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508 Court Street

188Records
14City systems
15Open violations
5Penalty rate

188 recorded events, 1981–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 78 311 service requests, 25 HPD housing violations, 21 DOB violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11231
Built1931
Floors4
Res. units4
ClassS4
Owner (PLUTO)TAI TUNG TRADING CORP
BBL3003790029
BIN3005635

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 81% 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 5. In ZIP 11231, 56% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% 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

Open HPD violations15 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 8 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 1984-07-30.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

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

14 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Snow or Ice (3) · Illegal Parking (2) · Graffiti (2) · Panhandling (1) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Lead (1).

Filed construction activity

$9,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1931)
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)TAI TUNG TRADING
Head officerMENG LI
Managing agentMENG LI
Last registered2025-08-28

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,959,000 $1,331,550
2026$2,367,000 $1,065,150
2027$2,840,000 $1,278,000

The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Wing Hua 508ChineseAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

SubwaySmith-9 Sts — F G · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Court St / Nelson St — B57 · 100 ft
Citi BikeCourt St & Huntington St · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 058 The Carroll. 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

508 Court Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

14 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $475,000 on 2010-11-05 (lender: Flushing Savings Bank, FSB). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2010-11-05Mortgage $475,000 — from TAI TUNG TRADING CORP. to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB $475,000
2010-11-05AL&R $475,000 — from TAI TUNG TRADING CORP. to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB $475,000
1990-02-26Mortgage $200,000 — from TAI TUNG TRADING CORP to LUBIN, MELVIN; LUBIN, EDWARD J; GOLD, DAVID $200,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201700909
20180018018
2019005611
20200112114
20210011011
2022416112
202301427
202402406
20250111214
202600303
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The full timeline

Construction 15Enforcement 35Housing & tenants 116Ownership & money 10Health & systems 12

Every one of the 188 recorded events, 1981–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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