5,758 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 2,302 311 service requests, 2,038 HPD complaints, 1,077 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 86% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 157.3. In ZIP 10454, 54% of residential buildings hold an A and 11% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 129 total — 39 class C (immediately hazardous), 69 class B, 21 class A. Oldest open since 2004-07-22. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
173 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 58 · winter 2024–25: 66 · winter 2025–26: 40). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$400 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
351 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (107) · HEAT/HOT WATER (78) · PAINT/PLASTER (23) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (23) · PLUMBING (23) · WATER LEAK (18).
$74,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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 (1925) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (78) |
| 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) | BROOK SHARP REALTY LLC |
| Head officer | MARTIN KIRZNER |
| Managing agent | BEN SCHWADEL |
| Last registered | 2026-07-29 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9,402,000 | $4,230,900 |
| 2026 | $9,490,000 | $4,270,500 |
| 2027 | $11,363,000 | $5,113,350 |
The city's market estimate has risen 21% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Bites Restaurant | Not yet graded | — | |
| Texas Chicken & Burgers | Chicken | A | Mice evidence |
| Villa Tapia Restaurant | Latin American | A | Mice evidence · Closed by DOHMH on 2024-07-10 |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
3 restaurants · 2 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick), shared by 3 restaurants
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: No Permit or License), shared by 3 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 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2017 (0 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.
| Subway | Brook Av — 6 · 100 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 138 St / Brook Av — Bx33 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Brook Ave & E 138 St · 250 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.
235 Brook Avenue
| 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 |
351 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 78 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: $10,383,064 on 2022-10-04 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.), covering 7 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-04 | Mortgage $10,383,065 — from BROOK- SHARP REALTY LLC; MK BROOK LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $10,383,065 | |
| 2022-10-04 | Agreement $32,000,000 — from BROOK- SHARP REALTY LLC; MK BROOK LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $32,000,000 | |
| 2017-10-23 | Mortgage $8,673,811 — from BROOK-SHARP REALTY LLC; MK BROOK LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $8,673,811 | |
| 2017-10-23 | Agreement $24,000,000 — from BROOK-SHARP REALTY LLC; MK BROOK LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $24,000,000 | |
| 2017-10-23 | AL&R $24,000,000 — from BROOK-SHARP REALTY LLC; MK BROOK LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $24,000,000 | |
| 2013-09-17 | Mortgage $2,802,757 — from BROOK-SHARP REALTY LLC; MK BROOK LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNIITY BANK | $2,802,757 | |
| 2013-09-17 | Agreement $16,700,000 — from BROOK-SHARP REALTY LLC; MK BROOK LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNIITY BANK | $16,700,000 | |
| 2010-09-03 | Mortgage $3,453,355 — from BROOK-SHARP REALTY LLC; MK BROOK LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $3,453,355 | |
| 2010-09-03 | Agreement $14,600,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to MK BROOK LLC; BROOK-SHARP REALTY LLC | $14,600,000 | |
| 2005-11-14 | Agreement $12,000,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to MK BROOK LLC; BROOK-SHARP REALTY LLC | $12,000,000 | |
| 2005-11-14 | Mortgage $5,197,282 — from MK BROOK LLC; BROOK-SHARP REALTY LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $5,197,282 | |
| 2003-11-05 | Mortgage $200,000 — from BROOK-SHARP REALTY LLC; MK BROOK LLC to B & F BROOK LLC | $200,000 | |
| 2000-11-16 | Mortgage $6,479,116 — from GROSFELD REALTY COMPANY to BANK OF NEW YORK | $6,479,116 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 8 | 177 | 3 | 5 | 201 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 273 | 0 | 2 | 275 |
| 2019 | 0 | 6 | 473 | 0 | 2 | 481 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 | 1,374 | 0 | 2 | 1,381 |
| 2021 | 0 | 12 | 214 | 0 | 3 | 229 |
| 2022 | 0 | 7 | 412 | 5 | 5 | 429 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 299 | 0 | 10 | 312 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 384 | 0 | 6 | 394 |
| 2025 | 2 | 11 | 257 | 0 | 3 | 273 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 162 | 0 | 2 | 165 |
Every one of the 5,758 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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