The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 85% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty
points per 10 units; this building carries 1.8. In ZIP 11106, 71% of residential buildings hold an A and
5% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
B
C
Among 17,252 25-99-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
18 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 10 · winter 2025–26: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
10
’24–25
6
’25–26
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
What 311 hears from this address
77 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (42) · HEAT/HOT WATER (9) · Damaged Tree (4) · Missed Collection (3) · Sanitation Worker or Vehicle Complaint (3) · Illegal Parking (3).
Filed construction activity
$171,390 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (6 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 (1926)
Yes
Six or more residential units (60)
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)
263 REALTY LLC
Head officer
CHARLES ALPERT
Managing agent
JOEL ECKSTEIN
Last registered
2025-09-08
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
$5,372,000
$2,417,400
2026
$6,007,000
$2,703,150
2027
$6,120,000
$2,754,000
The city's market estimate has risen
14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Building systems
Energy grade (LL33)
A — ENERGY STAR score 100/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
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
36 Av — N W · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Steinway St — M R · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 35 Av / 35 St — Q66 · 100 ft
Citi Bike
34 St & 35 Ave · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
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.
77 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 9 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: $750,000 on
1992-10-09 (lender: Independence Savs 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
1992-10-09
Mortgage $750,000 — from ALPERT, JOSEPH to INDEPENDENCE SAVS BANK
$750,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
40
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
4
2
30
0
36
2018
0
3
12
1
16
2019
0
0
10
1
11
2020
0
0
31
1
32
2021
2
2
25
1
30
2022
0
4
18
2
24
2023
0
1
13
2
16
2024
3
3
23
3
32
2025
1
1
30
4
36
2026
0
0
37
3
40
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2023-06-01311: Outdoor Dining — Site Setup Condition
2023-06-01311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Talking
2023-02-01Boiler inspection
2023-01-02Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022
2022-12-16311: Missed Collection — Trash
2022-10-28ECB CLASS - 3 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. NOTED AT APT. C31 ON THE 3 FLOOR LEVEL ERECTED FULL HEIGHT PARTITIONS WITH DOORS SUBDIVIDING THE LEAVING RO
2022-10-28ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE UNOBSTRUCTED EXIT PASSAGEWAY. NOTED; AT APT C31 ON THE 3RD FLOOR LEVEL INSTALLED A DOOR LOCK WITH A LOCKING DEV$1,250
2022-10-13311: Damaged Tree — Branch Cracked and Will Fall
2022-09-27311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2021-06-15Job filed: PROPOSE ILLUMINATED ACCESSORY BUSINESS SIGN AS PER PLAN FILE HEREWITH. NOT WITHIN VIEW OF ARTERIAL HIGHWAY OR PUBLIC PARK 1/2 ACRE OR MORE. NO CHANGE $2,990
2021-05-10Boiler inspection
2021-04-29DOB violation EGRADE: FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3
2021-04-27FDNY inspection (RISK)
2021-04-21311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-04-16Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-04-14HPD 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
2021-02-03Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-02-03311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-01-30Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2021-01-30311: Drinking Water — Illness Caused by Drinking Water
2021-01-30311: Water System — Dirty Water (WE)
2021-01-30311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2021-01-29Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2021-01-29311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2021-01-11Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2021-01-11311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2021-01-08Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2017-12-09DOB violation P: THE BOROUGH COMMISSIONER HAS ISSUED A NOTICE TO REVOKE APPLICATION# 440014182 DUE TO REOCATION OF THE MASTER PLUMBER'S AND/OR FI
2017-02-17HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MORTISE DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY AT APARTMENT ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT D2, 1st STORY, 1s
2017-02-17HPD class B: § 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF ROACHES LOCATED AT APT D2, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION AT
2017-01-31Job filed: RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTING APPLICATION FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY. COOKING EQUIPMENT FILED UNDER APPLICATION # 420800618. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS $2,800
2017-01-31Job filed: RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTING APPLICATION FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY. COOKING EQUIPMENT FILED UNDER APPLICATION # 420800618. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS $2,800
2017-01-31Job filed: RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTING APPLICATION FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY. COOKING EQUIPMENT FILED UNDER APPLICATION # 420800618. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS $2,800
2016
2016-10-01311: Street Light Condition — Street Light Out
2013-01-09Job filed: CONVERT EXISTING FIRST FLOOR COMMERCIAL STORE TO NEW CAFE - EATING ESTABLISHMENT. GENERAL RENOVATION, NEW TOILET, EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION, CONSTRUCTION$66,000
2013-01-09Job filed: CONVERT EXISTING FIRST FLOOR COMMERCIAL STORE TO NEW CAFE - EATING ESTABLISHMENT. GENERAL RENOVATION, NEW TOILET, EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION, CONSTRUCTION$66,000
2000-10-05Job filed: PROPOSED: INSTALLATION OF A FIRE SUPPRES SION (ANSUL SYSTEM) THERE IS NO CHANGE IN MEANS OF EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY U SE FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH APPLICA$3,000
2000-10-05Job filed: PROPOSED: INSTALLATION OF A FIRE SUPPRES SION (ANSUL SYSTEM) THERE IS NO CHANGE IN MEANS OF EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY U SE FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH APPLICA$3,000
2000-10-05Job filed: PROPOSED: INSTALLATION OF A FIRE SUPPRES SION (ANSUL SYSTEM) THERE IS NO CHANGE IN MEANS OF EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY U SE FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH APPLICA$3,000
2000-05-23Permit PL — ISSUED
2000-03-02Permit EW — ISSUED
2000-03-02Permit EW — ISSUED
2000-03-02Permit EQ — ISSUED
2000-03-02Permit EW — ISSUED
2000-01-26Job filed: PROPOSED: NEW EATING ESTABLISHMENT ON TH E FIRST FLOOR, GENERAL RENOVAT N, NEW TOILET , BAR AND EQUIPMENT INSTAL LATION, NEW AS UNIT. THERE IS NO CH$30,000
2000-01-26Job filed: PROPOSED: NEW EATING ESTABLISHMENT ON TH E FIRST FLOOR, GENERAL RENOVAT N, NEW TOILET , BAR AND EQUIPMENT INSTAL LATION, NEW AS UNIT. THERE IS NO CH$30,000
2000-01-26Job filed: PROPOSED: NEW EATING ESTABLISHMENT ON TH E FIRST FLOOR, GENERAL RENOVAT N, NEW TOILET , BAR AND EQUIPMENT INSTAL LATION, NEW AS UNIT. THERE IS NO CH$30,000
1998
1998-10-22DOB complaint, category ?
1998-01-16HPD class A: § 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKIN
1998-01-16HPD class A: § 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKIN
1998-01-16HPD class A: § 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKIN
1998-01-16HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT WALLS BATHROOM 2 STY APT D22 D UNIT. LOCATED AT APT
1997
1997-11-26Mortgage assigned — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY REALTY CORP to CEDAR ASSOCIATES L.P.; LINDEN ASSOCIATES L.P.
1997-11-26Mortgage assigned — from INDEPENDENCE SAVINGSBANK to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY REALTY CORP
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-12-22DOB complaint, category ?
1993-10-21DOB complaint, category ?
1993-06-28DOB violation LL6291:
1992
1992-10-09Mortgage satisfied — from 263 REALTY INC; MERIS REALTY INC to EAST NEW YORK SAVGSBK; DIME SAVINGS BANK
1992-10-09Mortgage $750,000 — from ALPERT, JOSEPH to INDEPENDENCE SAVS BANK$750,000
1989
1989-09-07HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REFIT ENTRANCE DOOR TO 4 STY APT A43. , SECTION '' ''
1989-08-14Permit AL — RE-ISSUED
1987
1987-05-29Deed — from 263 REALTY INC to ALPERT, CHARLES; ALPERT, JOSEPH
1975
1975-07-16Mortgage assigned — from DIME SAVINGS BANK OF BROOKLYN to MESIVTHA TIFERETH JERUSALEM OF AMERICA