The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11230, 82% 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
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
16 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Missed Collection (15) · Residential Disposal Complaint (1).
Filed construction activity
$489,680 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (9 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 (1927)
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)
1316 Avenue J Owner LLC c/o Optimum Properties
Head officer
Ralph Cohen
Managing agent
9939528060
Last registered
2025-07-22
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
$1,668,000
$100,080
2026
$1,940,000
$116,400
2027
$2,206,000
$132,360
The city's market estimate has risen
32% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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.
16 311 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
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2008-11-18
Deed $1,650,000 — from CPJ CORP. to 1316 AVENUE J OWNER, LLC
$1,650,000
Ten-year activity
1050
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
9
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
0
0
0
2018
2
3
1
0
6
2019
2
0
0
0
2
2020
0
0
2
0
2
2021
0
0
2
0
2
2022
0
0
1
1
2
2023
0
0
7
1
8
2024
0
0
9
0
9
2025
1
0
6
1
8
2026
2
0
0
0
2
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2023-09-19Restaurant inspection: AMASTERDAM BURGER — grade B
2023-06-20311: Illegal Dumping — Chronic Dumping
2023-06-12311: Illegal Dumping — Removal Request
2023-05-07311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-05-05HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2006, 2037 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR AND ABATE UNSAFE ELECTRIC WIRING CONDITION CONSISTING OF EXPOSED WIRING AT WEST WALL OF EXTERIOR
2023-05-04311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-05-04Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2022-06-21311: Damaged Tree — Branch Cracked and Will Fall
2021
2021-12-10311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2021-11-10311: Residential Disposal Complaint — Storage Area Not Provided
2020
2020-10-16311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2020-08-31311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2019
2019-09-06Permit Sign — Permit Issued
2019-02-28Job filed: INSTALLATION OF AN ILLUMINATED ACCESSORY BUSINESS WALL SIGN READING : DIXIE BBQ$1,680
2018
2018-10-22ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK W/O PERMIT. AT TIME OF INSPECTION FOUND: BETWEEN CELLAR LEVEL AND FIRST FLOOR PARTIALLY FLOOR JOIST REMOVED AND REPALCED WITH$1,250
2018-10-22DOB violation C:
2018-09-26DOB complaint, category ?
2018-08-31311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018-07-13Permit EW — ISSUED
2018-07-05Permit EW — ISSUED
2016
2016-09-21FDNY inspection (RISK)
2016-07-26311: Building Marshals office — Illegal Activity
2016-07-26DOB complaint, category ?
2016-07-22Permit EW — ISSUED
2016-06-03311: Sustainability Enforcement — Sustainability Enforcement Work Order
2016-06-03DOB complaint, category ?
2016-05-06Permit PL — ISSUED
2016-05-04Permit EW — ISSUED
2016-04-19Job filed: FILING FOR THE KITCHEN FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM GAS VALVE HAS BEEN FILED UNDER JOB NUMBER 340351434, THERE IS NO CHANGE IN $5,000
2016-04-19Permit EQ — ISSUED
2016-04-11Permit PL — ISSUED
2016-03-31Job filed: PLUMBING WORK AS PER PLANS FILED$8,000
2016-03-31Job filed: PLUMBING WORK AS PER PLANS FILED$8,000
2016-03-30Permit EW — ISSUED
2016-03-28Job filed: HVAC INSTALLATION AND CONSTRUCTION FENCE AS PER PLANS FILED.$10,000
2016-02-24ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO HAVE NEW OR ALTERED PLUMBING SYSTEM TESTED: GAS PIPING. ON MY INSPECTION AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS ON 2/24/16 AT 1:30PM IN T$1,000
2016-02-24ECB CLASS - 1 violation: GAS BEING SUPPLIED TO BLDG W/O INSPECTION & CERTIFICATION BY DOB. ON MY INSPECTION AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS ON 2/24/16 AT 1:30PM IN TH$1,000
2016-02-24DOB complaint, category ?
2016-02-24ECB CLASS - 1 violation: WORKING W/O PERMIT RE: GAS PIPING & WASTE & WATERS. ON MY INSPECTION AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS ON 2/24/16 @ 1:30PM IN THE CELLAR & 1ST $1,600
2016-02-16Permit EW — ISSUED
2016-02-09Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATIONS TO STORE AS PER PLANS FILED$106,500
2016-02-09Job filed: A2$267,500
2016-02-08Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATIONS TO STORE AS PER PLANS FILED$75,000
2014
2014-08-07311: Overgrown Tree/Branches — Hitting Building
2012
2012-03-27311: Water System — Dirty Water (WE)
2011
2011-07-18311: Overgrown Tree/Branches — Hitting Building
2011-06-29311: Sanitation Condition — 12 Dead Animals
2008-11-18Deed $1,650,000 — from CPJ CORP. to 1316 AVENUE J OWNER, LLC$1,650,000
2008-11-18Mortgage satisfied — from 1316 AVENUE ''J'' FOOD CORP. to SMASSANOW, BENNETT; SMASSANOW, DOREE
2008-03-23HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADMIN. CODE: PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILING AND WALLS AT PUBLIC HALLS , ALL STORIES
2008-03-23HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REFIT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR
2008-03-23HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR LOCK
2008-03-20Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2008-03-20Tenant complaint: GENERAL — DOORS
2008-03-20Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2007
2007-08-31DOB complaint, category ?
2007-08-10ECB Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN NOTE:HANDRAILS BANISTER & NEWEL POST AT TOP 3RD FLLOOSE & W/O ADEQUATE SUPPORT TO PREVENT FALLS.3RD FL LANDING$2,000
2007-04-30ECB Non-Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG- HAZARDOUS. DEFECTS NOTED: LOOSE, SEPARATING WOOD THREADS FROM PUBLIC STAIRCASE AT 3, 2 FLRS OF BLDG W/ M$800
2007-04-30DOB complaint, category ?
2005
2005-01-31DOB violation LL6291:
2004
2004-03-01Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-02-11Job filed: INSTALLATION OF KITCHEN FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY$3,000
2004-02-09Job filed: INSTALLATION OF KITCHEN FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY$3,000
2004-02-09Job filed: INSTALLATION OF KITCHEN FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY$3,000
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1994
1994-06-01DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-08-16DOB violation LL6291:
1993-08-16DOB violation LL6291:
1993-06-01DOB violation LL6291:
1989
1989-09-12ECB Hazardous violation: OIL BURNER NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY. NO SIGHTING OF FIRE THRU DOORS.$150
1980
1980-06-06Deed — from SMASSANOW, DOREE; SMASSANOW, BENNETT to 1316 AVENUE J FOOD CORP
1980-06-06Mortgage — from 1316 AVENUE J FOOD CORP to SMASSANOW BENNETT
1973
1973-07-03Mortgage — from SMASSANOW BENNETT; SMASSANOW DOREE to LEVINE ISABEL
1973-07-03Deed — from LEVINE ISABEL to SMASSANOW DOREE; SMASSANOW BENNETT
1966
1966-05-25Deed — from WEINER PAULINE to LEVINE ISABEL