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 227.3. In ZIP 10301, 85% of residential buildings hold an A and
5% 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.
$22,530 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
What 311 hears from this address
19 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Rodent (4) · General Construction/Plumbing (3) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · Non (2) · Water System (1) · Illegal Dumping (1).
Filed construction activity
$476,810 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (4 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 (1910)
No
Six or more residential units (3)
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).
Registered with HPD — the names behind the building
Registered owner(s)
296 St Marks Pl Ventures LLC
Head officer
GARY GRINBERG
Managing agent
Richmond County Management LLC
Last registered
2025-08-28
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
$819,000
$49,140
2026
$877,000
$52,620
2027
$554,000
$33,240
The city's market estimate has fallen
32% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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
Staten Island Railway
St George — SIR · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Saint Marks Pl / Fort Pl — S42 S52 · 150 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.
19 311 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.
Job filed: Gut renovation and repair of Existing 9 Unit SRO
2026-05-11
FDNY inspection (RISK)
2026-05-07
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
2026-04-28
ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE OF PERMIT HOLDER TO PROVIDE INSPECTION ACCESS TO AND/OR EXPOSE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION OR WORK ON AN ACTIVE AND PERMITTED WOR
2026-04-28
DOB complaint, category ?
2026-04-25
311: Noise - Residential — Banging/Pounding
2026-02-06
Permit Construction Fence — Permit Issued
2026-01-20
Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2025-11-14
DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2025-11-05
Permit Sidewalk Shed — Permit Issued
2025-10-30
DOB complaint, category ?
The full timeline
2026
2026-09-23Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2026-08-18Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2026-06-22Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2026-06-17Job filed: Gut renovation and repair of Existing 9 Unit SRO$350,000
2026-05-11FDNY inspection (RISK)
2026-05-07HPD 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
2026-04-28ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE OF PERMIT HOLDER TO PROVIDE INSPECTION ACCESS TO AND/OR EXPOSE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION OR WORK ON AN ACTIVE AND PERMITTED WOR$10,000
2025-09-19DOB violation C: BOROUGH COMMISSIONER HAS ORDERED ALL WORK STOPPED UNDER PERMIT #S01237877-I1 ON 9/18/25. INTENT TO REVOKE APPROVAL(S) AND P
2025-09-18DOB complaint, category ?
2025-09-10RPTT $350,000 — from NEW YORK STATE PAY PHONES INC to 296 ST MARKS PL VENTURES LLC$350,000
2025-08-13ECB CLASS - 2 violation: OBSERVED SIDEWALK SHED INSTALLED AT EXP#2 OF THE JOBSITE. UPON REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT RECORDS, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT SIDEWALK SHED PE$6,250
2025-08-12DOB complaint, category ?
2025-07-21Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2025-06-21311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building - Vacant, Open And Unguarded
2025-06-12HPD 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
2025-05-23City emergency repair (OMO): 1. hand demolition (manlift maybe needed to assist in operations) 2. contractor to utilize existing protection on site.
2025-05-23Sold for $350,000$350,000
2025-05-12311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2025-04-30Permit Construction Fence — Permit Issued
2025-04-29Job filed: INSTALLATION OF PLYWOOD FENCE AS PER PLAN. NO CHANGE IN USE,OCCUPANCY, OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$7,000
2025-04-28City emergency repair (OMO): 1. erect 8ft plwood tightboard fence along exposures #1, #3 and #4 perimeter lot lines as per hpd specifications. (city $7,000
2025-04-28City emergency repair (OMO): 1. erect standard steel post sidewalk shed with lights at exposure #4 on adjacent property of mckee vocational high scho$19,460
2025-04-21Permit Sidewalk Shed — Permit Issued
2025-04-21Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 300 PSF SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. ALL EQUIPMENT SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF THE 2022 CODE. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANC$19,810
2025-04-16City emergency repair (OMO): perform asbestos investigation in accordance with title 15, chapter 1, rules of the city of new york, new york industria$5,070
2025-04-04311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building - Vacant, Open And Unguarded
2025-04-04DOB complaint, category ?
2025-04-02DOB complaint, category ?
2025-04-02DOB violation IMEGNCY: INSTALL TIGHTBOARD CONSTRUCTION FENCE AT PROPERTY LINE, APPROXIMATELY 274 LINEAR FEET
2025-04-02DOB violation EGNCY: FULLY DEMOLISH BUILDING. GRADE AND FENCE SITE. REMOVE ALL DEBRIS FROM PREMISES
2025-04-02DOB violation IMEGNCY: INSTALL HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AT ADJACENT MCKEE VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FROM EXPOSURE 3-4 CORNER OF 296 ST. MARKS PLACE TO TH
2025-04-01DOB complaint, category ?
2025-02-21Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2025-02-21ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER; OBSERVED BUILDING IN A STATE OF DISREPAIR. FACADE MASONRY BULGING AT EXP 2 $6,280
2025-02-20DOB complaint, category ?
2025-01-20311: Snow or Ice — Sidewalk
2025-01-18311: Street Light Condition — Street Light Lamp Missing
2025-01-14Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2024-12-03HPD 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
2024-11-29311: Industrial Waste — Wastewater Into Catch Basin (IEB)
2024-05-08Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2024-04-16HPD 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
2024-03-11Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2024-03-06311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2024-01-23311: Water System — Hydrant Leaking (WC1)
2023
2023-11-27HPD 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
2023-11-19311: General Construction/Plumbing — Failure to Comply with Vacate Order
2023-11-19DOB complaint, category ?
2023-08-03311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Shaking/Vibrating/Structural Stability
2023-08-03311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2023-08-03ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING CODE COMPLIANT. NOTED: THERE IS STRUCTURAL BULGING AT THE TOP FLOOR TO AND INCLUDING THE EAVES ON THE$6,250
2023-08-03DOB complaint, category ?
2023-08-03DOB complaint, category ?
2023-08-03DOB violation C: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING CODE COMPLIANT. NOTED: THERE IS STRUCTURAL BULGING AT THE TOP FLOOR TO AND INCLUDING THE EAV
2023-03-29HPD 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
2023-03-01FDNY inspection (RISK)
2022
2022-11-16HPD 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
2022-09-02311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2022-03-08HPD 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
2022-03-05311: GENERAL — COOKING GAS
2022-03-05311: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2022-03-05311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2022-03-05Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2022-03-05Tenant complaint: GENERAL — COOKING GAS
2022-03-05Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2022-01-19FDNY inspection (RISK)
2021
2021-12-27311: Building/Use — SRO - Illegal Work/No Permit/Change In Occupancy/Use
2021-12-27DOB complaint, category ?
2021-04-16HPD 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
2021-01-27311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2021-01-27DOB complaint, category ?
2020
2020-12-15Boiler inspection
2020-03-04311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2020-02-26FDNY inspection (RISK)
2019
2019-12-23Boiler inspection
2019-11-04HPD 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
2019-04-30311: Building/Use — No Certificate Of Occupancy/Illegal/Contrary To CO
2019-04-12311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2019-04-12DOB complaint, category ?
2019-01-25FDNY inspection (RISK)
2019-01-25FDNY inspection (RISK)
2018
2018-12-05Boiler inspection
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
2015-10-16HPD 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
2015-10-01DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2014 INSPECTION REPORT
2015-10-01DOB violation LBLVIO:
2015-03-03DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2013 INSPECTION REPORT
2015-03-02HPD 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
2015-01-23FDNY inspection (RISK)
2012
2012-09-29311: Noise - Vehicle — Engine Idling
2009
2009-10-05ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WITNESSED WET SPRINKLER SYSTEM. NOT OPERATIONAL BECAUSE CURB SHUT-OFF VALVE WAS CLOSED. FDNY ALSO RESPONDED TO THIS VIOLATION. WHE$250
2009-10-05DOB complaint, category ?
2009-10-05DOB complaint, category ?
2008
2008-06-16ECB Non-Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG FRONT PORCH COVERERD WOOD PORCH APPROX 6FT X 20FT IS DEFECTIVE DEFECTS NOTED:ROOF SUPPORT POST AT RIGHT S$350
2008-06-16DOB complaint, category ?
2008-05-01ECB Hazardous violation: VIOLATION OF PARKING REGULATIONS IN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT NOTED AT REAR AND SIDE OF BLDG 4 PASSENGER VEHICLES ARE BEING STORED W/