Todt Hill, Staten Island: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Todt Hill, Staten Island, has 65 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 28, 2026. By grade: 32 A, 9 B, 14 C, 9 D and 1 F. The median building has 0.8 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 0.3 across Staten Island. 247 of its 10,867 residential units (2%) are rent-stabilized on the latest Department of Finance tax bills on file. The most common housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months were unsanitary condition (84), plumbing (70), and heat and hot water (64).

Todt Hill by the numbers

7,976 residential buildings (10,867 units) on record. 1,463 open HPD violations (145 class C, immediately hazardous). 267 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 48 executed evictions in 3 years, 21 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 8 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Todt Hill

Most open HPD violations per 10 units. Graded rental buildings with 6 or more units; co-ops, condos and NYCHA are left out. Only buildings with an HPD violation issued in the last 24 months or a 311 housing complaint in the last 12 are listed.

  1. 1969 Richmond Road: 52.5 open violations per 10 units (42 open, 8 units), grade D, owner: Individual owner
  2. 2401 Richmond Road: 40 open violations per 10 units (40 open, 10 units), grade D, owner: JOSEPH LA FORTE 2015 REVOCABLE TRUST
  3. 392 Flagg Place: 10 open violations per 10 units (8 open, 8 units), grade C, owner: Flagg Place Development LLC
  4. 849 Rockland Avenue: 8.3 open violations per 10 units (5 open, 6 units), grade B, owner: 849 Rockland Villas, Inc
  5. 179 Ardmore Avenue: 3 open violations per 10 units (3 open, 10 units), grade B, owner: 175 ARDMORE AVE LLC

Best five in Todt Hill

Rental buildings graded A or B with 6 or more units and a current HPD registration, ordered by the housing-code violations HPD issued per 10 units in the last 3 years, then 311 housing complaints per 10 units in the last 12 months, then class C (immediately hazardous) violations issued in 3 years, then the median days HPD took to close a violation in the last 12 months. Size is never a tie-breaker. Co-ops, condos and public housing (NYCHA) are left out. At least 5 years of record. Best buildings citywide.

  1. 1020 Willowbrook Road: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (20 units, built 1967), grade B, owner: ATLANTIC REALTY HOLDINGS LP
  2. 150 Brielle Avenue: 0.1 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.1 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (80 units, built 1999), grade A, owner: City program owner (HDFC)
  3. 2375 Richmond Road: 0.8 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (12 units, built 1965), grade A, owner: ENY SACKMAN ASSOCIATES, LLC
  4. 1235 Forest Hill Road: 0.9 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (22 units, built 2015), grade A
  5. 155 Friendship Lane: 1.5 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.6 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (81 units, built 2017), grade A, owner: SEAVIEW C DEVLOPMENT LLC (City program owner (HDFC))

Largest landlords in Todt Hill

By units in Todt Hill, among portfolios of 3 or more buildings and 50 or more units citywide. Names are as filed on HPD registrations. How totals are counted. Report an error.

  1. MATTHEW SCHWARTZ (head officer on HPD registrations): 104 units in 1 building
  2. MICHAEL KESSLER (head officer on HPD registrations): 81 units in 1 building
  3. MATTHEW JANECZKO (head officer on HPD registrations): 80 units in 1 building
  4. KEVIN SWETSKY (head officer on HPD registrations): 22 units in 1 building
  5. BARRY MARK (head officer on HPD registrations): 20 units in 1 building

Nearby neighborhoods

Sources: NYC HPD housing maintenance code violations, HPD property registrations and housing litigation, 311 service requests, DOB violations, NYC Marshals evictions, and HPD bedbug filings from NYC Open Data, plus rent-stabilized unit counts from NYC Department of Finance tax bills. How grades work.