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165 Sands Street

909Records
19City systems
11Open violations
0.4Penalty rate

909 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 352 311 service requests, 163 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 76 HPD complaints.

BoroughBrooklyn 11201
Built1902
Floors6.5
Res. units120
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)CHUNG HWA TENANT CORP.
BBL3000680107
BIN3000168

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 90% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 0.4. In ZIP 11201, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations11 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 6 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 2013-08-24.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).

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

What 311 hears from this address

120 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (50) · Noise (26) · Dirty Condition (7) · Water System (7) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (3) · Sewer (3).

Filed construction activity

$551,365 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (10 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

YesBuilt before 1974 (1902)
YesSix or more residential units (120)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)CHUNG HWA TENANTS CORP
Head officerAaron Edmiston
Managing agentBETHEL MANAGEMENT INC
Last registered2025-09-23

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$18,973,000 $8,537,850
2026$19,685,000 $8,858,250
2027$19,218,000 $8,648,100

The city's market estimate has risen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2021 estimate: gross income $3,800,654 a year ($42.68 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,374,042 ($15.43 per sq ft), net operating income $2,426,613. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Flood exposure

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

Hurricane evacuation zone 3 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 2022 (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.

Getting around

SubwayYork St — F · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
High St — A C · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Sands St / Gold St — B69 · 250 ft
Citi BikeBridge St & York St · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 307 Daniel Hale Williams. 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.

Report a problem to 311

165 Sands Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

120 311 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 BETHEL MANAGEMENT INC — 38 buildings, 873 units. Grades across the portfolio: A27 · B8 · D2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
374 Broadway MN163 A
165 Sands Street BK120 A
80 Elizabeth Street MN80 A
37-20 Prince Street QN72 A
172 Highland Avenue QN42 B
51 Canal Street MN41 A
1110 37 Street BK36 A
200 Bowery MN35 A
34 Mulberry Street MN27 A
134-46 Maple Avenue QN27 A
155 Henry Street MN24 A
28 Mott Street MN17 A
132-18 Avery Avenue QN15 A
180 Mulberry Street MN12 B
5708 7 Avenue BK12 B
35 Madison Street MN10 A
28 Mulberry Street MN10 A
1578 York Avenue MN10 B
27 Madison Street MN9 A
95 Franklin Street MN8 A
298 12 Street BK8 A
49 Hester Street MN8 B
1580 York Avenue MN8 A
76-18 Grand Central Pkwy QN8 A
141 Division Street MN7 A
112 South 2 Street BK7 A
214 East 111 Street MN7 D
437 13 Street BK6 A
10-38 47 Road QN6 B
28 Bay 50 Street BK6 A
437 13 Street BK6 A
182 Mulberry Street MN6 A
134-40 57 Road QN5 A
134-38 57 Road QN5 B
149 East Broadway MN4 D
66 Mott Street MN3 B
573 2 Avenue MN3 A
4050360055 — —

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $405,142 on 2022-11-16 (lender: New York Community Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-09-15RPTT&RET $384,000 — from REN, GUANG NAN to CHEN, RONNIE $384,000
2026-09-09Sold for $384,000 $384,000 $3,200
2026-08-24RPTT&RET $420,000 — from LAM, TIM; LAM, YIN CHING to COLLIGAN, SARAH $420,000
2026-08-12Sold for $420,000 $420,000 $3,500
2026-07-27RPTT&RET $415,000 — from BRABHAM, SPENCER to ZOU, JIANQING $415,000
2026-05-27Sold for $415,000 $415,000 $3,458
2025-11-20RPTT&RET $125,000 — from CHEN, XIANGYONG; CHEN, MING QI to CHEN, XIANGYONG $125,000
2025-11-19Sold for $125,000 $125,000 $1,042
2025-09-24RPTT&RET $325,000 — from KUNG, SHUE CHIN to BRABHAM, SPENCER $325,000
2025-09-22Sold for $325,000 $325,000 $2,708
2025-09-09RPTT&RET $280,000 — from WONG, CHUNSAO to YANG, CHANG BO $280,000
2025-08-25RPTT&RET $388,000 — from TSANG-LEE, JENNY; TSANG-CHOWDHURY, SHERRY to LIU, ARTHUR $388,000
2025-08-19Sold for $280,000 $280,000 $2,333
2025-08-12Sold for $388,000 $388,000 $3,233
2025-01-22RPTT&RET $280,000 — from NI, XIUYING to WANG, QIN LIN $280,000

Ten-year activity

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2017
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2022
2023
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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201732107426
201883046138105
2019073114456
202000244432
2021314813570
2022423813562
202304270637
202400446454
2025014714466
202620336546
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The full timeline

Construction 52Enforcement 135Housing & tenants 459Ownership & money 210Health & systems 53

Every one of the 909 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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