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 11229, 91% of residential buildings hold an A and
2% 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
24 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Graffiti (9) · Food Establishment (4) · Dirty Condition (2) · Illegal Parking (2) · Missed Collection (2) · Emergency Response Team (ERT) (1).
Filed construction activity
$500,700 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (8 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 (1928)
No
Six or more residential units (5)
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
$602,000
$270,900
2026
$1,493,000
$671,850
2027
$1,527,000
$687,150
The city's market estimate has risen
154% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
5 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Pet/Animal, Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 4 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since
2023 (0 in the last three years).
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 — Q · 300 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Avenue U / E 16 St — B3 · 200 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.
24 311 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: $601,091 on
2025-12-11 (lender: Jovia Financial Federal Credit Union). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2025-12-11
AL&R $3,080,000 — from 1621 AVE U LLC to JOVIA FINANCIAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
$3,080,000
2025-12-11
Mortgage $601,092 — from 1621 AVE U LLC to JOVIA FINANCIAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
$601,092
2025-12-11
Agreement $3,080,000 — from 1621 AVE U LLC to JOVIA FINANCIAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
$3,080,000
2022-11-16
Mortgage $1,553,875 — from 1621 AVE U, LLC to THE STATE EXCHANGE BANK
$1,553,875
2022-11-16
Mortgage $52,375 — from 1621 AVE U, LLC to THE STATE EXCHANGE BANK
$52,375
2022-11-16
Agreement $952,375 — from 1621 AVE U, LLC to THE STATE EXCHANGE BANK
$952,375
2021-12-20
Mortgage $900,000 — from 1621 AVE U LLC; 708 KINGS HWY LLC to COLUMBIA CAPITAL II INC.
$900,000
2021-12-20
Deed $700,000 — from WILLIAM N. DIMIN; AVENUE U-EAST 17TH STREET CORP. to 1621 AVE U LLC
$700,000
2021-12-06
Sold for $700,000
$700,000
$140,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
23
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
3
0
1
4
2018
4
1
6
0
1
12
2019
0
3
4
0
0
7
2020
0
1
8
0
0
9
2021
0
1
7
3
0
11
2022
7
0
1
4
6
18
2023
5
6
8
0
3
22
2024
6
1
15
0
1
23
2025
1
0
5
7
1
14
2026
0
0
3
0
1
4
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2022-11-16Mortgage assigned — from COLUMBIA CAPITAL II INC. to THE STATE EXCHANGE BANK
2022-11-16Mortgage $1,553,875 — from 1621 AVE U, LLC to THE STATE EXCHANGE BANK$1,553,875
2022-11-16Mortgage $52,375 — from 1621 AVE U, LLC to THE STATE EXCHANGE BANK$52,375
2022-11-16Agreement $952,375 — from 1621 AVE U, LLC to THE STATE EXCHANGE BANK$952,375
2022-11-04Job filed: Minor sheetrock repair at 1st floor and reapportion spaces on second and third floor as per plans to add residential units.$158,400
2022-08-01Permit General Construction — Signed-off
2022-07-28Job filed: minor alterations to cellar, first, second and third floors in a three story mixed use commercial and residential building.$70,400
2022-05-09311: Street Condition — Rough, Pitted or Cracked Roads
2022-04-14Permit General Construction — Signed-off
2022-03-11Permit Sidewalk Shed — Signed-off
2022-03-10Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. LIVE LOAD 300 LBS PER SQUARE FEET. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF THE $15,000
2022-02-17Job filed: PROPOSE REPLACE EXISTING FRONT FACADE AND SIDE FACADE WITH NEW BRICK.NO CHANGE IN EGRESS, USE, OR OCCUPANCY.$7,000
2021
2021-12-23311: Face Covering Violation — Mandate Not Enforced
2021-12-20Mortgage $900,000 — from 1621 AVE U LLC; 708 KINGS HWY LLC to COLUMBIA CAPITAL II INC.$900,000
2021-12-20Deed $700,000 — from WILLIAM N. DIMIN; AVENUE U-EAST 17TH STREET CORP. to 1621 AVE U LLC$700,000
2021-12-06Sold for $700,000$700,000
2021-12-03311: Homeless Person Assistance
2021-11-03311: Curb Condition — Broken Curb
2021-11-01311: Curb Condition — Broken Curb
2021-10-11311: Street Condition — Rough, Pitted or Cracked Roads
2021-02-21311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign/Awning/Marquee - Illegal/No Permit
2021-02-21DOB complaint, category ?
2020
2020-11-30311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2020-11-30Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2020-09-27311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-08-18311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-01-30311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign/Awning/Marquee - Illegal/No Permit
2020-01-30DOB complaint, category ?
2020-01-21311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2020-01-15311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2020-01-09311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2019
2019-09-14311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2019-08-08311: Overgrown Tree/Branches — Dead Branches in Tree
2019-04-18311: Borough Office — Construction Enforcement Work Order (DOB)
2019-04-18DOB complaint, category ?
2019-01-22ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE APPROVED CONSTRUCTION PLANS AT JOB SITE AT THE TIMEOF INSPECTION. NOTED: AT TIME OF INSPECTION APPLICATION FILE
2018-12-17311: Broken Parking Meter — Timer Defect - Fast/Fail
2018-11-26Permit EW — ISSUED
2018-11-26Permit EW — ISSUED
2018-11-21Job filed: PROPOSED RENOVATION AT EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACE WITH PARTITION, FINISHES, PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL WORK; STOREFRONT WORK AS PER PLAN. NO CHANGE IN USE$209,500
2018-11-16311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign/Awning/Marquee - Illegal/No Permit
2018-11-16DOB complaint, category ?
2018-10-18311: Other Enforcement — ECR Commercial Routing Sticker
2011-09-12311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Shaking/Vibrating/Structural Stability
2011-09-12ECB CLASS - 3 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER.DEFECT IS WATER IS LEAKING INTO STORE ON 1ST FLR CAUSING DAMAGE TO SHEETROCK CEI$200
2011-07-25311: Public Payphone Complaint — Damaged Telephone
2010
2010-09-29311: Street Condition — Pothole
2010-09-18311: Curb Condition — Broken Curb
2010-09-08ECB CLASS - 3 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG DEFECT IS IN THAT WATER IS LEAKING INTO STOREON 1ST FLR. (CEILING) HAS WATER THROUGHOUT STORE. REMEDY: MA
2010-04-23311: General Construction/Plumbing — Failure To Maintain
2010-04-23311: Indoor Air Quality — Other (Explain Below)
2010-04-23DOB complaint, category ?
2010-04-22311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2010-03-11311: Vending — In Prohibited Area
2010-02-23311: Street Condition — Pothole
2010-02-09311: HEATING — HEAT
2010-02-09Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2010-01-20311: Non-Residential Heat — Inadequate or No Heat
2010-01-17311: Non-Residential Heat — Inadequate or No Heat
2006
2006-11-03Permit SG — ISSUED
1990
1990-02-05Mortgage satisfied — from AVENUE U EAST 17TH ST CP to 1621-23 AVE U CORP
1990-02-05Mortgage satisfied — from AVENUE U EAST 17TH ST CP to 1621-23 AVE U CORP
1990-02-05Mortgage satisfied — from AVENUE U EAST 17TH ST CP to 1621-23 AVE U CORP
1990-02-05Mortgage assigned — from MILLER, SYBIL to 1621-23 AVE U CORP
1990-01-11PSAT — from SUMERGRADE, SAUL
1990-01-11PSAT — from SUMERGRADE, SAUL
1990-01-11PSAT — from MEYER, HERBERT; MEYER, MARGERY
1990-01-11PSAT — from DE BEAR, DIANE
1990-01-11PSAT — from PEARLMAN, KENNETH D
1990-01-11PSAT — from SUMERGRADE, MICHAEL
1990-01-11PSAT — from MILLER, SYBIL
1990-01-11PSAT — from KARP, AILEEN
1990-01-11PSAT — from KAUFER, MURIEL; KAUFER, MARVIN
1989
1989-02-15DOB complaint, category ?
1989-01-30DOB complaint, category ?
1981
1981-05-13Mortgage assigned — from 1621 23 AVENUE U CORP to SUMERGRADE ADELE; KAUFER MARVIN (TRUSTEES); MUTTERPERL NANCY (BENEFIT); SUMERGRADE FRANCES
1980
1980-01-09Deed — from 1621-23 AVENUE V CORP to AVENUE U EAST 17TH STREET CORP
1980-01-09Mortgage — from AVENUE V ERST 17TH ST CORP to 1621-23 AVENUE V CORP