A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 528.7. In ZIP 11235, 80% 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
Open HPD violations
1 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-01-09.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
42 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 18 · winter 2024–25: 24). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
18
’23–24
24
’24–25
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
64 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (20) · Noise (15) · PLUMBING (14) · Blocked Driveway (5) · DOOR/WINDOW (2) · Non (2).
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
No
Built before 1974 (1994)
No
Six or more residential units (3)
No
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
0 of 3 signals present. None of the common signals are present — stabilization is unlikely (though never impossible). 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)
5657 East 21 Street LLC
Head officer
Ilona Itskov
Managing agent
Ilona Itskov
Last registered
2026-06-12
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
$1,360,000
$81,600
2026
$1,632,000
$97,920
2027
$1,421,000
$85,260
The city's market estimate has risen
4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Flood exposure
In the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary flood
maps) — lenders typically require flood insurance here.
Hurricane evacuation zone 1 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
Sheepshead Bay — B Q · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Ocean Av / Voorhies Av — B4 · 400 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.
64 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 20 of them about heat or hot water.
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: $150,000 on
1993-01-29 (lender: Gartenstein, David and Gartenstein, Ilene). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
1993-01-29
Mortgage $150,000 — from MVS E 21ST BUILDINGCORP to GARTENSTEIN, ILENE; GARTENSTEIN, DAVID
$150,000
Ten-year activity
100500
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
57
2024
2025
2026
Housing & tenantsOwnership & money
Show as table
Year
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Total
2017
1
0
1
2018
1
0
1
2019
2
2
4
2020
2
0
2
2021
2
0
2
2022
4
0
4
2023
49
0
49
2024
57
0
57
2025
30
0
30
2026
6
0
6
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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
2025-11-20
HPD 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
The full timeline
2026
2026-09-16311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2026-09-15311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2026-06-19Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2026-06-15311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-05-19311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
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
2025
2025-11-20HPD 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
2025-03-04Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-03-02311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-03-02Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-02-27311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2025-02-27311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-02-27Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-02-27Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2025-02-20311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-02-20Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-02-19311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-02-19Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-02-13HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF SCALDING HOT WATER EXEEDS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE TEMPERATURE OF 130F AT ALL
2025-02-11311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-02-11Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-01-09HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2FL, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM
2025-01-08311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-01-08311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-01-08311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-01-08Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-01-08Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-01-08Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-01-07311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-01-07Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-11-18HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC WALL TILE AT EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT A
2024-06-14HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MIS
2024-06-07Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2024-06-07Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
2024-06-07Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
2024-05-22HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION SYSTEM AT CEILING IN THE 1st BATHROOM FROM EAST LOC
2024-05-22HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CONNECTION AT SINK WASTE PIPE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2NDFLO, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTME
2024-05-22HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MIS
2024-04-16City emergency repair (OMO): illegal passage lock at apt 2 at first entrance door to apt 2..replace illegal passage lock with new passage lock...at 2$540
2024-04-14Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-04-09HPD 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
2023-12-01HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MIS
2023-12-01HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH
2023-11-29311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-11-29Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-11-27Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2023-11-27Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2023-11-27Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — TOILET
2023-11-22HPD litigation: Tenant Action
2023-11-22HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 HMC: REMOVE THE ILLEGAL DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCKING DEVICE AT DOOR ... IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 2FL, 2nd STOR
2023-11-22HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2FL, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NOR
2023-11-22HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED AT BASEMENT
2023-11-21311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-11-21Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-11-20Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-11-20311: PLUMBING — TOILET
2023-11-20311: PLUMBING — TOILET
2023-11-20311: PLUMBING — TOILET
2023-11-20311: PLUMBING — TOILET
2023-11-20Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — TOILET
2023-11-20Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — TOILET
2023-11-20Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — TOILET
2023-11-20Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — TOILET
2023-11-17HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE FLUSHING APPARATUS AND MAINTAIN SAME SO AS TO FLUSH EFFECTIVELY THE WATER CLOSET , IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT
2023-11-17HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2FL, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NOR
2023-11-17HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE CYLINDER LOCK AT SECURITY GATE IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 2FLR2, 2nd STORY,
2023-11-17HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MIS
2023-11-16311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-11-16Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-11-15311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-11-15Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-11-13311: PLUMBING — TOILET
2023-11-13311: PLUMBING — TOILET
2023-11-13311: PLUMBING — TOILET
2023-11-13311: PLUMBING — TOILET
2023-11-13311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-11-13311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-11-13311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-11-13Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — TOILET
2023-11-13Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — TOILET
2023-11-13Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — TOILET
2023-11-13Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-11-13Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-11-13Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-11-05Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-08-28311: Illegal Dumping — Removal Request
2023-03-22HPD 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
2022-11-14HPD 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
2022-05-19311: Noise — Noise: Alarms (NR3)
2022-03-19Bedbug 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
2021
2021-04-08HPD 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
2021-04-08HPD 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
2019-10-30HPD 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
2019-10-25Deed — from ITSKOV, ILONA to 5657 EAST 21 STREET, LLC
2017-11-21HPD 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
2015
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
1995
1995-06-08Deed — from MVS E 21ST ST BUILDING CORP to ITSKOV, ILONA
1995-06-08Mortgage satisfied — from MVS E 21ST STREET BUILDING CORP to GARTENSTEIN, ILENE; GARTENSTEIN, DAVID
1994
1994-09-26Permit PL — ISSUED
1994-06-23Permit EQ — ISSUED
1994-06-23Permit NB — ISSUED
1994-06-23Permit EQ — ISSUED
1994-06-23Permit EQ — ISSUED
1994-06-10Permit DM — ISSUED
1994-06-10Permit EQ — ISSUED
1994-01-10DOB complaint, category ?
1993
1993-01-29Mortgage $150,000 — from MVS E 21ST BUILDINGCORP to GARTENSTEIN, ILENE; GARTENSTEIN, DAVID$150,000
1992
1992-12-22Deed — from PRICE, GERTRUD HEBER to MVS E 21 STREET BLDGCP
1991
1991-04-09Deed — from PRICE, HUGO/AKA; PREISZ, HUGO to PRICE, GERTRUD HEBER