A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% 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 53.3. In ZIP 11209, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and
3% 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
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
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
9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (4) · Illegal Parking (2) · Consumer Complaint (1) · Snow or Ice (1) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (1).
Filed construction activity
$605,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (3 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 (1926)
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).
Registered with HPD — the names behind the building
Registered owner(s)
BK 526/86 Realty LLC
Head officer
Joseph I Jemal
Managing agent
The Jemstone Group LLC
Last registered
2025-07-16
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
$2,832,000
$1,274,400
2026
$2,895,000
$1,302,750
2027
$2,827,000
$1,272,150
The city's market estimate has risen
0% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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
86 St — R · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 86 St / 5 Av — B1 B16 · 200 ft
Citi Bike
5 Ave & 88 St · 500 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.
9 311 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: $1,623,620 on
2016-12-29 (lender: Signature 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
2025-09-22
AL&R $3,650,000 — from BK 526/86 REALTY LLC to ALPINE CAPITAL BANK
$3,650,000
2025-09-22
Agreement $3,650,000 — from BK 526/86 REALTY LLC to ALPINE CAPITAL BANK
$3,650,000
2016-12-29
Agreement $4,300,000 — from BK 526/86 REALTY LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$4,300,000
2016-12-29
Mortgage $1,623,621 — from BK 526/86 REALTY LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$1,623,621
2016-12-29
AL&R $4,300,000 — from BK 526/86 REALTY LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$4,300,000
2013-08-19
AL&R $2,800,000 — from BK 526/86 REALTY LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$2,800,000
2013-08-19
Deed $3,400,000 — from 526/8 86TH STREET LLC to BK 526/86 REALTY LLC
$3,400,000
2013-08-19
Mortgage $2,800,000 — from BK 526/86 REALTY LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$2,800,000
1985-02-20
Mortgage $190,000 — from CENTURY 21 INC to PASPEJO REALTY CO INC
$190,000
Ten-year activity
100500
2017
2018
2019
53
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
12
0
0
12
2018
0
1
18
0
0
19
2019
0
1
2
0
0
3
2020
4
3
46
0
0
53
2021
0
0
8
0
1
9
2022
0
3
8
0
0
11
2023
0
5
5
0
0
10
2024
0
1
1
4
0
6
2025
1
1
7
4
0
13
2026
0
1
5
0
0
6
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311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign/Awning/Marquee - Illegal/No Permit
2026-08-15
DOB complaint, category ?
2026-05-26
Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-12-18
HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PUSH BAR AT BULK HEAD DOOR , 4th STORY
2025-12-18
HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADMIN. CODE: REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF COUCHES AT BULK HEAD , 4th STORY
2025-12-09
HPD class B: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4A, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FR
2025-11-25
Job filed: FILED TO SUPERSEDE EXPIRED ALT II# 321048825 (PROPOSED RENOVATION AT EXISTING 4-STORY BUILDING WITH PARTITION, MECHANICAL AND FINISHES WORK AS PER PLA
2025-11-14
DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2026-08-15311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign/Awning/Marquee - Illegal/No Permit
2026-08-15DOB complaint, category ?
2026-05-26Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025
2025-12-18HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PUSH BAR AT BULK HEAD DOOR , 4th STORY
2025-12-18HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADMIN. CODE: REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF COUCHES AT BULK HEAD , 4th STORY
2025-12-09HPD class B: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4A, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FR
2025-11-25Job filed: FILED TO SUPERSEDE EXPIRED ALT II# 321048825 (PROPOSED RENOVATION AT EXISTING 4-STORY BUILDING WITH PARTITION, MECHANICAL AND FINISHES WORK AS PER PLA$296,000
2024-03-28AALR — from FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; SIGNATURE BRIDGE BANK, N.A.; IN ITS CAPACITY AS REC to SIG CRE 2023 VENTURE LLC
2024-03-28AALR — from SIGNATURE BANK, NEW YORK, NEW YORK; IN ITS CAPACITY AS RECEIVER FOR; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSUR to SIGNATURE BRIDGE BANK, N.A.
2024-03-28Mortgage assigned — from SIGNATURE BANK, NEW YORK, NEW YORK; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; IN ITS CAPACITY to SIGNATURE BRIDGE BANK, N.A.
2024-03-28Mortgage assigned — from SIGNATURE BRIDGE BANK, N.A.; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; IN ITS CAPACITY AS REC to SIG CRE 2023 VENTURE LLC
2023-11-28HPD 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
2022-10-26311: General Construction/Plumbing — Cons - Contrary/Beyond Approved Plans/Permits
2022-10-26DOB complaint, category ?
2022-08-19311: Illegal Dumping — Removal Request
2022-07-26Eviction executed (4A)
2022-07-26Eviction executed (4A)
2022-07-12ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH DOB REQUIREMENT FOR PERMIT SIGN OFF. RESPONDENT OBTAINED PERMIT #S 340757425,321110686 & 321048825 WHICH AL$1,250
2022-07-08DOB complaint, category ?
2022-05-03311: Homeless Person Assistance
2022-04-12311: Encampment — N/A
2021
2021-11-04311: Broken Parking Meter — Credit Card Stuck in Meter
2021-10-04311: Vaccine Mandate Non-Compliance — Customer Proof of Vaccination Not Checked
2021-10-02311: Broken Parking Meter — No Receipt
2021-09-25311: Broken Parking Meter — Out of Order
2021-06-24Rodent inspection: Passed
2021-06-24311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Other (complaint details)
2021-01-30311: Broken Parking Meter — Out of Order
2020
2020-09-25HPD class B: § 27-2005,2007 ADMIN. CODE: FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. REMOVE OBSTRUCTING BARS OR GATES FROM WINDOW TO FIRE ESCAPE .. IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT
2020-09-25HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MARBLE TREADS 3RD AND 4TH FROM BOTTOM UP OF INTERMIDIAT
2020-09-25HPD class B: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FRO
2020-09-25HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED A
2020-09-25HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR EAST WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED
2020-09-25HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 4th STORY, 1
2020-09-25HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC FLOOR TILE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2, 4th
2020-09-25HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR EAST WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT N
2020-09-25HPD class A: § 27-2049 ADM CODE - POST AND MAINTAIN A STREET NUMBER ON THE FRONT OF THE DWELLING PLAINLY VISIBLE FROM THE SIDEWALK
2020-09-25HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 2, 4th STORY, 1st APARTME
2020-09-23311: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR FRAME
2020-09-23311: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2020-09-23Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2020-09-23Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR FRAME
2020-09-02DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2020-08-24Permit EW — ISSUED
2020-08-19Job filed: HEREBY FILING FOR TENANT BUILD OUT OF COMMERCIAL SPACE. NO CHANGE TO USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS. PL FILED UNDER DOB NOW APPLICATION B00340143-I1.$154,500
2020-08-19Job filed: HEREBY FILING FOR TENANT BUILD OUT OF COMMERCIAL SPACE. NO CHANGE TO USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS. PL FILED UNDER DOB NOW APPLICATION B00340143-I1.$154,500
2020-08-12311: Water System — Fire Hydrant Emergency (FHE)
2020-05-27311: Broken Parking Meter — Out of Order
2020-04-30ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE UNOBSTRUCTED EXIT PASSAGEWAY.NOTED:AT 4TH STORY APT4A PADLOCK INSTALLED AT WINDOW GATE TO FIRE ESCAPE/SECONDARY
2020-03-31HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 4th STORY
2020-03-31HPD class B: § 27-2038 ADMIN CODE: PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING FOR LIGHT FIXTURE AT CEILING OF NOT LESS THAN 60 WATTS INCANDESCENT OR EQUIVALENT ILLUMINATI
2020-03-31HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE LOWER CABINET AT EAST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4A, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM
2020-03-31HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADMIN. CODE: PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 4th STORY
2020-03-31HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REFIT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 4A, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
2020-03-31HPD class B: § 27-2005,2007 ADMIN. CODE: FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. REMOVE OBSTRUCTING BARS OR GATES FROM WINDOW TO FIRE ESCAPE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT
2020-03-31HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4A, 4th STORY,
2015-04-13Job filed: DEMOLISH AND CONSTRUCT INTERIOR PARTITIONS, CEILINGS AND DOORS AS SHOWN ON DRAWINGS FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$125,000
2015-04-13Job filed: DEMOLISH AND CONSTRUCT INTERIOR PARTITIONS, CEILINGS AND DOORS AS SHOWN ON DRAWINGS FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$125,000
2015-04-13Job filed: MODIFY MECHANICAL DUCTWORK. MODIFY PLUMBING FIXTURES AND RELATED PIPING AS SHOWN ON DRAWINGS FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$38,000
2015-04-13Job filed: MODIFY MECHANICAL DUCTWORK. MODIFY PLUMBING FIXTURES AND RELATED PIPING AS SHOWN ON DRAWINGS FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$38,000
2015-04-07Permit SG — ISSUED
2015-03-18Job filed: ERECT NON-ADVERTISING NON-ILLUMINATED AWNING ON WALL. NO COPY. NOT WITHIN VIEW/200' OF ARTERIAL HIGHWAY OR PUBLIC PARK OF 1/2 ACRE OF MORE. NO CHANG$4,194
2015-03-18Job filed: ERECT NON-ADVERTISING NON-ILLUMINATED AWNING ON WALL. NO COPY. NOT WITHIN VIEW/200' OF ARTERIAL HIGHWAY OR PUBLIC PARK OF 1/2 ACRE OF MORE. NO CHANG$8,155
2015-03-18Job filed: ERECT NON-ADVERTISING NON-ILLUMINATED AWNING ON WALL. NO COPY. NOT WITHIN VIEW/200' OF ARTERIAL HIGHWAY OR PUBLIC PARK OF 1/2 ACRE OF MORE. NO CHANG$4,194
2015-03-18Permit AL — ISSUED
2015-03-18Permit SG — ISSUED
2015-03-18Permit AL — ISSUED
2015-03-18Permit SG — ISSUED
2015-01-14Job filed: PROPOSED RENOVATION AT EXISTING 4-STORY BUILDING WITH PARTITION, FINISHES, PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL WORK AS PER PLAN. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCU$281,964
2015-01-14Permit EW — ISSUED
2015-01-14Permit EW — ISSUED
2015-01-14Permit EQ — ISSUED
2014
2014-02-09311: Snow — E9 Snow / Icy Sidewalk
2014-01-31311: Non-Residential Heat — Inadequate or No Heat
2013
2013-12-30311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2013-09-11311: Broken Muni Meter — No Receipt
2013-08-19AL&R $2,800,000 — from BK 526/86 REALTY LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$2,800,000
2013-08-19Deed $3,400,000 — from 526/8 86TH STREET LLC to BK 526/86 REALTY LLC$3,400,000
2013-08-19Mortgage $2,800,000 — from BK 526/86 REALTY LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$2,800,000
2004-04-14Job filed: Various partition and suspended ceiling changes on part of the 1st floor in space occupied by MotherHood Maternity. No change in egress, use or occup$25,000
2004-04-14Job filed: INSTLL NON-ILLUMINATED SOREFRONT AWNING WITH LATTERING NO LARGER THAN 12 ', NOR MORE THAN 12 SQ. FT. IF COPY READING: MOTHERHOOD MARTERNITY.$3,000
2004-04-14Job filed: Various partition and suspended ceiling changes on part of the 1st floor in space occupied by MotherHood Maternity. No change in egress, use or occup$25,000
2004-04-14Job filed: INSTALL NON-ILLUMINATED STOREFRONT AWNIN G WITH THE LETTERINBG NO LARGER THAN 12" NOR MORE THAN 12 SQ.FT. OF COPY READING: MOTHERGOOD MARTERNITY .$3,000
2003
2003-03-19DOB violation LL6291:
2000
2000-11-25HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING MS SCHIPANI IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 1st APARTM
1999
1999-05-14Permit EW — ISSUED
1999-05-14Permit EQ — ISSUED
1997
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1997-05-21Deed — from CENTURY 21 INC; CENTURY REALTY INC to 526/8 86TH STREET LLC
1995
1995-07-24Permit EW — ISSUED
1995-07-24Permit PL — ISSUED
1995-04-05Mortgage satisfied — from CENTURY 21 INC. to PASPEJO REALTY INC.