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 702. In ZIP 10310, 90% of residential buildings hold an A and
3% 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
Open HPD violations
27 total — 11 class C (immediately hazardous), 16 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2023-04-11.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
37 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 22 · winter 2024–25: 11). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
22
’23–24
11
’24–25
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
28 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (14) · Noise (6) · Missed Collection (3) · General Construction/Plumbing (2) · ELECTRIC (1) · PLUMBING (1).
Filed construction activity
$102,750 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (1 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 (1931)
No
Six or more residential units (1)
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)
817 CASTLETON AVENUE LLC
Head officer
ROCAEL GARCIA
Managing agent
ROCAEL GARCIA
Last registered
2025-09-29
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
$279,000
$125,550
2026
$296,000
$133,200
2027
$285,000
$128,250
The city's market estimate has risen
2% 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.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since
2011 (0 in the last three years).
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps
(cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
Getting around
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Castleton Av / Davis Av — S46 · 300 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.
28 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 14 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
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2024-04-15
RPTT&RET $525,001 — from MARK STEVEN PIAZZA, ESQ., AS REFEREE to 817 CASTLETON AVENUE LLC
$525,001
2024-03-15
Sold for $525,001
$525,001
$525,001
2005-10-27
RPTT $555,000 — from KOLECI, SHABAN; TIMMINS, JAMES D to NURNBERGER CORPORATION
$555,000
Ten-year activity
100500
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
62
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
2
1
0
0
3
2018
0
2
4
0
1
7
2019
0
1
0
0
1
2
2020
0
1
1
0
1
3
2021
0
0
3
0
1
4
2022
0
1
1
0
0
2
2023
0
3
22
0
0
25
2024
0
4
55
3
0
62
2025
0
2
13
0
0
15
2026
1
0
1
0
0
2
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2025-01-13HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM E
2025-01-13HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTME
2025-01-10311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-01-10Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-01-04311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-01-04Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-01-03311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-01-03Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-01-03HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM E
2025-01-03HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTME
2024
2024-12-20311: Missed Collection — Trash
2024-12-17311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-12-17Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-05-31RPTT — from MARK STEVEN PIAZZA, ESQ., AS REFEREE to 817 CASTLETON AVENUE LLC
2024-05-03311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-05-03Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-05-03HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM E
2024-05-01311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-05-01Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-04-17FDNY inspection (RISK)
2024-04-17HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER THE CEILING IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FRO
2024-04-17HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM E
2024-04-17HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT WEST WALL AND CEILING IN THE FOYER LO
2024-04-17HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTME
2024-04-17HPD class C: § 27-2024 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF COLD WATER FOR THE FIXTURES .. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st AP
2024-04-17HPD class C: § 27-2024 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HOT WATER FOR THE FIXTURES .. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APA
2024-04-16311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-04-16Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-04-15RPTT&RET $525,001 — from MARK STEVEN PIAZZA, ESQ., AS REFEREE to 817 CASTLETON AVENUE LLC$525,001
2024-04-09311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2024-04-09DOB complaint, category ?
2024-03-15Sold for $525,001$525,001
2024-03-13HPD litigation: Heat and Hot Water
2024-02-06City emergency repair (OMO): nyc hpd emergency operations division essential service work heat related boiler repair: at basement ( ground level $4,000
2024-02-06HPD class C: § 27-2024 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HOT WATER FOR THE FIXTURES NO VOLUME IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY,
2024-02-06HPD class B: § 27-2024 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF COLD WATER FOR THE FIXTURES NO VOLUME IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2NDFLO, 2nd S
2024-02-06HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT
2024-02-06HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING, EAST AND WEST WALLS AT PUBLI
2024-02-06HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTME
2024-02-06HPD class B: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX 4 SQ FT AT CEILING AND 8 SQ FT AT WEST WALL IN T
2024-02-02311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-02-02Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-02-01311: Missed Collection — Trash
2024-01-24HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM E
2024-01-24HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTME
2024-01-24HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING AT VESTIBULE AT PUBLIC HALL,
2024-01-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LO
2024-01-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT EAST WALL AND CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL,
2024-01-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT SOUTH WALL FROM 1ST STORY TO 2ND STOR
2024-01-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT EAST AND WEST WALLS AT VESTIBULE AT P
2024-01-24HPD class C: § 27-2024 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF COLD WATER FOR THE FIXTURES . IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APA
2024-01-24HPD class C: § 27-2024 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HOT WATER FOR THE FIXTURES . IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APAR
2024-01-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC TILES AT WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT A
2024-01-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT EAST AND NORTH WALLS IN THE 1st ROOM
2024-01-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT
2024-01-24HPD class C: § 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE FLUSHING APPARATUS AND MAINTAIN SAME SO AS TO FLUSH EFFECTIVELY THE WATER CLOSET IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED A
2024-01-23311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-23311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2024-01-23311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-23Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-23Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2024-01-23Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-11Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2024-01-11Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2023
2023-12-18HPD litigation: Tenant Action
2023-12-16311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-12-16311: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2023-12-16311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-12-16Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-12-16Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2023-12-16Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-11-09311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-11-09Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-11-01HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTME
2023-10-31311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-10-31Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-04-11HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM E
2023-04-11HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING AND ALL WALLS AT PUBLIC HALL, 1s
2023-04-11HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING, NORTH AND WEST WALLS IN THE 1st
2023-04-11HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2023-04-10FDNY inspection (RISK)
2023-04-08311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-04-08Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-04-07311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-04-07Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-02-21311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Passenger
2023-02-21311: For Hire Vehicle Report — Driver Report - Passenger
2022
2022-06-13311: Overgrown Tree/Branches — Hitting Power Lines
2022-03-28FDNY inspection (RISK)
2021
2021-12-31Boiler inspection
2021-03-14311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2021-03-14311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Restaurant/Bar Not in Compliance
2021-02-23311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Restaurant/Bar Not in Compliance
2020
2020-12-21Boiler inspection — defects found
2020-02-18311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Restaurant (AD2)
2020-01-22FDNY inspection (RISK)
2019
2019-12-27Boiler inspection
2019-11-08DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2017 INSPECTION REPORT
2018
2018-12-10311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2010-12-06311: Street Condition — Failed Street Repair
2010-02-22Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-02-05Job filed: UPGRADE EXISTING FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM FILED AND PERMITTED UNDER APPLICATION 500806005. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY$3,000
2010-02-05Job filed: UPGRADE EXISTING FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM FILED AND PERMITTED UNDER APPLICATION 500806005. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY$3,000
2006
2006-01-06DOB violation LL6291:
2005
2005-12-02Permit AL — ISSUED
2005-11-17Permit EW — ISSUED
2005-10-27RPTT $555,000 — from KOLECI, SHABAN; TIMMINS, JAMES D to NURNBERGER CORPORATION$555,000
2005-10-21Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY.NOCHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPA NCY.$3,000
2005-10-21Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY.NOCHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPA NCY.$3,000
2005-09-27Job filed: NO WORK - ALL WORK WAS PERFORMED UNDER ALT 485/88. THIS APPLICATION IS F ILED TO REPLACE THAT ALT APPLICATION AND TO PROCESS APPLICATION FOR NEW CERTI$500
2005-09-27Job filed: NO WORK - ALL WORK WAS PERFORMED UNDER ALT 485/88. THIS APPLICATION IS F ILED TO REPLACE THAT ALT APPLICATION AND TO PROCESS APPLICATION FOR NEW CERTI$500
2005-01-31DOB violation LL6291:
2003
2003-03-19DOB violation LL6291:
2001
2001-02-27DOB violation LL6291:
2000
2000-03-07ECB Non-Hazardous violation: ALTERED BUILDING OCCUPIED WITHOUT A VALID CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.IN THAT ALT#485/88 WAS APPROVED;HOWEVER;A VALID CERTIFICATE OF $350
2000-02-24Permit EW — ISSUED
2000-02-17Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. NO CH- ANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPAN$2,000
1999
1999-03-16DOB violation LL6291:
1997
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1997-02-10DOB violation LL6291:
1997-02-10DOB violation LL6291:
1995
1995-09-22Permit EW — ISSUED
1995-09-22Permit EW — ISSUED
1995-09-22Permit EW — ISSUED
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-06-04DOB violation LL6291:
1993-06-04DOB violation LL6291:
1989
1989-10-24ECB Hazardous violation: LOW WATER CUTOFF MISSING. MANUAL RESET/AQUASTAT MISSING. WIRING EXPOSED AND DEFECTIVE. BOILER NOT REGISTERED.$1,000
1989-10-24ECB Non-Hazardous violation: BOILER NOT REGISTERED.$250