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21 Smith Street

51Records
8City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate

51 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 8 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 23 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 9 311 service requests, 7 DOB permits.

BoroughBrooklyn 11201
Built1920
Floors3
Res. units0
ClassK4
Owner (PLUTO)J & J ON SMITH LLC
BBL3001550004
BIN3000437

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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

5 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (1) · Bus Stop Shelter Complaint (1) · Street Sign (1) · Rodent (1) · Consumer Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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$826,000 $371,700
2026$865,000 $389,250
2027$881,000 $396,450

The city's market estimate has risen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Smith DeliAmericanA—

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 · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Hoyt St — 2 3 · 500 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Outbound only)
BusNearest boarding stop: Smith St / Livingston St — B61 B65 · 50 ft
Citi BikeState St & Smith St · 650 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityProtected bike path mapped within 75 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 038 The Pacific. 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

21 Smith Street

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

5 311 service requests 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: $686,000 on 2004-10-14 (lender: The Chinese American Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2007-04-25Agreement $620,900 — from J & J ON SMITH LLC to THE CHINESE AMERICAN BANK $620,900
2004-10-14Deed $980,000 — from CHOI, HWA SOOK; CHOI, BOO KWANG to J & J ON SMITH LLC $980,000
2004-10-14Mortgage $686,000 — from J & J ON SMITH LLC to THE CHINESE AMERICAN BANK $686,000
2004-10-14AL&R $686,000 — from THE CHINESE AMERICAN BANK to J & J ON SMITH LLC $686,000
2004-07-03Agreement $218,350 — from CHAN, KAREN K; CHAN, ERIC L to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK $218,350
2003-09-06Mortgage $50,000 — from CHOI, HWA SOOK; CHOI, BOO KWANG to GREAT EASTERN BANK $50,000
2002-04-10Mortgage $466,000 — from CHOI, BOO KWANG; CHOI, HWA SOOK to GREAT EASTERN BANK $466,000

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20170000
20180000
20191102
20200000
20210101
20220101
20230000
20240426
20250022
20260112
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The full timeline

Construction 11Enforcement 3Housing & tenants 9Ownership & money 23Health & systems 5

Every one of the 51 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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