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309 Hicks Street

84Records
10City systems
0Open violations
0Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11201 · Neighborhood: Brooklyn Heights
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84 recorded events, 1966–2025, from 10 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 32 311 service requests, 22 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 7 DOB job filings.

BoroughBrooklyn 11201
Built1899
Floors4
Res. units4
ClassC6
Owner (PLUTO)309 HICKS HOUSING CORP
BBL3002610004
BIN3002359

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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 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11201, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

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.

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 (3) · New Tree Request (1) · Noise (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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1899)
NoSix or more residential units (4)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)309 HICKS HOUSING CORPORATION
Head officerBONNY BARON
Managing agentSMOLIN & ALTAMURA LLP
Last registered2025-08-23

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,796,000 $808,200
2026$2,155,000 $969,750
2027$2,586,000 $1,163,700

The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2017 (0 in the last three years).

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 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial
BusNearest boarding stop: Atlantic Av / Henry St — B61 B63 · 550 ft
Citi BikeHenry St & Atlantic Ave · 500 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

309 Hicks 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

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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by SMOLIN & ALTAMURA LLP — 10 buildings, 95 units. Grades across the portfolio: A10. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
174 Pacific Street BK28 A
904 Union Street BK12 A
64 7 Avenue BK11 A
53 Montgomery Place BK10 A
326 West 22 Street MN8 A
938 President Street BK8 A
154 Clinton Street BK5 A
35 West 84 Street MN5 A
309 Hicks Street BK4 A
409 3 Street BK4 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $20,000 on 2002-04-03 (lender: Emigrant Funding Corporation). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2024-08-01RPTT&RET $1,700,000 — from COHN, MARIN; MCMAHON, RYAN to ANDERSON, MARIA; ANDERSON, SHAWN; ANDERSON, MAXINE $1,700,000
2024-07-26Sold for $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $425,000
2019-08-27RPTT&RET $1,475,000 — from TURNER, MICHAEL; TURNER, KAVERI ARORA to COHN, MARIN; MCMAHON, RYAN $1,475,000
2019-08-19Sold for $1,475,000 $1,475,000 $368,750
2014-08-08RPTT&RET $1,300,000 — from PINNISI, DAWN M; VARCADIPANE, JEFFREY W to ARORA, KAVERI; TURNER, MICHAEL $1,300,000
2011-08-24RPTT&RET $875,000 — from WEINSTOCK, EILEEN; WEINSTOCK, DAVID to VARCADIPANE, JEFF; PINNISI, DAWN $875,000
2005-04-13RPTT&RET $675,000 — from SIMPSON, WENDY to LOVERN, EILEEN; WEINSTOCK, DAVID $675,000
2005-03-01RPTT&RET $790,000 — from STONEBANKS, CORINA; CUILLERIER, IAN to GIBSON, KUMIKI $790,000
2002-04-03Mortgage $20,000 — from 309 HICKS HOUSING CORP to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION $20,000
1991-01-28Mortgage $11,000 — from 309 HICKS HOUSING CORP to SPANAKOS, GEORGE M $11,000
1984-08-28Mortgage $340,000 — from 309 HICKS REALTY CORP to INDEPENDENCE SAVGS BANK $340,000

Ten-year activity

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YearHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyTotal
2017707
2018000
2019224
2020000
2021505
2022224
2023707
2024527
2025123
2026000
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The full timeline

Construction 12Enforcement 4Housing & tenants 41Ownership & money 25Health & systems 2

Every one of the 84 recorded events, 1966–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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