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40 Dongan Street · Staten Island · BBL 5002000048 · 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, AEP2.2
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class6
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 90% 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 27.3. 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

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

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$12,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Blocked Driveway (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · WATER LEAK (1) · ELECTRIC (1) · SAFETY (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 (1901)
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)40 DONGAN ST. VENTURES LLC
Head officerGARY GRINBERG
Managing agentSINY DEVELOPMENT LLC
Last registered2025-09-10

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$509,000 $30,540
2026$747,000 $44,820
2027$668,000 $40,080

The city's market estimate has risen 31% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Hurricane evacuation zone 2 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

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

BusNearest boarding stop: Richmond Terr / Bodine St — S40 · 450 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 020 Port Richmond
Middle: I.S. 051 Edwin Markham. 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

40 Dongan Street

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

6 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by SINY DEVELOPMENT LLC — 45 buildings, 87 units. Grades across the portfolio: A15 · B5 · C15 · D9 · F1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
3756 Neptune Avenue BK5 D
83 Taft Avenue SI3 C
28 New Street SI3 D
3167A Victory Blvd SI3 C
230 Benziger Avenue SI2 B
196 Lexington Avenue SI2 B
629 Cary Avenue SI2 C
17 Continental Place SI2 B
212 Vanderbilt Avenue SI2 B
125 Corson Avenue SI2 C
4 Baltic Street SI2 A
17 Maple Parkway SI2 A
88 Holland Avenue SI2 C
24 Stanley Avenue SI2 A
416 Castleton Avenue SI2 C
70 Housman Avenue SI2 A
42 Shaughnessy Lane SI2 A
85 Sweetbrook Road SI2 A
273 Port Richmond Avenue SI2 C
40 South Avenue SI2 F
22 Fancher Place SI2 C
86 State Street SI2 A
276 Foster Road SI2 A
165 Nicholas Avenue SI2 D
112 Osgood Avenue SI2 D
776 Van Duzer Street SI2 A
235 Willow Road East SI2 B
24 Grove Street SI2 D
47 Dongan Street SI2 C
81 Russell Street SI2 D
253 Lockman Avenue SI2 C
64 Lexington Avenue SI2 D
19 De Groot Place SI2 A
120 Lockman Avenue SI2 D
40 Dongan Street SI2 C
71 Rockland Avenue SI2 A
3880 Amboy Road SI1 D
97 Steuben Street SI1 A
192 Charles Avenue SI1 C
122 Lockman Avenue SI1 A
21 Betty Court SI1 C
106 Elizabeth Street SI1 C
74 Winant Street SI1 C
226 Targee Street SI1 A
28 Barker Street SI1 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2024-01-02RPTT $350,000 — from WOOD, ALFRED R. MCKENZIE to 40 DONGAN ST. VENTURES LLC $350,000
2023-08-14Sold for $350,000 $350,000 $175,000

Ten-year activity

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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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The last 12 months — 9 records

DateRecord
2026-02-28311: SAFETY — SMOKE DETECTOR
2026-02-28311: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2026-02-28311: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2026-02-28Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2026-02-28Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2026-02-28Tenant complaint: SAFETY — SMOKE DETECTOR
2026-02-27311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2026-02-26311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2026-02-26Job filed: SUBDIVISION OF EXISTING (1) ZONING LOT TO (2) TAX LOTS.

The full timeline

2026
2026-02-28311: SAFETY — SMOKE DETECTOR
2026-02-28311: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2026-02-28311: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2026-02-28Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2026-02-28Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2026-02-28Tenant complaint: SAFETY — SMOKE DETECTOR
2026-02-27311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2026-02-26311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2026-02-26Job filed: SUBDIVISION OF EXISTING (1) ZONING LOT TO (2) TAX LOTS.
2024
2024-11-30311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-11-30Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-03-01ECB CLASS - 1 violation: WW/P. ECB ISSUED FOR RCA NOT CORRECTED. RCA ISSUED ON 9/6/23 BY BADGE #2815 NOTED : WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. NOTED: OBSERVED AT REAR$12,500
2024-01-02RPTT $350,000 — from WOOD, ALFRED R. MCKENZIE to 40 DONGAN ST. VENTURES LLC$350,000
2023
2023-09-12311: General Construction/Plumbing — Working Contrary To Stop Work Order
2023-09-12DOB complaint, category ?
2023-09-06DOB violation C: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. NOTED : OBSERVED AT REAR OF BUILDING HORIZONTAL EXTENSION IS BEING BUILT ,WITH PLYWOOD,AND WOOD STUDS,ALSO P
2023-08-31311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2023-08-31DOB complaint, category ?
2023-08-14Sold for $350,000$350,000
2022
2022-08-12311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2020
2020-09-06311: Illegal Fireworks — N/A
2019
2019-12-27Rodent inspection: Passed
2014
2014-08-26311: Harboring Bees/Wasps — Beekeeping - Honeybees
2013
2013-12-21311: Water System — Possible Water Main Break (Use Comments) (WA1)

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