2479 Fredrick Douglass Bl

296 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 60 311 service requests, 58 HPD complaints, 44 HPD housing violations.

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Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (1) · WATER LEAK (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1).

Filed construction activity

$5,200 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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

3 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. 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

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

What the city thinks it's worth

The city's market estimate has risen 15% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: J51

Building systems

Restaurants in this building

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

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

Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.

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

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

2479 Fredrick Douglass Bl Copy address

3 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by DWELLING PLACE PROPERTIES LLC — 31 buildings, 464 units. Grades across the portfolio: A9 · B17 · C2 · D2 · F1. See the whole portfolio

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $9,765,203 on 2012-01-31 (lender: The City Of New York), covering 6 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

Ten-year activity

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Year	Construction	Enforcement	Housing & tenants	Health & systems	Total
2017	0	0	6	1	7
2018	2	3	26	2	33
2019	0	0	11	3	14
2020	0	0	8	1	9
2021	0	1	22	1	24
2022	0	0	44	2	46
2023	0	1	8	5	14
2024	0	0	1	4	5
2025	0	0	7	5	12
2026	0	0	1	1	2

The full timeline

Every one of the 296 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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