A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% 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 125.2. 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
13 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 10 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 1986-10-24.
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
17 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (7) · ELECTRIC (2) · WATER LEAK (2) · PLUMBING (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · FLOORING/STAIRS (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 (1930)
No
Six or more residential units (5)
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)
688 NEW LOTS AVE LLC
Head officer
EZRA KARAKO
Managing agent
JANUS ASSOCIATES INC
Last registered
2026-07-24
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
$567,000
$255,150
2026
$600,000
$270,000
2027
$720,000
$324,000
The city's market estimate has risen
27% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Building systems
Heating fuel
NO2FUEL
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 4 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
New Lots Av — 3 · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: New Lots Av / Jerome St — B15 · 100 ft
Citi Bike
New Lots Ave & Ashford St · 400 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.
17 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $370,687 on
2022-02-01 (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
2022-02-01
AL&R $780,000 — from 688 NEW LOTS AVE LLC to CONNECTONE BANK
$780,000
2022-02-01
Agreement $780,000 — from 688 NEW LOTS AVE LLC to CONNECTONE BANK
$780,000
2022-02-01
Mortgage $370,687 — from 688 NEW LOTS AVE LLC to CONNECTONE BANK
$370,687
2014-06-06
AL&R $499,000 — from 688 NEW LOTS AVE LLC to MELROSE CREDIT UNION
$499,000
2014-06-06
Mortgage $499,000 — from 688 NEW LOTS AVE LLC to MELROSE CREDIT UNION
$499,000
2013-05-07
Deed $452,000 — from CANCER CORP, NY CORPORATION to 688 NEW LOTS AVENUE, LLC
$452,000
1985-07-17
Mortgage $15,000 — from MAYO, ALDO; ORIOL, PINEDA to GRIFFITH, EDWARD
$15,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
40
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
0
1
1
2018
0
1
0
1
2
2019
1
4
0
1
6
2020
0
2
0
1
3
2021
0
4
0
1
5
2022
1
7
4
2
14
2023
1
1
0
1
3
2024
0
38
0
2
40
2025
0
3
0
1
4
2026
0
6
0
1
7
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2024-08-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CONSISITING OF FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT CEILING AT VESTIB
2024-08-21HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING AT VESTIBULE , 1st STORY
2024-08-21HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK OVER THE CEILING AT VESTIBULE , 1st STORY
2024-07-22311: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2024-07-22311: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2024-07-22311: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2024-07-22311: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2024-07-22311: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2024-07-22Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2024-07-22Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2024-07-22HPD class A: § 27-2014 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. SCRAPE AND REMOVE RUST SCALES AND PAINT WITH 2 COATS OF PAINT ALL PARTS AND ALL BALCONIE
2024-07-22HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOODEN FLOOR IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT
2024-07-22HPD 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
2024-07-22HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH AT CENTER LOCAT
2024-07-22HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL LIGHT FIXTURE AT CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH AT CENTER L
2024-07-22HPD class A: § 53, 187, 231 M/D LAW AND DEPARTMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS. PROVIDE A SHOE PROPERLY SECURED TO BOTTOM OF STRING OF DROPLADDER AT FIRE ESCAP
2024-07-22HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH AT C
2024-07-22HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED
2024-07-22HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING AND ALL WALLS IN THE 2nd ROOM F
2024-03-06HPD 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
2024-03-06HPD 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 AT P
2024-03-06HPD 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
2024-03-06HPD 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
2024-03-06HPD 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
2024-02-15HPD 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
2024-02-14HPD 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
2019-05-17311: Building/Use — Illegal. Commercial Use In Resident Zone
2019-05-17DOB complaint, category ?
2019-01-21Bedbug filing: 1 infested units
2018
2018-06-22Boiler inspection
2018-01-16Eviction executed (3F)
2017
2017-09-08Boiler inspection
2016
2016-11-14HPD 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
2016-04-07311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2015
2015-10-01DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2014 INSPECTION REPORT
2014-06-06AL&R $499,000 — from 688 NEW LOTS AVE LLC to MELROSE CREDIT UNION$499,000
2014-06-06Mortgage $499,000 — from 688 NEW LOTS AVE LLC to MELROSE CREDIT UNION$499,000
2013
2013-07-26Permit EW — ISSUED
2013-07-15Job filed: LINTEL REPLACEMENT AND PARAPET RESTORATION$5,500
2013-07-15Job filed: LINTEL REPLACEMENT AND PARAPET RESTORATION$5,500
2013-07-12Permit EQ — ISSUED
2013-07-12Permit EQ — ISSUED
2013-07-11Job filed: INSTALLATION OF PIPE SCAFFOLD AS PER PLAN. WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH 2008 BUILDING CODE CHAPTER 33. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY
2013-07-11Job filed: INSTALLATION OF PIPE SCAFFOLD AS PER PLAN. WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH 2008 BUILDING CODE CHAPTER 33. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY
2013-07-11Job filed: INSTALLATION OF SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLAN. WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH 2008 BUILDING CODE CHAPTER 33. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY
2013-05-07Deed $452,000 — from CANCER CORP, NY CORPORATION to 688 NEW LOTS AVENUE, LLC$452,000
2012
2012-07-17Rodent inspection: Passed
2011
2011-08-04311: Panhandling — N/A
2011-03-03Rodent inspection: Passed
2010
2010-10-27311: Bus Stop Shelter Placement — New Bus Stop Shelter Placement
2010-10-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2010-08-03Rodent inspection: Passed
2010-08-02Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2010-07-31311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2009
2009-04-22DOB complaint, category ?
2008
2008-01-29Deed — from VASQUEZ, MARIA to CANCER CORP., A NEW YORK CORPORATION
2005
2005-01-31DOB violation LL6291:
2004
2004-10-04HPD class B: SECTION 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FRO
2004-10-04HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR , EAST WALL, SOUTH WALL, CEILING IN
2004-10-04HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR , CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH
2004-10-04HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR , CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH
2004-10-04HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR , CEILING IN THE 1st KITCHEN FROM NO
2004-10-04HPD class B: SECTION 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT
2004-10-04HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR , WEST WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY L