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 16.5. 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
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
18 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Rodent (9) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (6) · Indoor Air Quality (1) · Noise (1) · Illegal Dumping (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 (1911)
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)
President Holding Corp.-Sfera
Head officer
TODOR SFERA
Managing agent
President Holding Corp.-Sfera
Last registered
2025-10-28
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
$822,000
$369,900
2026
$986,000
$443,700
2027
$813,000
$365,850
The city's market estimate has fallen
1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Building systems
Heating fuel
NO2FUEL
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
Forest Av — M · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Forest Av / Woodbine St — B13 · 250 ft
Citi Bike
Madison St & Forest Ave · 350 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.
18 311 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: $9,640 on
1989-11-02 (lender: Oxford Credit Cp). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
1989-11-02
Mortgage $9,640 — from DAMU, NICOLAE; DAMU, CHIRATA to OXFORD CREDIT CP
$9,640
1989-01-05
Mortgage $48,000 — from DAMU, NICOLAEE; DAMU, CHIRATU to HELLER, ARNOLD
$48,000
1988-09-06
Mortgage $16,566 — from DAMU, NICOLAE; DAMU, CHIRATA to MASPETH FED S&L ASSN
$16,566
1987-07-31
Mortgage $156,000 — from DAMU, CHIRATA; DAMU, NICOLAE to MASPETH FED S&L ASSN.
$156,000
1984-04-27
Mortgage $76,000 — from DAMU, CHIRATA; DAMU, NICOLAE to CRISTINA, CATHERINE; CRISTINA, VITO
$76,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
25
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
2
3
0
1
6
2018
0
19
0
1
20
2019
1
12
0
0
13
2020
0
2
1
1
4
2021
0
1
0
1
2
2022
0
11
0
1
12
2023
1
7
0
4
12
2024
2
20
0
3
25
2025
0
1
0
1
2
2026
0
2
0
0
2
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2022-11-23City emergency repair (OMO): nyc hpd emergency operations division - ''essential service work'' at public parts, (located at 1st floor) make door sel$700
2022-10-06HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF SCALDING HOT WATER OF 145 DEGREES; EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE TEMPERA
2022-10-06HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE AT BUILDING ENTRANE AT PUBLIC HALL,
2022-10-04Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2022-10-04311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2022-10-03Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2022-02-25311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021
2021-12-31Boiler inspection
2021-12-09Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020
2020-12-28Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-12-02Boiler inspection
2020-08-19LDMK — from NYC LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION
2020-03-16311: Noise — Noise: Jack Hammering (NC2)
2019
2019-12-20Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-11-08DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2017 INSPECTION REPORT
2019-10-15Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2019-10-15311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2019-03-19HPD class A: § 27-2046.1 HMC: POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A COMMON
2019-03-19HPD class A: § 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE AGE
2019-03-19HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC: POST, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND MAINTAIN A NOTICE IN A COMMON AREA OF THE BUILDING REGARDING THE PROCEDURES
2019-03-19HPD class A: § 27-2104 ADM CODE POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY SHOWING THE REGISTRATION NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND
2019-03-17Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2019-03-17Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2019-03-17311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2019-03-17311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2019-03-07311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018
2018-12-28Boiler inspection
2018-12-20311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-12-13311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-07-31311: Street Condition — Cave-in
2018-07-26311: Street Condition — Cave-in
2018-07-22311: Street Condition — Pothole
2018-07-18311: Street Condition — Cave-in
2018-07-18311: Street Condition — Failed Street Repair
2016-10-23Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2016-10-23311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2016-03-07Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2016-03-07311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2016-01-24Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2016-01-24311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
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
2015-10-01DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2014 INSPECTION REPORT
2015-03-09FDNY inspection (RISK)
2015-03-03DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2013 INSPECTION REPORT
2015-02-17Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2015-02-17Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2015-02-17311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2015-02-17311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2015-02-16Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2015-02-16Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2015-02-16311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2015-02-16311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014
2014-09-17Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014-09-17311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014-09-16Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014-09-16311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014-09-15HPD class B: § 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNS
2014-05-15DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT
2013
2013-03-01DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2011 INSPECTION REPORT
2012
2012-07-29Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2012-07-29311: HEATING — HEAT
2011
2011-11-02Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2011-11-02311: HEATING — HEAT
2011-01-13Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2011-01-13Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2011-01-13Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2011-01-13Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2008-02-25HPD class B: § 27-2039 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHT OF NOT LESS THAN 60 WATTS INCANDESCENT OR EQUIVALENT ILLUMINATION 2ND STORY PUBLIC HALL
2008-02-15Tenant complaint: GENERAL — DOORS
2008-02-15Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — BELL-BUZZER/INTERCOM
2008-02-08Tenant complaint: GENERAL — LOCKS
2008-02-08Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — BELL-BUZZER/INTERCOM
2007
2007-01-19DOB violation LL6291:
2006
2006-11-13Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2006-05-17CORR — from CITY OF NEW YORK to BANK OF NEW YORK
2006-02-12Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005
2005-09-22HPD class B: § 12 M/D LAW DISCONTINUE THE STORAGE OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL PROPANE TANK & PAINT AT CELLAR
2005-09-16Tenant complaint: NONCONST — RUBBISH
2005-04-13CORR — from CITY OF NEW YORK to BANK OF NEW YORK
2005-01-31DOB violation LL6291:
2004
2004-07-12DTL — from THE BANK OF NEW YORK
2002
2002-08-08TLS — from CITY OF NEW YORK to BANK OF NEW YORK
2002-06-20TLS — from CITY OF NEW YORK; CITY OF NEW YORK to BANK OF NEW YORK; BANK OF NEW YORK
2002-06-20TLS — from CITY OF NEW YORK; CITY OF NEW YORK to BANK OF NEW YORK; BANK OF NEW YORK
2001
2001-01-22Deed — from M A B REALTY,INC to PRESIDENT HOLDING CORP
2000
2000-12-11Deed — from MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA to M A B REALTY INC
2000-10-17Deed — from INCANTALUPO, THOMASV (REF); DAMU, NICOLAE (DEF/ETAL) to MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA