A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 90% 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 30. In ZIP 11204, 76% of residential buildings hold an A and
4% 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
1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2004-04-15.
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.
$3,750 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
What 311 hears from this address
4 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Building/Use (2) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Food Establishment (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 (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).
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$1,877,000
$112,620
2026
$2,121,000
$127,260
2027
$2,357,000
$141,420
The city's market estimate has risen
26% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food), shared by 3 restaurants · 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
55 St — D · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 62 St — D N · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 50 St / 16 Av — B11 · 950 ft
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.
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: $245,130 on
2016-05-23 (lender: Cross River 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
2016-05-23
Mortgage $245,130 — from J & S 54, LLC to CROSS RIVER BANK
$245,130
2016-05-23
Agreement $550,000 — from J & S 54, LLC to CROSS RIVER BANK
$550,000
2016-05-23
AL&R $550,000 — from J & S 54, LLC to CROSS RIVER BANK
$550,000
2006-05-26
Mortgage $350,000 — from GELBARD, JACK to MERS
$350,000
1992-04-30
Mortgage $170,000 — from WILLIE'S ENTERPRISESINC to INDEPENDENCE SAVS BANK
$170,000
1987-04-01
Mortgage $30,000 — from WILLIES ENTERPRISESINC to JENAPO FEDERAL CR UNION
$30,000
Ten-year activity
1050
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
7
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
0
1
1
2018
1
0
0
1
2
2019
1
1
0
1
3
2020
0
4
0
1
5
2021
0
1
0
1
2
2022
0
0
0
2
2
2023
0
0
0
4
4
2024
0
1
1
2
4
2025
0
1
0
2
3
2026
4
2
0
1
7
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ECB CLASS - 1 violation: OBSERVED AT CELLAR INSTALLED WATER/WASTE LINED FOR SINK, GAS LINE FOR STOVES, FRYERS, AND 2 COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATORS WITH ELECTRIC
2026-08-25
ECB CLASS - 2 violation: OBSERVED AT CELLAR OCCUPIED/USE AS A COMMERCIAL COOKING/PREP KITCHEN WITH STOVES, REFRIGERATORS, SINKS, UTENSILS ETC., DISCONTINUE
2026-08-13
311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2026-08-13
DOB complaint, category ?
2026-06-22
Boiler inspection
2026-04-20
311: Building/Use — Illegal. Commercial Use In Resident Zone
2026-04-20
DOB complaint, category ?
The full timeline
2026
2026-08-25ECB CLASS - 1 violation: OBSERVED AT CELLAR INSTALLED WATER/WASTE LINED FOR SINK, GAS LINE FOR STOVES, FRYERS, AND 2 COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATORS WITH ELECTRIC$2,500
2026-08-25ECB CLASS - 2 violation: OBSERVED AT CELLAR OCCUPIED/USE AS A COMMERCIAL COOKING/PREP KITCHEN WITH STOVES, REFRIGERATORS, SINKS, UTENSILS ETC., DISCONTINUE$1,250
2026-08-13311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2026-08-13DOB complaint, category ?
2026-06-22Boiler inspection
2026-04-20311: Building/Use — Illegal. Commercial Use In Resident Zone
2026-04-20DOB complaint, category ?
2025
2025-09-25Restaurant inspection: KAFF KAFE
2025-07-18Boiler inspection
2025-03-18311: Food Establishment — Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food
2024
2024-09-10311: Illegal Dumping — Removal Request
2024-06-05Restaurant inspection: KAFF KAFE — grade A
2024-06-05Boiler inspection
2024-03-11Mortgage assigned — from CROSS RIVER BANK to INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER ; FOR VERUS SECURITIZATION TRUST 2021-5; WILMINGTO
2023
2023-08-21Boiler inspection
2023-03-09Restaurant inspection: KAFF KAFE
2023-02-09Restaurant inspection: KAFF KAFE
2023-01-24Restaurant inspection: KAFF KAFE — grade C
2020-04-02311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2019
2019-12-30Boiler inspection
2019-10-18311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2019-10-18DOB complaint, category ?
2018
2018-11-07Boiler inspection
2018-01-24FDNY inspection (RISK)
2017
2017-11-15Boiler inspection
2016
2016-05-23Deed — from GELBARD, JACK to J & S 54, LLC
2016-05-23Mortgage assigned — from MERS to CROSS RIVER BANK
2016-05-23Mortgage $245,130 — from J & S 54, LLC to CROSS RIVER BANK$245,130
2016-05-23Agreement $550,000 — from J & S 54, LLC to CROSS RIVER BANK$550,000
2016-05-23AL&R $550,000 — from J & S 54, LLC to CROSS RIVER BANK$550,000
2016-05-04Deed transfer (nominal price)
2011
2011-12-19DOB complaint, category ?
2011-12-13DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT
2011-11-17ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY W/THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTAINED IN NOTICE OF VIOLATION #34772217M ISSUED ON 3/11/09. FOR WORK W/O A PERMIT $2,400
2011-09-29DOB complaint, category ?
2011-09-20ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY W/ THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTAINED IN NOTICE OF VIOLATION # 34772217M ISSUED ON 03/11/09 PRIOR ECB # 34959705$6,000
2011-08-31ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONERS ORDER TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION WITH THE DEPT OF BUILDINGS. VIOLATION ISSUED 3$800
2011-08-17311: Building/Use — No Certificate Of Occupancy/Illegal/Contrary To CO
2011-08-17311: Plumbing — Sprinkler System - Inadequate
2011-08-17DOB complaint, category ?
2011-08-17DOB complaint, category ?
2011-08-17DOB complaint, category ?
2011-08-17DOB complaint, category ?
2011-08-11DOB complaint, category ?
2011-07-14ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY W/ THE COMM'S ORDER CONTAINED IN NOV#34772217M ISSUED ON 3/11/09 FOR WORK W/O PERMIT:@ CELLAR INSTALLED ROUGHING$6,000
2011-06-06DOB complaint, category ?
2011-05-11ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY W/THE COMM'S ORDER TO CORRECT CONDITIONS NOTED IN ECB NOV#34772217M FOR INSTALLATION OF COMMERCIAL KITCHEN.REM:C$2,400
2011-04-12DOB complaint, category ?
2011-03-15ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY W/AN ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER. RESPONDENT FAILED TOCORRECT THE VIOLATING CONDITION CITED IN NOV 34772217M. ILLE$6,000
2011-01-13DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2010
2010-12-08Job filed: LEGALIZE EXISTING COMMERCIAL KITCHEN (RANGE AND AND RANGE HOOD, PLUMBING FIXTURES AND PARTITION WORK,WALK-IN REFRIGERATORS ) IN CELLAR IN CONJUNCTION $24,500
2010-12-08Job filed: LEGALIZE EXISTING COMMERCIAL KITCHEN (RANGE AND AND RANGE HOOD, PLUMBING FIXTURES AND PARTITION WORK,WALK-IN REFRIGERATORS ) IN CELLAR IN CONJUNCTION $24,500
2010-12-02DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2010-11-16DOB complaint, category ?
2010-10-14ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAIL TO COMPLY W.COMM ORDER TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. PER VECB 34772217M, ISSUED FOR WORK W.O A PERMIT @ CELLAR, INSTALLED ROUGHING & PI$6,000
2010-09-10311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2010-09-10DOB complaint, category ?
2010-08-03ECB CLASS - 1 violation: UNLAWFUL ACTS.FAILURE TO COMPLY W/AN ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER.NOTED:RESPONDENT FAILED TO CORRECT THE CONDITIONS CITED IN THE PRIO$6,000
2010-06-25311: General Construction/Plumbing — Debris - Excessive
2010-06-25311: General Construction/Plumbing — Fence - None/Inadequate
2010-06-25ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO POST DOT PERMIT FOR STREET CLOSING.NOTED:DUMPSTER PARKED ON 54 ST IS BEING FILLED W/CONCRETE FROM DEMOLISHED FLR SLAB.N$250
2010-06-25DOB complaint, category ?
2010-06-25DOB complaint, category ?
2010-06-24311: General Construction/Plumbing — Excavation Undermining Adjacent Building
2010-06-24DOB complaint, category ?
2010-06-18311: General Construction/Plumbing — Adjacent Buildings Not Protected
2010-06-18DOB complaint, category ?
2010-06-17311: General Construction/Plumbing — Working Contrary To Stop Work Order
2010-06-17311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2010-06-17DOB complaint, category ?
2010-06-17DOB complaint, category ?
2010-06-16Job filed: LEGALIZE EXISTING CELLAR ACCESSORY USES TO FIRST FLOOR RESTAURANT.MINOR PLUMBING WORK.( APPLICATION FILED TO ADDRESS VIOLATIONS.)$16,000
2010-06-16Job filed: LEGALIZE EXISTING CELLAR ACCESSORY USES TO FIRST FLOOR RESTAURANT.MINOR PLUMBING WORK.( APPLICATION FILED TO ADDRESS VIOLATIONS.)$16,000
2010-03-02ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY W/THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. PER VERB #34772217M ISSUED 3/11/09 FOR WORK W/O PERMIT: @ CELLAR $6,000
2010-02-09311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Shaking/Vibrating/Structural Stability
2010-02-02311: Food Establishment — Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food
2009
2009-09-16DOB complaint, category ?
2009-09-04ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY W/COMM'S ORDER TO CORRECT VIO#34772217M FOR WORK W/O PERMIT @ CELLAR INSTALLED ILLEGAL COMM KITCHEN W/GAS LINES $2,400
2009-09-04ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COMM'S ORDER TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION FOR VIO#S 34772217M 34648057X REM:FILE CERTIFICATE OF CORR
2009-09-03ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER TO OBTAIN A PERMIT PER VIOLATION. #34640857X-FOR WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT-INSTALLED 3$2,400
2009-09-03ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS. RESPONDENT F
2009-06-25DOB complaint, category ?
2009-06-25DOB complaint, category ?
2009-06-24ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT. NOTED: AT REAR GARAGE OF 3 STORIES BLDG 2 STEEL I BEAMS INSTALLED (AC UNITS DUNNAGE) FROM PARAPET WALL OF GARAG
2009-06-23DOB complaint, category ?
2009-06-23DOB complaint, category ?
2009-06-05DOB complaint, category ?
2009-03-31DOB complaint, category ?
2009-03-30ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAIL TO COMPLY W/COMMISSIONER ORDER TO FILE CERT OF CORRECTION W/DOB FOR ECB NOV 34640859J ISSUED ON 3/16/08 FOR WORK W.O PERMIT,
2009-03-30ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY W/COMMISSIONER'S ORDER TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION W/THE DOB. NOTED: PREVIOUS VIOLATION #34640858H ISSUE
2009-03-30ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY W/COMMISSIONER'S ORDER TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION W/DOB. NOTED: PREVIOUS VIOLATION #34642985J ISSUED ON
2009-03-23DOB complaint, category ?
2009-03-23DOB complaint, category ?
2009-03-23DOB complaint, category ?
2009-03-23DOB complaint, category ?
2009-03-11ECB CLASS - 1 violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT AT CELLAR CREATED COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FOR KAFF CAFE INSTALLED WATER AND GAS LINES W/O A PERMIT PRIOR ECB 34640857$1,600
2009-03-11ECB CLASS - 1 violation: SEC.28-201.1 FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COMMISSIONERS ORDER TO CORRECT VIO 34640857X FOR WORK W/O PERMIT INSTALLING COMMERCIAL KITCHEN$1,600
2008
2008-08-26DOB complaint, category ?
2008-08-26DOB complaint, category ?
2008-08-21ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY W/ COMM'S ORDER TO CORRECT VIO #34640857X FOR WORK W/O PERMIT @ CELLAR INSTALLED COMMERCIAL KITCHEN WITH GAS LIN$1,600
2008-08-21ECB CLASS - 2 violation: OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO DOB RECORDS C OF O NOTED CELLAR NOW ARRANGED AND OCCUPIED AS COMMERCIAL KITCHEN WITH ILLEGAL WATER WASTE AND
2008-05-28DOB complaint, category ?
2008-05-28DOB complaint, category ?
2008-05-27ECB Hazardous violation: USE OR INSTALLATION OF PLUMBING MATERIALS OR EQUIPMENT WHICH DO NOT COMPLY W/RS-16 - HAZARDOUS. OBSERVE FOR FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. IN$400
2008-05-21ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT. NOTED: (1) ON GARAGE ROOF A STEEL STRUCTURE - 2 I STEELE BEAMS - ARE INSTALLED ON ROOF PARAPETS FOR 4 REFRIGERA$800
2008-05-21ECB Non-Hazardous violation: OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY BUILDING DEPARTMENT RECORDS. NOTED: IN CELLAR A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN WITH GAS COMMERCIAL STOVE$800
2008-05-20DOB complaint, category ?
2008-05-20DOB complaint, category ?
2008-05-20DOB complaint, category ?
2008-05-20DOB complaint, category ?
2008-05-20DOB complaint, category ?
2008-05-20DOB complaint, category ?
2008-05-20DOB complaint, category ?
2008-03-14ECB Non-Hazardous violation: OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO DEPT OF BUILDING RECORDS. DOB RECORDS PREMISES TO BE 2 FAMILY COMMERCIAL SPACE CELLAR BOILER + STORAGE. NOTE$800
2008-03-14ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT. NOTED: @ CELLAR LEVEL CREATED A FULL COMMERCIAL KITCHEN W/ GAS GRILL GAS RANGE, GAS OVENS, 2 WALK IN REFRIGERAT$800
2008-03-14ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT NOTED AT 5 CAR GARAGE BUSINESS GARAGE REMOVED 1 GARAGE DOOR AND INSTALLED WOOD WALL WITH ENTRY DOOR USING GARAGE$500
2008-02-14DOB complaint, category ?
2008-02-06ECB Non-Hazardous violation: CEASE USE.83R*.83R*-INSTALLED DUMBWAITER W/O PERMIT.REMEDY:FILE FOR W ORK PERMIT W/DEPT OF BLDG TO HAVE A DUMBWAITER INSTALLED.THE$500
2008-02-06DOB complaint, category ?
2006
2006-05-26Mortgage $350,000 — from GELBARD, JACK to MERS$350,000
2006-05-26Deed — from 5320 16TH AVENUE, LLC to GELBARD, JACK
2004
2004-04-15HPD class B: SECTION 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES KITCHEN & BATHROOM FIXTURES 2ND STORY APT. # 2
2004-02-13DOB violation LL6291:
2003
2003-11-21Permit EW — ISSUED
2003-11-07Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESION SYSTEM ONLY. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPA NCY$3,000
2003-11-07Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESION SYSTEM ONLY. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPA NCY$3,000
2003-11-07Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESION SYSTEM ONLY. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPA NCY$3,000
2003-03-24Agreement — from 5320 16TH AVENUE, LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY REALTY CORP.
2002
2002-09-12Deed — from GELBARD, JACK to 5320 16TH AVENUE LLC
2002-03-26DOB violation LL6291:
2000
2000-04-24Agreement — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY REALTY CORP to GELBARD, JACK
2000-04-24Mortgage assigned — from INDEPENDENCE SAVINGSBANK to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY REALTY CORP
2000-02-07DOB violation LL6291:
1998
1998-06-17Deed — from WILLIE'S ENTERPRISESINC to GELBARD, JACK