100 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 24 311 service requests, 22 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 11 ECB/OATH violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 79% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 3.3. In ZIP 11201, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
7 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (5) · Sidewalk Condition (2).
$220,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (1920) |
| No | Six or more residential units (3) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | 55 BERGEN ST LLC |
| Head officer | FRANK DEFALCO |
| Managing agent | TREZZA MGMT INC. |
| Last registered | 2025-09-03 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,220,000 | $999,000 |
| 2026 | $2,544,000 | $1,144,800 |
| 2027 | $2,982,000 | $1,341,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 34% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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.
| Subway | Bergen St — F G · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts — A C G · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Smith St / Bergen St — B57 B65 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | Bergen St & Smith St · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 261 Zipporiah Mills. 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.
55 Bergen Street
| 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
7 311 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.
Managed by TREZZA MGMT. — 26 buildings, 229 units. Grades across the portfolio: A25 · D1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 129 Boerum Place | BK | 46 | A |
| 29 Monroe Place | BK | 16 | A |
| 67 Bergen Street | BK | 13 | A |
| 148 Henry Street | BK | 12 | A |
| 57 Bergen Street | BK | 10 | A |
| 224 Pacific Street | BK | 10 | A |
| 35 Schermerhorn Street | BK | 10 | A |
| 150 Hicks Street | BK | 10 | A |
| 183 Congress Street | BK | 9 | A |
| 119 Montague Street | BK | 8 | A |
| 99 Bergen Street | BK | 8 | A |
| 63 Bergen Street | BK | 8 | A |
| 40 Sidney Place | BK | 8 | A |
| 256 Henry Street | BK | 7 | A |
| 20 Monroe Place | BK | 7 | A |
| 254 Henry Street | BK | 7 | A |
| 296 Henry Street | BK | 7 | A |
| 11 Willow Street | BK | 5 | A |
| 116 Pacific Street | BK | 5 | A |
| 258 Henry Street | BK | 4 | A |
| 179 Amity Street | BK | 4 | A |
| 25 Schermerhorn Street | BK | 4 | D |
| 2 Bedford Street | MN | 3 | A |
| 55 Bergen Street | BK | 3 | A |
| 129 Amity Street | BK | 3 | A |
| 314 Warren Street | BK | 2 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,000,000 on 2016-09-30 (lender: Investors Bank), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-30 | Mortgage $2,000,000 — from 65 BERGEN, LLC; BERGEN STREET HOLDING LLC to INVESTORS BANK | $2,000,000 | |
| 2016-09-30 | Agreement $14,000,000 — from BERGEN STREET HOLDING LLC; 65 BERGEN, LLC to INVESTORS BANK | $14,000,000 | |
| 2016-09-30 | AL&R $14,000,000 — from BERGEN STREET HOLDING LLC to INVESTORS BANK | $14,000,000 | |
| 2014-01-14 | AL&R $12,000,000 — from 61 BERGEN STREET LLC; 63 BERGEN LLC; 55 BERGEN STREET LLC; INVISIBLE DOG HOLDINGS LLC; 57 to JORALEMON ASSOCIATES LLC | $12,000,000 | |
| 2014-01-14 | Mortgage $12,000,000 — from INVISIBLE DOG HOLDINGS LLC; 65 BERGEN LLC; 63 BERGEN LLC; 57 BERGEN LLC; 55 BERGEN STREET to JORALEMON ASSOCIATES LLC | $12,000,000 | |
| 2014-01-14 | RPTT&RET $1,003,500 — from JORALEMON ASSOCIATES LLC to DEFALCO, FRANK | $1,003,500 | |
| 2000-10-25 | Mortgage $650,000 — from 55 BERGEN ST LLC to ZORBAS, GEORGE | $650,000 | |
| 1984-12-12 | Mortgage $93,000 — from ZORBAS, GEORGE to INDEPENDENCE SAVS BANK | $93,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Every one of the 100 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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