310 recorded events, 1975–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 161 311 service requests, 52 HPD complaints, 37 HPD housing violations.
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A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 325.5. 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
| Open HPD violations | 26 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 14 class A. Oldest open since 2025-03-30. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
78 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 5 · winter 2025–26: 32 · winter 2026–27: 9). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
121 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (38) · Noise (29) · Illegal Parking (10) · FLOORING/STAIRS (7) · General Construction/Plumbing (6) · Snow or Ice (3).
$94,000 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 (1900) |
| No | Six or more residential units (4) |
| 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) | NU Cobble Hill Holding Corporation |
| Head officer | Paula DeJohn |
| Managing agent | Paula DeJohn |
| Last registered | 2026-03-05 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,402,400 | $1,081,080 |
| 2026 | $2,883,000 | $1,297,350 |
| 2027 | $3,460,000 | $1,557,000 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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.
| Subway | Bergen St — F G · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Borough Hall — 2 3 4 5 R · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Court St / Amity St — B57 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Amity St & Court St · 150 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.
171 Court 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 |
121 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 38 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $275,000 on 1983-04-29 (lender: Cobble Hill Holdingcorp), 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-04-29 | Mortgage $275,000 — from NU-COBBLE HILL HLDGCORP to COBBLE HILL HOLDINGCORP | $275,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 53 |
| 2026 | 0 | 11 | 151 | 1 | 163 |
Every one of the 310 recorded events, 1975–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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