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57 Remsen Street

543Records
17City systems
18Open violations
130.9Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11201 · Neighborhood: Brooklyn Heights
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543 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 170 311 service requests, 148 HPD complaints, 78 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11201
Built1900
Floors4
Res. units14
ClassD1
Owner (PLUTO)YUCO RLTY INC
BBL3002470001
BIN3002014, 3395712

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 86% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 130.9. In ZIP 11201, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

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A
B
C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations18 total — 7 class C (immediately hazardous), 6 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 2016-04-19.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

33 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 12 · winter 2024–25: 8 · winter 2025–26: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

12
’23–24
8
’24–25
6
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

63 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (16) · PAINT/PLASTER (9) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (6) · PLUMBING (5) · DOOR/WINDOW (5) · GENERAL (3).

Filed construction activity

$297,000 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 (1900)
YesSix or more residential units (14)
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)YUCO REALTY INC
Head officerCATHERINE YU
Managing agentYUCO MANAGEMENT, INC
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$3,103,000 $1,396,350
2026$2,894,000 $1,302,300
2027$3,101,000 $1,395,450

The city's market estimate has risen 0% 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

SubwayBorough Hall — 2 3 4 5 R · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial
Citi BikeMontague St & Hicks St · 150 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

57 Remsen 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

63 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 16 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 YUCO MANAGEMENT, INC. — 38 buildings, 552 units. Grades across the portfolio: A10 · B15 · C10 · D2 · F1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
1405 5 Avenue MN80 A
469 East 147 Street BX66 B
567 West 125 Street MN22 C
356 Bedford Avenue BK19 B
280 Milford Street BK19 C
33 Ten Eyck Street BK18 B
150 West 111 Street MN18 A
2058 Adam C Powell Blvd MN17 B
2427 Adam C Powell Blvd MN17 B
67 East 3 Street MN17 B
640 Mac Donough Street BK16 B
846 50 Street BK16 C
460 41 Street BK16 C
57 Remsen Street BK14 C
523 West 49 Street MN11 A
315 West 116 Street MN10 C
320 West 117 Street MN10 B
37 Maujer Street BK10 A
314 West 116 Street MN10 B
372 Manhattan Avenue MN10 A
388 Manhattan Avenue MN10 C
313 West 116 Street MN10 B
310 West 116 Street MN10 B
312 West 116 Street MN10 D
322 West 117 Street MN10 C
33 Remsen Street BK10 B
359 East 21 Street BK8 B
5013 4 Avenue BK8 C
221 Van Brunt Street BK8 A
4208 5 Avenue BK8 B
134 Montague Street BK7 A
614 Flatbush Avenue BK7 C
37 Ten Eyck Street BK6 B
230 54 Street BK6 A
233 56 Street BK6 A
392 Manhattan Avenue MN5 D
33 East 38 Street MN4 A
4112 5 Avenue BK3 F

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $478,989 on 2021-01-12 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA), covering 2 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
2021-01-12Mortgage $478,990 — from YUCO REALTY INC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA $478,990
2021-01-12Agreement $5,100,000 — from YUCO REALTY INC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA $5,100,000
2016-09-29Mortgage $1,152,040 — from YUCO REALTY, INC. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $1,152,040
2016-09-29Agreement $5,100,000 — from YUCO REALTY, INC. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $5,100,000
2016-09-29Agreement $5,100,000 — from YUCO REALTY, INC. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $5,100,000
2011-12-14Mortgage $653,366 — from YUCO REALTY, INC. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $653,366
2011-12-14Agreement $4,350,000 — from YUCO REALTY, INC. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $4,350,000
2006-03-14AL&R $4,000,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to YUCO REALTY, INC. $4,000,000
2006-03-14Agreement $4,000,000 — from YUCO REALTY, INC. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $4,000,000
2006-03-14Mortgage $1,134,554 — from YUCO REALTY, INC. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $1,134,554
2002-07-12Mortgage $999,752 — from YUCO REALTY INC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $999,752
1998-02-12Mortgage $610,982 — from YUCO REALTY INC to QUEENS COUNTY SAVINGS BANK $610,982
1988-10-11Mortgage $2,000,000 — from LEBOWITZ, NEIL to HOME FED SAVS BANK $2,000,000

Ten-year activity

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2021
2022
2023
94
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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017010001
2018023027
201902370544
202061400148
202112272234
202225291138
20230170412
202453840294
202523500156
202600130114
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The full timeline

Construction 26Enforcement 50Housing & tenants 413Ownership & money 33Health & systems 21

Every one of the 543 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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