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56 Willoughby Street

134Records
14City systems
5Open violations
—Penalty rate

134 recorded events, 1977–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 26 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 25 311 service requests, 22 DOB permits.

BoroughBrooklyn 11201
Built1920
Floors4
Res. units0
ClassK4
Owner (PLUTO)56 WILLOUGHBY LLC
BBL3001510028
BIN3000392

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations5 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2005-11-25.

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Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

What 311 hears from this address

1 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Missed Collection (1).

Filed construction activity

$240,273 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (9 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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,311,000 $589,950
2026$1,437,000 $646,650
2027$1,450,000 $652,500

The city's market estimate has risen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Silky KtchenChineseA—

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

SubwayJay St-MetroTech — A C F R · 100 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Hoyt St — 2 3 · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Outbound only)
BusNearest boarding stop: Jay St / Fulton St — B57 B62 B67 · 200 ft
Citi BikeLawrence St & Willoughby St · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 287 Bailey K. Ashford. 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

56 Willoughby Street

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

1 311 service request from this address in the last three years.

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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $20,750,000 on 2025-01-03 (lender: First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company), 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-05-02CMTG $9,000,000 — from 142 LAWRENCE LLC; 56 WILLOUGHBY LLC; 146-148 LAWRENCE LLC; 144 LAWRENCE LLC; 140 LAWRENCE to FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY $9,000,000
2025-01-03Mortgage $20,750,000 — from 56 WILLOUGHBY LLC; 140 LAWRENCE LLC; 136 LAWRENCE LLC; 54 WILLOUGHBY LLC; 146-148 LAWRENCE to FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY $20,750,000
2025-01-03AL&R $20,750,000 — from 54 WILLOUGHBY LLC; 146-148 LAWRENCE LLC; 136 LAWRENCE LLC; 140 LAWRENCE LLC; 56 WILLOUGHBY to FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY $20,750,000
2023-05-08Deed $6,300,000 — from 56 WILLOUGHBY A LLC; 56 WILLOUGHBY B LLC to 56 WILLOUGHBY LLC $6,300,000
2023-05-04Sold for $6,300,000 $6,300,000 $1,575,000
1988-06-02Mortgage $300,000 — from ROTTENSTEIN, BEN/AKA; ROTTENSTEIN, BENJAMIN; GOLOWA, AZRIEL to ATLANTIC LIBERTY SAVS FA $300,000
1985-11-15Mortgage $100,000 — from ROTTENSTEIN, LILLIAN; ROTTENSTEIN, BENJAMIN; GOLOWA, JUDITH; GOLOWA, AZRIEL to SILVER, ARTHUR $100,000
1984-10-30Mortgage $38,000 — from ROTTENSTEIN, BEN; GOLOWA, AZRIEL to LYNDALI REALTY CORP $38,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017003025
2018010012
2019001001
2020013004
202104150019
2022002002
202311222118
2024240017
2025001315
2026001001
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The full timeline

Construction 33Enforcement 21Housing & tenants 38Ownership & money 27Health & systems 15

Every one of the 134 recorded events, 1977–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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