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 618. 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
Open HPD violations
4 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-07-02.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
46 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 38 · winter 2024–25: 6 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
38
’23–24
6
’24–25
2
’25–26
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
What 311 hears from this address
89 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (22) · Blocked Driveway (21) · HEAT/HOT WATER (20) · PLUMBING (7) · Missed Collection (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2).
Filed construction activity
$10,000 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 (1899)
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)
40 SOUTH AVENUE VENTURES LLC
Head officer
GARY GRINBERG
Managing agent
SINY DEVELOPMENT LLC
Last registered
2025-08-05
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
$564,000
$33,840
2026
$690,000
$41,400
2027
$647,000
$38,820
The city's market estimate has risen
15% 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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since
2024 (1 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: South Av / Richmond Terr — S40 S48 S90 S98 +3 more · 350 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.
89 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 20 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.
HPD class B: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 10 SQ FT AT NORTH WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FRO
2026-06-17
HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FRO
311: Industrial Waste — Concrete In Catch Basin (IEA)
2026-04-01
311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2026-03-30
311: Noise - Residential — Loud Talking
2026-03-22
311: Noise - Residential — Banging/Pounding
2026-03-05
311: Noise - Residential — Banging/Pounding
2026-03-03
311: Obstruction — Trash or Recycling
2026-03-03
311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-01-30
311: Noise - Residential — Banging/Pounding
2026-01-29
311: Noise - Residential — Banging/Pounding
2026-01-16
311: Noise - Residential — Loud Talking
2026-01-10
311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2025-12-31
311: Noise - Residential — Banging/Pounding
2025-12-28
311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2025-12-28
HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS AND REPAIR ALL DEFECTS IN WASTELINE AT WASHBASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY,
2025-12-28
HPD 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 S
2025-12-27
311: PLUMBING — BATHTUB/SHOWER
2025-12-27
311: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2025-12-27
311: PLUMBING — TOILET
2025-12-27
311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-12-27
Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — TOILET
2025-12-27
Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-12-27
Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2025-12-27
Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BATHTUB/SHOWER
2025-12-15
311: Blocked Driveway — Partial Access
2025-12-15
311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2025-12-14
311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2025-12-14
311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2025-11-27
311: Noise - Residential — Banging/Pounding
2025-11-23
311: Noise - Residential — Banging/Pounding
2025-11-21
311: Noise - Residential — Banging/Pounding
2025-11-19
311: Noise - Residential — Banging/Pounding
The full timeline
2026
2026-06-17HPD class B: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 10 SQ FT AT NORTH WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FRO
2026-06-17HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FRO
2025-12-28HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS AND REPAIR ALL DEFECTS IN WASTELINE AT WASHBASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY,
2025-12-28HPD 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 S
2025-12-27311: PLUMBING — BATHTUB/SHOWER
2025-12-27311: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2025-12-27311: PLUMBING — TOILET
2025-12-27311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-12-27Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — TOILET
2025-12-27Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-07-10311: Sanitation Worker or Vehicle Complaint — Spilled Garbage
2025-07-02HPD class C: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 10 SQFT AT SOUTH AND WEST WALLS IN THE KIT
2025-07-02HPD class B: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 10 SQFT AT SOUTH AND WEST WALLS IN THE KIT
2025-07-02HPD class B: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 10 SQFT AT EAST WALL, SOUTH WALL AND WEST
2025-07-02HPD class C: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 10 SQFT AT EAST WALL, SOUTH WALL AND WEST
2025-06-16311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2025-06-16Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2025-06-11HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ROOM ENTRANCE DOOR IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY,
2025-01-21Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-01-16311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2025-01-16311: Blocked Driveway — Partial Access
2025-01-16311: Blocked Driveway — Partial Access
2025-01-07311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2024
2024-12-13Permit Plumbing — Permit Issued
2024-12-12311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-12-12Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-12-09311: Blocked Driveway — Partial Access
2024-11-07311: Water Quality — Clear Water With Other Particles (Use Comments) (QEZ)
2024-11-06Job filed: legalization of Plumbing work for Two Tankless Combi Unit in cellar, remove 2 bathrooms first and second floor ,relocate kitchens first and second flo$10,000
2024-09-16HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM S
2024-05-07ECB CLASS - 2 violation: AT TIME OF INSPECTION OF A 2 FAMILY DWELLING IN R3X DISTRICT, I OBSERVED A CHAIN-LINK FENCE INSTALLED AT FRONT YARD THAT HAS A 6 F$1,250
2024-04-24Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2024-04-15Job filed: Alteration
2024-04-12Job filed: Alteration
2024-03-31311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-03-31Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-03-26HPD litigation: Heat and Hot Water
2024-03-13HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF HOT WATER EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM OF130 DEGREES AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURE IN THE ENTIRE
2024-03-11Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2024-03-08311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-03-08Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-03-04311: Street Condition — Pothole
2024-02-28HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF HOT WATER EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM OF 130F. FOUND HOT WATER TO BE 145F . THERMOMETER #104
2024-02-27311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-02-27311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2024-02-27Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2024-02-27Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-02-17311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-02-17Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-02-14HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTME
2024-02-14HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF SCALDING HOT WATER EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE TEMPERATURE OF 130 DEGREES (F) AT
2024-02-08HPD litigation: Tenant Action
2024-02-07DOB complaint, category ?
2024-02-05HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM S
2024-02-05HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTME
2024-02-04311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-02-04Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-02-02311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-02-02Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-02-01311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-02-01Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-23City emergency repair (OMO): nyc hpd emergency operations division essential service work at apt 1: make all necessary repairs to bathtub suppl
2024-01-20311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-20311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2024-01-20Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-18311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-18Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-18HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM S
2024-01-18HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTME
2024-01-18HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF STANDING WATER (2 INCHES) THROUGHOUT CELLAR FLOOR AT CELLAR
2024-01-17311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-17Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-17HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT APT1, 1st STORY, 1st APAR
2024-01-17HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT APT1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FRO
2024-01-15311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-15Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-13311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-13311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-13Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-13Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-12311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-01-12Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-12-24HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF HOTWATER EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 130 DEGREES AT ALL HOTWATER FIXTURES I
2023-12-21311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-12-21Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-11-07Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2023-10-26RPTT — from 40 SOUTH AVENUE VENTURES, LLC to STEUBEN STREET VENTURES LLC
2023-10-20311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-10-20Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-01-31RPTT $360,000 — from DILLARD AS CO-EXECUTORS, HORACE; MASON AS CO-EXECUTORS, CARLOS; ESTATE OF WILLIAM MCKINLEY to 40 SOUTH AVENUE VENTURES LLC$360,000
2023-01-24DOB violation C: OBSERVED GC WORK IN PROGRESS W/O PERMIT. AT EXP#1, REMOVED THE FRONT PORCH AND STAIR STEPS AND A NEW PORCH WITH NEW CONCRETE STEP
2022
2022-12-05DOB complaint, category ?
2022-11-01311: General Construction/Plumbing — Fence - None/Inadequate
2022-11-01311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2022-11-01311: Asbestos — Asbestos Complaint (B1)
2022-11-01DOB complaint, category ?
2022-11-01DOB complaint, category ?
2022-10-06Sold for $360,000$360,000
2021
2021-03-10Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2021-01-25Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2019
2019-10-16Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-08-11Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason