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228 Van Brunt Street

84Records
9City systems
0Open violations
0Penalty rate

84 recorded events, 1972–2025, from 9 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 35 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 30 311 service requests, 7 DOB permits.

BoroughBrooklyn 11231
Built1921
Floors3
Res. units2
ClassS2
Owner (PLUTO)228 VB LLC
BBL3005170022
BIN3008290

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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 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

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

6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Dirty Condition (2) · Sewer (1) · General Construction/Plumbing (1) · Litter Basket Request (1) · Illegal Parking (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 (1921)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
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).

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$949,000 $56,940
2026$1,201,000 $72,060
2027$1,579,000 $94,740

The city's market estimate has risen 66% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
SeaborneAmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

In the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary flood maps) — lenders typically require flood insurance here.

Hurricane evacuation zone 1 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

In the city's stormwater flood map only under the extreme-storm scenario (3.66 in/hr cloudburst with 2080 sea levels) — an Ida-scale event.

4 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2015 (1 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

SubwayCarroll St — F G · 0.7 mi straight-line (about an 18-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Van Brunt St / Commerce St — B61 · 100 ft
Citi BikeCommerce St & Van Brunt St · 50 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityShared bike route mapped within 75 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 015 Patrick F. Daly. 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

228 Van Brunt 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

6 311 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: $250,000 on 2014-04-24 (lender: Hora Funding LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2014-10-22Deed $1,300,000 — from VAN BRUNT ENTERPRISES, LLC to ALTOLOJO, LLC $1,300,000
2014-04-24Mortgage $250,000 — from VAN BRUNT ENTERPRISES LLC to HORA FUNDING LLC $250,000
2011-11-22Mortgage $100,000 — from VAN BRUNT ENTERPRISES LLC to POULAKAS, NICK $100,000
2008-01-02Mortgage $200,000 — from VAN BRUNT ENTERPRISES LLC to POULAKAS, NICK $200,000
2004-04-07Deed $600,000 — from MATRISCIANI, MONTY; STORM ENTERPRISES, INC. to BRUSSICH, STEVEN $600,000
2004-04-07Mortgage $375,000 — from BRUSSICH, STEVEN to THE NEW YORK MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC. $375,000
2004-04-07AL&R $375,000 — from BRUSSICH, STEVEN to THE NEW YORK MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC. $375,000
2003-09-20Mortgage $212,000 — from STORM ENTERPRISES, INC. to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB $212,000
1998-12-30Mortgage $140,000 — from STORM ENTERPRISES INC to GREENPOINT BANK $140,000
1993-05-12Mortgage $125,000 — from CASALE, BRUNO to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK $125,000
1983-10-11Mortgage $19,279 — from CANOSSA, GILDA to GUERCIO, MARY $19,279

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201701203
201801001
201901001
202003003
202101001
202211002
202301001
202412003
202514016
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The full timeline

Construction 8Enforcement 9Housing & tenants 30Ownership & money 36Health & systems 1

Every one of the 84 recorded events, 1972–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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