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49 Willow Street

249Records
15City systems
6Open violations
4.6Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11201 · Neighborhood: Brooklyn Heights
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249 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 80 311 service requests, 48 HPD complaints, 36 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.

BoroughBrooklyn 11201
Built1924
Floors5
Res. units52
ClassC1
Owner (PLUTO)49 WILLOW STREET LLC
BBL3002200003
BIN3001629

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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 75% 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 4.6. In ZIP 11201, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

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Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations6 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2019-01-30.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

20 service requests in the last three years. Most common: DOOR/WINDOW (5) · Street Condition (3) · Noise (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · Lead (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2).

Filed construction activity

$72,600 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1924)
YesSix or more residential units (52)
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)49 WILLOW STREET LLC
Head officerRUSSELL B HARKAVY
Managing agentBHL ASSOCIATES LLC
Last registered2025-09-12

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$4,974,000 $2,238,300
2026$5,753,000 $2,588,850
2027$5,603,000 $2,521,350

The city's market estimate has risen 13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

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

SubwayClark St — 2 3 · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
High St — A C · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Cadman Plaza West / Middagh St — B25 · 900 ft
Citi BikeColumbia Heights & Cranberry St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: The Emily Warren Roebling School. 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

49 Willow 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

20 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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 BHL ASSOCIATES LLC — 24 buildings, 292 units. Grades across the portfolio: A19 · B3 · C1 · D1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
49 Willow Street BK52 A
51 West 84 Street MN22 A
414 West 22 Street MN20 B
1729 2 Avenue MN16 A
42 West 83 Street MN15 A
353 Amsterdam Avenue MN13 A
56 West 84 Street MN12 B
58 West 84 Street MN12 A
311 East 14 Street MN12 A
147 Columbia Heights BK12 A
133 Henry Street BK10 A
112 West 71 Street MN10 A
54 West 84 Street MN10 A
40 West 85 Street MN10 A
316 West 81 Street MN10 A
42 West 85 Street MN10 A
29 West 76 Street MN10 A
60 West 84 Street MN6 A
62 West 84 Street MN6 A
154 Montague Street BK6 B
148 Montague Street BK6 A
129 Sullivan Street MN5 A
372 State Street BK4 D
38 West 85 Street MN3 C

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017002013
2018006028
201900261229
202000110213
20216080014
202200340135
20230440210
202421200427
2025007029
2026006028
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The full timeline

Construction 14Enforcement 15Housing & tenants 164Ownership & money 36Health & systems 20

Every one of the 249 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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