The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 63% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty
points per 10 units; this building carries 11.2. In ZIP 11204, 76% of residential buildings hold an A and
4% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
B
C
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
Open with the city right now
Open HPD violations
3 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2019-07-02.
Pending HPD litigation
1 case(s) pending in housing court
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
13 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (4) · SAFETY (3) · Noise (2) · Lead (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · New Tree Request (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 (1928)
Yes
Six or more residential units (46)
No
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. 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)
1653 REALTY, LLC
Head officer
WOLF SICHERMON
Managing agent
1653 REALTY, LLC
Last registered
2025-07-28
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
$2,336,000
$1,051,200
2026
$2,415,000
$1,086,750
2027
$2,406,000
$1,082,700
The city's market estimate has risen
3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Building systems
Energy grade (LL33)
D — ENERGY STAR score 34/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
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
18 Av — N · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 62 St — D N · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 18 Av / 64 St — B8 · 1,000 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.
13 311 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: $948,801 on
2002-03-15 (lender: New York Community Bank), covering 3 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
2006-04-11
Deed $15,000,000 — from SHELDON REALTY LLC to 1653 REALTY LLC
$15,000,000
2002-03-15
Mortgage $948,801 — from SHELDON REALTY LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
$948,801
1987-01-16
Mortgage $340,072 — from KATZ, SHELDON C; KATZ, LEON A to APPLE BANK FOR SAVS
$340,072
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
22
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
2
0
15
1
18
2018
2
0
4
1
7
2019
0
0
20
1
21
2020
0
1
1
1
3
2021
0
1
1
1
3
2022
0
1
2
1
4
2023
0
1
20
1
22
2024
0
1
10
1
12
2025
0
0
4
2
6
2026
0
0
3
1
4
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2025-03-05Air permit (CERTIFICATE TO OPERATE), fuel: NATURALGAS
2025-02-24Boiler inspection
2024
2024-12-04Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-10-28FDNY inspection (RISK)
2024-04-01HPD litigation: Comprehensive
2024-03-29311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2024-03-22Boiler inspection
2024-03-04HPD class B: § 27-2056.7, 27-2056.17 AND 27-2056.8 ADM CODE - CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD OF UNIT
2024-03-04HPD class C: § 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CI
2024-03-04HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT A8, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM
2024-02-27HPD class B: § 27-2056.7, 27-2056.17 AND 27-2056.8 ADM CODE - CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD OF UNIT
2024-02-27HPD class B: § 27-2056.7, 27-2056.17 AND 27-2056.8 ADM CODE - CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD OF UNIT
2024-02-27HPD class B: § 27-2056.7, 27-2056.17 AND 27-2056.8 ADM CODE - CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD OF UNIT
2024-01-08311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2023
2023-12-26311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2023-12-20HPD class C: § 27-2056.7 ADM CODE: CORRECT FAILURE TO PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN 45 DAYS OF DEMAND ALL RECORDS REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED BY OWNER P
2023-12-20HPD class C: § 27-2056.4 ADM CODE- CORRECT FAILURE TO NOTIFY OCCUPANTS AND/OR TO INVESTIGATE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS.
2019-07-02HPD class C: § 27-2056.7 ADM CODE -CORRECT FAILURE TO PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN 45 DAYS OF DEMAND ALL RECORDS REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED BY OWNER
2019-06-20311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2019-06-17HPD class C: § 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC AREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECI
2015-03-06HPD 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
2015-03-01Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2015-03-01311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2014
2014-11-10Job filed: A2$9,000
2014-05-15Job filed: FRONT FACADE REPAIR AS PER PLANS.$9,000
2014-04-19311: Noise — Noise, Barking Dog (NR5)
2014-03-16311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2013
2013-06-21311: Street Sign - Damaged — Street Cleaning - ASP
2013-01-16ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN. DEFECT NOTED: AT REAR OF PREMISES REAR YARD RETAINING WALL IN DISREPAIR,LEANING APPROX 3" INWARD. REMEDY: MAI$500
2013-01-14311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Shaking/Vibrating/Structural Stability
2013-01-14DOB complaint, category ?
2012
2012-12-28ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE UNOBSTRUCTED EXIT PASSAGEWAY IN TAHT. AT REAR EXIT PASSAGEWAY AT THE ABOVE PREMISE AT TIME OF INSPECTION (3) TH$400
2012-10-31311: Noise - Residential — Loud Television