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240 Benziger Avenue · Staten Island · BBL 5000430015 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE

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Where the penalty points come from

ComponentWhat it coversPoints
Housing codeHPD violations by class, complaints, emergency repairs, litigation, vacate orders, AEP0
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class0
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. 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.

What 311 hears from this address

2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Dirty Condition (1) · Abandoned Vehicle (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

YesBuilt before 1974 (1920)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
No421-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)PROSPECT AVENUE VENTURES LLC
Head officerGARY GRINBERG
Managing agentGRINBERG MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT LLC
Last registered2025-08-28

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$565,000 $33,900
2026$691,000 $41,460
2027$780,000 $46,800

The city's market estimate has risen 38% 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 RailwayTompkinsville — SIR · 0.6 mi straight-line (about a 16-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Jersey St / Pauw St — S42 S52 · 400 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: 16, 74, 10
Middle: I.S. 061 William A Morris. Confirm with the DOE's school search.

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.

Report a problem to 311

240 Benziger Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by GRINBERG MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT LLC — 151 buildings, 467 units. Grades across the portfolio: A71 · B20 · C28 · D25 · F5. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
77 Stone Lane SI110 A
275 Maple Parkway SI56 A
128 Port Richmond Avenue SI10 B
305 Gordon Street SI4 D
60 Holland Avenue SI4 C
113 Westervelt Avenue SI4 C
99 Wright Street SI4 A
25 Port Richmond Avenue SI4 C
132 Hendricks Avenue SI3 D
21 Stanley Avenue SI3 F
32 Broad Street SI3 F
122 Targee Street SI3 A
14 Linden Avenue SI3 A
310 York Avenue SI3 A
96 Taft Avenue SI3 B
514 Jersey Street SI3 C
187 York Avenue SI3 B
48 Brook Street SI2 A
45 York Avenue SI2 D
204 Ward Avenue SI2 A
81 Newark Avenue SI2 A
200 Grandview Avenue SI2 A
65 Macormac Place SI2 A
402 Jersey Street SI2 A
245 Lockman Avenue SI2 A
67 North Burgher Avenue SI2 A
104 Osgood Avenue SI2 D
845 Van Duzer Street SI2 D
20 Prince Street SI2 C
141 Harrison Avenue SI2 A
223 Corson Avenue SI2 D
27 Winter Avenue SI2 A
103 Osgood Avenue SI2 A
65 North Burgher Avenue SI2 A
31 Maxie Court SI2 A
83 Woodward Avenue SI2 C
61 Harrison Avenue SI2 D
91 Taft Avenue SI2 D
627 Cary Avenue SI2 C
103 Ann Street SI2 C
14 Fancher Place SI2 B
6 Daniel Low Terrace SI2 A
58 Taft Avenue SI2 A
316 Pulaski Avenue SI2 A
21 Mariners Lane SI2 A
240 Benziger Avenue SI2 A
31 Stanley Avenue SI2 A
157 Campbell Avenue SI2 A
123 Dongan Street SI2 A
54 Harbor Road SI2 B
2032 Richmond Terrace SI2 D
266 Reid Avenue SI2 C
1786 Arthur Kill Road SI2 A
124A Hendricks Avenue SI2 A
143 Hendricks Avenue SI2 A
512 Jersey Street SI2 C
126 Alaska Street SI2 D
102 Elizabeth Street SI2 D
15 Layton Avenue SI2 F
95 Brighton Avenue SI2 B

showing 60 of 151 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2012-10-25RPTT $162,341 — from CPCA TRUST 1 to GRINBERG MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT $162,341
2012-06-11RPTT $130,425 — from BANK UNITED to CPCA TRUST I $130,425
2012-03-01RPTT $330,000 — from BIRCH, ESQ., REFEREE, JAMES H to BANKUNITED; BANKUNITED, FSB $330,000
2004-11-10RPTT $316,940 — from WALKER, NASHID; WALKER, JAILELIH to BANZALI, AUREA $316,940

Ten-year activity

530
2017
2018
2019
2020
5
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Housing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20171012
20180202
20191001
20200000
20215005
20221023
20233025
20241001
20251001
20260000
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The full timeline

2025
2025-04-21311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2024
2024-02-23311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023
2023-07-12HPD class B: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY
2023-07-12HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY
2023-03-28Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-01-25Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
2023-01-17311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2022
2022-12-27Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
2022-11-16Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
2022-08-05311: Missed Collection — Trash
2021
2021-12-05311: Derelict Vehicles — Derelict Vehicles
2021-06-02HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALLS AND CEILINGS IN THE ENTIRE APART
2021-06-02HPD class B: § 27-2010, 2011, 2012 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE AND/OR RUBBISH AND MAINTAIN IN A CLEAN CONDITION THE .. IN THE ENTIRE APART
2021-01-30311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-01-30Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019
2019-03-20HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY
2018
2018-12-19RPTT — from GRINGERG MANAGEMENT LLC to PROSPECT AVENUE VENTURES LLC
2018-11-27Deed transfer (nominal price)
2017
2017-07-21Eviction executed (2)
2017-03-17Rodent inspection: Passed
2016
2016-02-11Rodent inspection: Passed
2015
2015-03-09HPD class A: SECTION 27-2013 ADMIN. CODE: PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL WALLS AND CEILING IN THE ENTIRE APART
2015-03-09HPD class B: SECTION 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT A
2014
2014-06-06RPTT — from GRINBERG MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT LLC to GRINBERG MANAGEMENT LLC
2014-04-24Rodent inspection: Passed
2013
2013-03-26Rodent inspection: Passed
2013-02-22Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2012
2012-12-11Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2012-10-25RPTT $162,341 — from CPCA TRUST 1 to GRINBERG MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT$162,341
2012-10-02Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2012-07-27RPTT — from CASTLE PEAK 2010-1 REO LLC to CPCA
2012-06-11RPTT $130,425 — from BANK UNITED to CPCA TRUST I$130,425
2012-05-09RPTT — from BANK UNITED, FSB; BANK UNITED to CASTLE PEAK 2010-1 REO LLC
2012-03-01RPTT $330,000 — from BIRCH, ESQ., REFEREE, JAMES H to BANKUNITED; BANKUNITED, FSB$330,000
2012-02-28311: Water System — Other Water Problem (Use Comments) (WZZ)
2011
2011-12-19DOB violation UB:
2011-12-14311: Plumbing — Plumbing-Defective/Leaking/Not Maintained
2011-12-14311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building - Vacant, Open And Unguarded
2011-12-14DOB complaint, category ?
2011-12-14DOB complaint, category ?
2011-08-21311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2011-01-11311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2010
2010-01-16311: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2010-01-16Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2009
2009-10-26HPD class B: SECTION 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF ROACHES .. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2FL, 2nd STORY
2009-10-26HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GROUT AT CERAMIC TILES WALLS AROUND BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT
2009-10-26HPD class B: SECTION 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS AT SHOWER -HEAD AND BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2FL, 2nd S
2009-10-26HPD class B: SECTION 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS AT SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2FL, 2nd STORY
2009-10-26HPD class A: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REFIT DOOR OFF HINGES IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 2FL, 2nd STORY
2009-10-16HPD litigation: Tenant Action
2009-10-10Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009-10-08Tenant complaint: GENERAL — DOORS
2009-10-08Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009-10-08Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — SHOWER-STALL
2009-10-08Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2009-10-08Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2009-01-19Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2007
2007-10-17Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2007-10-17Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2007-10-17Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2007-10-17Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2007-06-25RPTT — from BANZALI, AUREA to BANZALI, AUREA; CHUAKAY, ANGELITO
2007-06-06HPD class B: SECTION 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY
2007-06-06HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE HANDRAIL IN THE TERRACE LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY
2007-06-06HPD class B: SECTION 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN ANTS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY
2007-06-06HPD class A: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH
2007-06-06HPD class A: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD BASE AT CABINET IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT A
2007-06-05Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2007-06-05Tenant complaint: GENERAL — WINDOWS
2007-06-05Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — WIRING
2007-06-05Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2007-06-05Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2007-06-05Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2007-06-05Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2007-06-05Tenant complaint: GENERAL — DOORS
2007-06-03Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — WIRING
2007-06-03Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2006
2006-10-24Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-05-15Tenant complaint: GENERAL — DOORS
2006-05-15Tenant complaint: GENERAL — DOORS
2006-05-15Tenant complaint: GENERAL — LOCKS
2006-05-15Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2006-05-15Tenant complaint: GENERAL — CERAMIC-TILE
2006-05-15Tenant complaint: GENERAL — FLOOR
2006-05-15Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2006-05-15Tenant complaint: GENERAL — STAIRS
2006-05-04HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FRONT DOOR FRAME WOOD IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT
2006-05-04HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE APT. WOOD DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1ST
2006-05-04HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC FLOOR IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1STFL, 1st STORY
2006-05-04HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT
2006-05-04HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE VINYL FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1STFL,
2006-05-04HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD COUNTER TOP IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1S
2006-05-04HPD class B: SECTION 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1STFL, 1st STORY
2006-05-04HPD class C: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCK ON ENTRANCE DOOR
2006-05-03Tenant complaint: GENERAL — DOORS
2006-05-03Tenant complaint: GENERAL — FLOOR
2006-05-03Tenant complaint: GENERAL — FLOOR
2006-05-03Tenant complaint: GENERAL — DOORS
2006-05-03Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2006-05-03Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2006-05-03Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2004
2004-11-10RPTT $316,940 — from WALKER, NASHID; WALKER, JAILELIH to BANZALI, AUREA$316,940

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