The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 65% 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 8.3. In ZIP 11223, 79% of residential buildings hold an A and
4% 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
Open HPD violations
3 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2020-05-10.
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
2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (1) · General Construction/Plumbing (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 (6)
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)
1716 EAST 4TH STREET REALTY CORP
Head officer
SIMA ROTHENBERG
Managing agent
FLAT MGT LLC
Last registered
2025-08-13
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
$980,000
$441,000
2026
$1,110,000
$499,500
2027
$1,245,000
$560,250
The city's market estimate has risen
27% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Building systems
Heating fuel
NATURALGAS
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 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
Avenue P — F · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
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.
2 311 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.
HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2026-01-15
Boiler inspection
2025-10-20
311: General Construction/Plumbing — Posted Notice Or Order Removed/Tampered With
2025-10-20
DOB complaint, category ?
The full timeline
2026
2026-05-04HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2026-01-15Boiler inspection
2025
2025-10-20311: General Construction/Plumbing — Posted Notice Or Order Removed/Tampered With
2022-06-16311: Residential Disposal Complaint — Trash or Recycling Not Secure
2022-04-07Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2022-04-07311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2022-03-25Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2022-03-25311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2022-03-24Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2022-03-24311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2022-03-11Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-02-24HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2022-01-24Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2022-01-24311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2021
2021-12-15311: Illegal Dumping — Removal Request
2021-12-14311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-11-26Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-07-04DOB violation C: AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE FLOORS WERE SLOPING ON THE INTERIOR. THERE WERE CRACKS OBSERVED THROUGHOUT. THE
2021-07-04ECB CLASS - 1 violation: AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE FLOORS WERE SLOPING ON THE INTERIOR. THERE WERE CRACKS OBSERVED THROUGHOUT. THE$6,250
2021-07-02311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Shaking/Vibrating/Structural Stability
2020-05-10HPD 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
2020-05-10HPD 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
2020-05-09Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-05-09311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2019
2019-12-05Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-05-12Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-02-01Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2018-02-01Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2018-02-01311: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2018-02-01311: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2018-02-01311: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2018-02-01HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC:TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MOLD ... AT CEILING / 2 SQUARE FEET / IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED
2018-02-01HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STO
2018-02-01HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1A,
2018-02-01HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT
2015-12-15311: Damaged Tree — Branch Cracked and Will Fall
2015-10-08HPD 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
2015-06-03FDNY inspection (RISK)
2012
2012-05-01311: Sanitation Condition — 12 Dead Animals
1999-08-06DOB violation C: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. WORK NOTED: FULL PARTITIONS ERECTED AT CELLAR LEVEL CREATING AN OFFICE AND BATHROOM
1999-08-06ECB Non-Hazardous violation: OCCPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING RECORDILLEGAL OCCUPANCY NOTED FROM A CELLAR FOR STORAGE TO AN ILLE$800
1999-08-06ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT: WORK NOTED FULL PARTITIONS ERECTED AT CELLAR LEVEL CREATING AN OFFICE & BATHRM. REMEDY: OBTAIN A PERMIT OR RES$250
1999-08-06ECB Non-Hazardous violation: ILELGLA USE IN A RESIDENTIAL DIST ILLEGAL USE NOTED OPERATION OF A PLUMBING CONTRUCTING ESTABLISHMENT IN CELLAR OF A DWELLING LOCA$480
1999-07-28DOB complaint, category ?
1997
1997-10-31DOB violation C:
1997-10-31DOB violation C: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. (WORK NOTED) NEW PARTITIONS ERECTED AT CELLAR REAR, TO CREATE SEPARATE ROOMS, WITH DOORS & LOCKS AND FOR T
1997-10-31ECB Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN. ROTTED AND SAGGING FLOOR JOISTS AT CELLAR FRONT CAUSING THE FLOOR TO SAG AT 1ST AND 2ND AND 3RD FLOOR $800
1997-10-31ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. NEW PARTITIONS ERECTED AT CELLAR REAR TO CREATE SEPARTATE ROOMS WITH DOORS AND LOCKS AND FOR THE INST$350
1997-10-27DOB complaint, category ?
1991
1991-10-10DOB violation B:
1991-10-10ECB Non-Hazardous violation: 18B;36;32; REMOVE COPPER STEAM LINES AND REPLACE WITH BLACK PIPE.$85
1978
1978-06-06Deed — from ROTHENBERG SIMA RACHEL; ROTHENBERG YOSEPH Y to 1716 EAST 4TH STREET REALTY CORP
1973
1973-02-26Deed — from KNEITEL ROSE to ROTHENBERG YOSEPH Y; ROTHENBERG SIMA R
1973-02-26Mortgage — from ROTHENBERG YOSEPH Y; ROTHENBERG SIMA R to KNEITEL ROSE