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70 Housman Avenue · Staten Island · BBL 5011580085 · 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, AEP0.4
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. More recorded distress than 77% 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 1.3. In ZIP 10303, 87% 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

2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: ELECTRIC (1) · Missed Collection (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 (1910)
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)70 HOUSEMAN AVE VENTURES LLC
Head officerGARY GRINBERG
Managing agentSINY DEVELOPMENT LLC
Last registered2025-08-05

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$544,000 $32,640
2026$649,000 $38,940
2027$690,000 $41,400

The city's market estimate has risen 27% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Flood exposure

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

Hurricane evacuation zone 1 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 / Houseman Av — S40 · 600 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 022 Graniteville
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

70 Housman 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 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
2023-09-01RPTT $299,130 — from ROBERT A. FARRELL, JR, ESQ, AS REFEREE to 70 HOUSEMAN AVENUE VENTURES LLC $299,130
2023-03-29Sold for $299,130 $299,130 $149,565
2005-04-05RPTT $239,000 — from BEST HOME PROPERTIES INC to SANCHEZ, MANUEL CADIZ $239,000

Ten-year activity

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2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201703025
201801001
201900000
202000000
202111002
202200000
202300202
202402002
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202601001
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The last 12 months — 1 records

DateRecord
2026-05-20311: Missed Collection — Bulky Trash

The full timeline

2026
2026-05-20311: Missed Collection — Bulky Trash
2024
2024-05-06311: ELECTRIC — WIRING
2024-05-06Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — WIRING
2023
2023-09-01RPTT $299,130 — from ROBERT A. FARRELL, JR, ESQ, AS REFEREE to 70 HOUSEMAN AVENUE VENTURES LLC$299,130
2023-03-29Sold for $299,130$299,130
2021
2021-01-28311: General Construction/Plumbing — Adjacent Buildings Not Protected
2021-01-28DOB complaint, category ?
2018
2018-01-11311: Derelict Vehicles — Derelict Vehicles
2017
2017-12-12311: Derelict Vehicles — Derelict Vehicles
2017-08-28Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-08-09Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2017-08-02311: Rodent — Condition Attracting Rodents
2017-04-04311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2016
2016-09-11Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2016-08-15Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2012
2012-07-24City emergency repair (OMO): cellar; 1, remove all sewerage from the cellar. 2, repair the house main sewer drain at front of cellar. 3, cleanse and $150
2012-06-14HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADMIN. CODE: PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT WALLS AND CEILING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCAT
2012-06-14HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD MOLDING AT DOORS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY
2012-06-14HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRES ( NO SPARK ) AT NORTH WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED A
2012-06-13311: PLUMBING — SEWER
2012-06-13311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — DOORS
2012-06-13311: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-WIRING
2012-06-13311: HEATING — HEAT
2012-06-13311: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION — DOORS
2012-06-13311: HEATING — HEAT-PLANT
2012-06-13311: PAINT - PLASTER — CEILING
2012-06-13311: PAINT - PLASTER — CEILING
2012-06-13311: Boilers — Boiler - Defective/Inoperative/No Permit
2012-06-13Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT-PLANT
2012-06-13Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2012-06-13Tenant complaint: GENERAL — DOORS
2012-06-13Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — SEWER
2012-06-13Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — WIRING
2012-06-13Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2012-06-13Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2012-06-13Tenant complaint: GENERAL — DOORS
2012-06-13DOB complaint, category ?
2012-04-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2012-03-14Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2012-03-12311: Industrial Waste — Wastewater Into Catch Basin (IEB)
2012-03-12311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2010
2010-06-10311: Building/Use — Zoning - Non-Conforming/Illegal Vehicle Storage
2010-06-10DOB complaint, category ?
2005
2005-04-05RPTT $239,000 — from BEST HOME PROPERTIES INC to SANCHEZ, MANUEL CADIZ$239,000

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