A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 81% 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 5.3. In ZIP 10302, 86% of residential buildings hold an A and
4% 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
55 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (30) · Residential Disposal Complaint (14) · Noise (4) · Snow or Ice (3) · Asbestos (1) · Dirty Condition (1).
Filed construction activity
$503,005 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (7 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 (1925)
No
Six or more residential units (2)
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)
196 LEXINGTON AVENUE VENTURES LLC
Head officer
GAR GRINBERG
Managing agent
SINY DEVELOPMENT LLC
Last registered
2025-08-12
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
$598,000
$35,880
2026
$698,000
$41,880
2027
$773,000
$46,380
The city's market estimate has risen
29% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 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
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Decker Av / Barrett Av — S57 · 250 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.
55 311 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.
2025-01-03Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2024
2024-08-16Job filed: Plumbing work for the Conversion of the existing 1 Family to 2 Family and 2 story left side Extension$50,000
2024-07-26Permit Plumbing — Signed-off
2024-06-20Permit Construction Fence — Signed-off
2024-06-20Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2024-03-14Job filed: Plumbing work for the Conversion of the existing 1 Family to 2 Family and 2 story left side Extension$50,000
2024-02-27311: Dirty Condition — Dirt or Gravel
2024-02-12Permit Plumbing — Signed-off
2024-02-05DOB complaint, category ?
2023
2023-11-20311: Asbestos — Asbestos Complaint (B1)
2023-11-08Permit Construction Fence — Signed-off
2023-08-07Job filed: TEMPORARY CHAIN LINK FENCE$1,000
2023-07-25Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2023-02-13Job filed: BUILDERS PAVEMENT PLAN
2023-02-01Job filed: Plumbing work for the Conversion of the existing 1 Family to 2 Family and 2 story left side Extension$50,000
2023-01-31Job filed: Convert existing 1 Family to 2 Family and 2 story left side Extension$350,005
2023-01-31Job filed: 10' curb cut$1,000
2023-01-31Job filed: TEMPORARY CHAIN LINK FENCE$1,000
2022
2022-11-21HPD 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
2022-09-12RPTT $381,000 — from US BANK TRUST, NA, AS TRUSTEE to 196 LEXINGON AVE VENTURES LLC$381,000
2022-07-27Sold for $381,000$381,000
2020
2020-06-17RPTT — from FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION to U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LS