601 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 229 311 service requests, 140 HPD complaints, 76 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 66% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 7.9. In ZIP 10009, 59% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 2 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2023-05-30. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
12 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 6 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
73 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (14) · Mobile Food Vendor (8) · Noise (7) · HEAT/HOT WATER (6) · Illegal Dumping (5) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4).
$168,162 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (8 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1900) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (22) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | 221 AVENUE A, LLC |
| Head officer | MARTIN BAUMRIND |
| Managing agent | LUCY BAUMRIND |
| Last registered | 2025-09-05 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,667,000 | $1,200,150 |
| 2026 | $3,323,000 | $1,495,350 |
| 2027 | $3,650,000 | $1,642,500 |
The city's market estimate has risen 37% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burrata Basil Pizza | Pizza | Grade Pending | Mice evidence |
| Crepes Le Bon | Not yet graded | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Pet/Animal), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 4 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.
| Subway | 1 Av — L · 100 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 14 St / Avenue A — M14A-SBS M14D-SBS · 100 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | Ave A & E 14 St · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: Elementary schools in this district are not zoned. 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.
221 Avenue A
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
73 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 6 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,355,000 on 2015-07-02 (lender: Astoria Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-02 | Mortgage $2,355,000 — from 221 AVENUE A, LLC to ASTORIA BANK | $2,355,000 | |
| 2007-11-21 | AL&R $9,000,000 — from 160 FIRST AVENUE, LLC; 329 EAST 14TH STREET, LLC; 207 EAST 5TH STREET, LLC; 221 AVENUE A, to BROOKLYN FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | $9,000,000 | |
| 2007-11-21 | Agreement $9,000,000 — from 207 EAST 5TH STREET, LLC; 160 FIRST AVENUE, LLC; 329 EAST 14TH STREET, LLC; 512 EAST 12TH to BROOKLYN FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | $9,000,000 | |
| 2007-11-21 | Mortgage $5,000,000 — from 329 EAST 14TH STREET, LLC; 221 AVENUE A, LLC; 160 FIRST AVENUE, LLC; 207 EAST 5TH STREET, to BROOKLYN FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | $5,000,000 | |
| 1986-11-21 | Mortgage $750,000 — from BAUMRIND, SEYMOUR; BAUMRIND, MARTIN to REPUBLIC NATIONL BANK/NY | $750,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 42 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 23 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 25 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 5 | 157 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 21 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 42 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 45 |
Every one of the 601 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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