A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 81% 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 6.7. In ZIP 11223, 79% 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
2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Damaged Tree (1) · Illegal Parking (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 (1)
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
$951,000
$57,060
2026
$917,000
$55,020
2027
$915,000
$54,900
The city's market estimate has fallen
4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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 U — N · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Avenue U — F · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Avenue U / W 5 St — B3 · 100 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.
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.
Sales, deeds & mortgages
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $70,000 on
2013-12-20 (lender: American Community 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
2017-07-19
Deed $990,000 — from 211 AVENUE U CORP to KING PALACE LLC
$990,000
2017-07-06
Sold for $990,000
$990,000
$990,000
2014-12-16
ASPM $362,500 — from 211 AVENUE U CORP. to AMERICAN COMMUNITY BANK
$362,500
2014-12-16
Deed $730,000 — from 211 AVENUE U REALTY LLC to 211 AVENUE U CORP.
$730,000
2013-12-20
AL&R $370,000 — from 211 AVENUE U REALTY, LLC to AMERICAN COMMUNITY BANK
$370,000
2013-12-20
Agreement $370,000 — from 211 AVENUE U REALTY, LLC to AMERICAN COMMUNITY BANK
$370,000
2013-12-20
Mortgage $70,000 — from 211 AVENUE U REALTY, LLC to AMERICAN COMMUNITY BANK
$70,000
2010-08-06
Agreement $300,000 — from 211 AVENUE U REALTY LLC to YOUNG, JUDITH; NETA CAP LLC
$300,000
2009-06-01
AL&R $300,000 — from 211 AVENUE U REALTY LLC to YOUNG, JUDITH; NETA CAP LLC
$300,000
2009-06-01
Mortgage $300,000 — from 211 AVENUE U REALTY LLC to YOUNG, JUDITH; NETA CAP LLC
$300,000
2003-03-20
DEEDO $480,000 — from NICHOLAS J. LACAVA DBA 211 REALTY CO; JOANNE LACAVE DBA 211 REALTY CO. to 211 AVENUE U REALTY LLC
$480,000
1986-04-02
Mortgage $50,000 — from 211 REALTY CO/DBA; LA CAVA, NICHOLAS J; LA CAVA, JO ANNE to PEPENELLA, JOSEPH; PEPENELLA, FELICIA
$50,000
1984-07-19
Mortgage $50,000 — from PEPENELLA, FELICIA; PEPENELLA, JOSEPH to LA CAVA, JO ANNE; LA CAVA, NICHOLAS
$50,000
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
2019
2020
13
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
1
0
4
0
5
2018
1
0
0
1
2
2019
0
1
0
0
1
2020
0
0
0
0
0
2021
0
13
0
0
13
2022
0
6
0
0
6
2023
4
1
0
0
5
2024
1
0
0
3
4
2025
0
1
0
1
2
2026
0
1
0
2
3
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