The owner filed 7 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
City debt & tax-lien sale
Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.
Housing court
No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
3
Open now
18
On record
2
Open Class C
0
Open Class B
1
Open Class A
Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 1998-07-075+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2013 ADM CODE REMOVE OR COVER IN A MANNER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE PEELING LEAD PAINT AND OR PLASTER NORTH WALL & CEILING & WEST WALL AT NORTHEAST ROOM 6 STY EAST APT NORTH SECTION PHILIP MILO 445 3804 SEBASTIAN 6 MONTHS ER1.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 1998-07-075+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2013 ADM CODE REMOVE OR COVER IN A MANNER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE PEELING LEAD PAINT SOUTH WALL AND CEILING SOUTH ROOM 6 STY EAST APT NORTH SECTION ER1.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-10-11
§ 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES, BOTTOM EDGE OF FRAME BETWEEN 48-62 INCHES ABOVE FLOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Status: Certification rejected by HPD
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 4 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 96 apartments.
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19
20
21
22
23
2018 — 5 units registered2023 — 4
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.
Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.
Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.
311 complaints from tenants
7
All time
0
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water3
Unsanitary Condition2
Water Leak2
Unsanitary ConditionMold2023-11-29 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2023-10-19 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2023-10-11 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
DOB building violations
7
Active
41
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
ACTIVE · AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE2021-03-03
FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2020-05-18
ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2018-04-06
VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2016 INSPECTION REPORT
Unpaid city fines
$1,250
Balance due (active)
2
Active violations
0
Lost by default
DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.
ElevatorsClass 12022-04-01$1,250 due
ElevatorsClass 12020-12-10$1,250 penalty
Concern level3 of 4
High
012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 48 apartments
027 active DOB violation(s)
How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.
Neighborhood crime
Much lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
35
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
3
≈ per month
Felony21
Misdemeanor7
Violation7
NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
WINSTON HOUSE OWNERS INC.
Head officer
JOSEPH AMBAT
Managing agent
DIRECT MANAGEMENT CORP.
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
This building and the landlord's others
This building
Neighborhood noise
Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
113
Noise reports · last 12 mo
9
≈ per month
70
% from neighbors
Residential79
Street/Sidewalk18
Unspecified11
Vehicle3
Commercial2
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.
Ownership & money
4
Recorded sales
9
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale1984-09-17 · no recorded price
Most recent mortgage2018-05-11 · $402,880.87
Mortgage2018-05-11$402,880.87
borrower WINSTON HOUSE OWNERS, INC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
Mortgage2012-02-16$66,557.29
borrower WINSTON HOUSE OWNERS, INC. · lender ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
Mortgage2004-07-23$615,126.15
borrower WINSTON HOUSE OWNERS, INC. · lender INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
Mortgage1997-12-01$210,940.71
borrower WINSTON HOUSE OWNERS, INC · lender M & T REAL ESTATE, INC
Mortgage1988-01-13$572,309.37
borrower WINSTON HOUSE OWNERSINC · lender EAST NEW YORK SAVINGS BK
From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.