172 recorded events, 1993–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 106 311 service requests, 11 DOB violations, 11 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
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
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
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.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
32 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (18) · Water System (3) · Illegal Parking (2) · Street Condition (2) · Snow or Ice (1) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (1).
$337,125 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (6 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 (1931) |
| No | Six or more residential units (2) |
| 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) | ARTIE SMITH ST INC |
| Head officer | ANTONIO GONZALEZ |
| Managing agent | ANTONIO GONZALEZ |
| Last registered | 2025-08-20 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,411,000 | $204,660 |
| 2026 | $3,632,000 | $217,920 |
| 2027 | $3,642,000 | $218,520 |
The city's market estimate has risen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Forest Brooklyn | German | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Toilet Facility) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 4 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.
| Subway | Bergen St — F G · 100 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts — A C G · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Smith St / Warren St — B57 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Warren St & Smith 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.
181 Smith 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
32 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $456,607 on 2016-08-16 (lender: Ponce De Leon Federal Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-16 | AL&R $900,000 — from ARTIE SMITH STREET INC. to PONCE DE LEON FEDERAL BANK | $900,000 | |
| 2016-08-16 | Agreement $900,000 — from ARTIE SMITH STREET INC. to PONCE DE LEON FEDERAL BANK | $900,000 | |
| 2016-08-16 | Mortgage $456,607 — from ARTIE SMITH STREET INC. to PONCE DE LEON FEDERAL BANK | $456,607 | |
| 2012-03-15 | AL&R $499,000 — from ARTIE SMITH STREET INC. to PONCE DE LEON FEDERAL BANK | $499,000 | |
| 2012-03-15 | Agreement $499,000 — from ARTIE SMITH STREET INC. to PONCE DE LEON FEDERAL BANK | $499,000 | |
| 2012-03-15 | Mortgage $208,448 — from ARTIE SMITH STREET INC. to PONCE DE LEON FEDERAL BANK | $208,448 | |
| 2006-11-27 | Mortgage $150,000 — from GONZALEZ, ANTONIO to PONCE DE LEON FEDERAL BANK | $150,000 | |
| 2002-07-29 | Mortgage $360,000 — from GONZALEZ, ANTONIO to PONCE DE LEON FEDERAL BANK | $360,000 | |
| 1997-12-01 | Mortgage $140,000 — from GONZALEZ, ANTONIO to BROECK, ARTHUR TEN | $140,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2021 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 13 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 20 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Every one of the 172 recorded events, 1993–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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