1
4
2023
5
2
2
0
7
16
2024
0
0
7
2
2
11
2025
0
1
1
0
1
3
2026
0
0
0
0
2
2
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2024-02-19Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-02-19311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-11Mortgage assigned — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N A; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; FIRST REPUBLIC BANK SAN FR to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
2024-01-11Mortgage assigned — from FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; FIRST REPUBLIC BANK SAN FRANCISCO CA; JPMORGAN CHAS to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
2023
2023-12-06Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-10-17Boiler inspection
2023-08-28DOB complaint, category ?
2023-07-12DOB complaint, category ?
2023-04-21Permit General Construction — Signed-off
2023-03-30Job filed: exterior restoration as per plans filed herewith. no change to use, egress or occupancy.$186,500
2023-03-22Asbestos abatement: Removal — New York Insulation, Inc.
2023-03-22Asbestos abatement: Removal — New York Insulation, Inc.
2023-03-22Asbestos abatement: Removal — New York Insulation, Inc.
2023-03-22Asbestos abatement: Removal — New York Insulation, Inc.
2023-03-22Asbestos abatement: Removal — New York Insulation, Inc.
2023-03-22Asbestos abatement: Removal — New York Insulation, Inc.
2023-03-13311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2023-03-08Permit Supported Scaffold — Signed-off
2023-03-08Permit Sidewalk Shed — Signed-off
2023-03-07Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 300PSF SIDEWALK SHED AND PIPE SCAFFOLDING AS PER PLANS. ALL EQUIPMENT SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER # 33 OF THE NYC CODE 2022, NO CHANGES $5,000
2022
2022-12-02Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-08-10Boiler inspection
2022-02-05Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2022-02-05311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021
2021-12-07Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-12-03Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-12-03311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-10-05Boiler inspection
2021-03-13Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020
2020-12-15Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-08-05Boiler inspection
2019
2019-12-02Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-08-13Boiler inspection
2019-05-13Eviction executed (3-A)
2019-01-08Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2018
2018-12-13AL&R $8,000,000 — from RALPH BLAKE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK$8,000,000
2018-12-13Agreement $8,000,000 — from RALPH BLAKE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK$8,000,000
2018-12-13Mortgage $3,967,397 — from RALPH BLAKE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK$3,967,397
2018-12-13Mortgage assigned — from SANTANDER BANK, N.A. F/K/A SOVEREIGN BAN to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK
2018-12-13TERA — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK to RALPH BLAKE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
2018-09-15Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-07-11Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2018-05-03Boiler inspection
2017
2017-10-24HPD 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
2017-10-21Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2017-10-21311: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2017-08-15Boiler inspection
2017-01-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2015
2015-11-11Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY