The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 50% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty
points per 10 units; this building carries 15.8. In ZIP 11385, 73% of residential buildings hold an A and
5% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
B
C
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
Open with the city right now
Open HPD violations
1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2009-11-28.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
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: Rodent (1) · Noise (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 (1930)
Yes
Six or more residential units (6)
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)
56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC
Head officer
ARASH NOGHREH
Managing agent
HORIZON REAL ESTATE PARTNERS CORP
Last registered
2025-08-08
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
$934,800
$420,660
2026
$1,105,000
$497,250
2027
$1,326,000
$596,700
The city's market estimate has risen
42% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Building systems
Heating fuel
NATURALGAS
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
Seneca Av — M · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Seneca Av / Cornelia St — B38 · 100 ft
Citi Bike
Madison St & Seneca Ave · 600 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.
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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $100,000 on
2025-09-24 (lender: Atlas Originator I LLC-Series I, Isaoa/atima), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2025-09-24
Agreement $2,900,000 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to ATLAS ORIGINATOR I LLC-SERIES I, ISAOA/A
$2,900,000
2025-09-24
AL&R $2,900,000 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to ATLAS ORIGINATOR I LLC-SERIES I, ISAOA/A
$2,900,000
2025-09-24
Mortgage $100,000 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to ATLAS ORIGINATOR I LLC-SERIES I, ISAOA/A
$100,000
2021-06-16
Mortgage $870,000 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
$870,000
2021-06-16
Agreement $2,870,000 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
$2,870,000
2021-06-16
AL&R $2,870,000 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
$2,870,000
2021-01-19
Mortgage $220,000 — from 337 TOMPKINS LLC; 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to ALLIANCE HOME DEVELOPMENT LLC
$220,000
2016-01-22
Agreement $2,000,000 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to SANTANDER BANK, NA
$2,000,000
2016-01-22
Mortgage $1,231,231 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to SANTANDER BANK, NA
$1,231,231
2012-04-11
AL&R $825,000 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK
$825,000
2012-04-11
Mortgage $40,224 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK
$40,224
2012-04-11
Agreement $825,000 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK
$825,000
2003-08-06
Mortgage $646,000 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to ATLANTIC BANK OF NEW YORK
$646,000
1996-09-30
Mortgage $400,000 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to ELISABETH KLEINSTEUBER IRREVOCABLE TRUST
$400,000
Ten-year activity
1050
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
10
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
4
0
2
6
2018
0
3
0
0
3
2019
0
4
0
2
6
2020
0
0
0
1
1
2021
0
2
5
1
8
2022
0
3
1
1
5
2023
1
2
0
2
5
2024
0
3
0
4
7
2025
0
2
5
3
10
2026
0
0
0
2
2
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2018-10-30311: Broken Parking Meter — Out of Order
2018-10-24HPD 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
2018-09-16311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2017
2017-12-31311: Air Quality — Air: Odor, Nail Salon (AD8)
2017-12-05HPD 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
2017-11-22Boiler inspection
2017-09-14311: Street Condition — Pothole
2017-09-06311: Street Condition — Pothole
2017-04-26Rodent inspection: Passed
2016
2016-11-21HPD 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
2016-06-07Rodent inspection: Passed
2016-02-04311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2016-01-22TL&R — from NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK SUCCESSOR IN IN; ATLANTIC BANK OF NEW YORK to 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC
2016-01-22Agreement $2,000,000 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to SANTANDER BANK, NA$2,000,000
2016-01-22Mortgage $1,231,231 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to SANTANDER BANK, NA$1,231,231
2016-01-22Mortgage assigned — from ATLANTIC BANK OF NEW YORK; NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK, SUCCESSOR IN I to SANTANDER BANK, NA
2015
2015-10-16HPD 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
2015-02-14Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2015-02-14311: Non-Residential Heat — Inadequate or No Heat
2015-02-14311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014
2014-05-15DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT
2014-03-06Rodent inspection: Passed
2013
2013-02-20Rodent inspection: Passed
2012
2012-04-11AL&R $825,000 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK$825,000
2012-04-11Mortgage $40,224 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK$40,224
2012-04-11Agreement $825,000 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK$825,000
2010
2010-11-02Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2010-11-02311: HEATING — HEAT
2009
2009-11-28HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY FROM VESTIBULE TO PUBLICHALL , 3rd STORY
2009-11-06Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009-11-05Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2008
2008-12-17Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2008-10-22Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006
2006-10-03Tenant complaint: GENERAL — DOORS
2006-10-03Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2004
2004-10-28Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003
2003-08-06Mortgage assigned — from KLEINSTEUBER PROPERTIES, LLC to NOGHREH, SOROUR; NOGHREH, KHALIL
2003-08-06Mortgage assigned — from NOGHREH, KHALIL; NOGHREH, SOROUR to ATLANTIC BANK OF NEW YORK
2003-08-06Mortgage $646,000 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to ATLANTIC BANK OF NEW YORK$646,000
2003-08-06Agreement — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to ATLANTIC BANK OF NEW YORK
1997
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1997-04-07Mortgage assigned — from ELISABETH KLEINSTEUBER IRREVOCABLE TRUST; KLEINSTEUBER, FREDERICK (TRUSTEE); KLEINSTEUBER, to KLEINSTEUBER PROPERTIES LLC
1996
1996-09-30Mortgage $400,000 — from 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC to ELISABETH KLEINSTEUBER IRREVOCABLE TRUST$400,000
1996-09-30Deed — from KLEINSTEUBER, FREDERICK (TRUSTEE); ELISABETH KLEINSTEUBER IRREVOCABLE TRUST; KLEINSTEUBER, to 56 CATALPA ASSOCIATES, LLC
1995
1995-12-18Deed — from KLEINSTEUBER, LOUIS(BY/ATTY; KLEINSTEUBER, FREDERICK (EXE; KLEINSTEUBER, FREDERICK (ATTY/F to KLEINSTEUBER, OSKAR(TRUSTEE; KLEINSTRUBER, ELISABETH (IRREVOCABLE TRU; KLEINSTEUBER, FREDE
1993
1993-01-07Mortgage satisfied — from KLEINSTEUBER, LOUISETAL to HELLER, WILMA
1980
1980-06-27Deed — from HELLER WILMA to ELIZABETH KLEINSTEUBER; LOUIS KLEINSTEUBER
1980-06-27Mortgage — from KLEINSTEUBER ELIZABETH; KLEINSTEUBER LOUIS to WILMA HELLER