149 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 47 HPD housing violations, 30 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 16 rodent inspections.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% 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 53.3. In ZIP 11231, 56% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% 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 | 36 total — 11 class C (immediately hazardous), 17 class B, 8 class A. Oldest open since 1985-06-14. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
7 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Street Sweeping Complaint (2) · Illegal Dumping (2) · Real Time Enforcement (1) · Hazardous Materials (1) · Missed Collection (1).
$95,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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 (1925) |
| 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) | MVM HOLDINGS LLC |
| Head officer | GIUSEPPE MANNINO |
| Managing agent | GIUSEPPE MANNINO |
| Last registered | 2024-03-12 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $669,000 | $40,140 |
| 2026 | $847,000 | $50,820 |
| 2027 | $1,114,000 | $66,840 |
The city's market estimate has risen 67% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Black Flamingo | Coffee/Tea | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
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 | Smith-9 Sts — F G · 0.8 mi straight-line (about a 20-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Van Brunt St / Pioneer St — B61 · 50 ft |
| Citi Bike | Pioneer St & Van Brunt St · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| 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.
281 Van Brunt 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 |
7 311 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: $39,000 on 1993-05-14 (lender: Longobardi, Vincent), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-02 | Deed $25,000 — from MVM HOLDINGS LLC to 281 VANBRUNT LLC | $25,000 | |
| 2017-02-28 | Sold for $25,000 | $25,000 | $12,500 |
| 1993-05-14 | Mortgage $140,000 — from AMY REALTY CORP to BOMZER, HERBERT; ABRAMSON, EDWARD | $140,000 | |
| 1993-05-14 | Mortgage $39,000 — from AMY REALTY CORP to LONGOBARDI, VINCENT | $39,000 | |
| 1991-09-25 | Mortgage $95,000 — from VAN BRUNT OWNERS CORP to GALSTER MANAGEMENT CORP | $95,000 | |
| 1987-04-10 | Mortgage $80,000 — from VAN BRUNT ST EQUITIES IN to GALLO, ELIZABETH; GALLO, ANGELO | $80,000 | |
| 1987-04-10 | Mortgage $275,000 — from VAN BRUNT ST EQUITIES IN; GRILLO, GERALD; COTTONE, STEVEN to STERNKLAR, JACK; GALLANT, STANLEY | $275,000 | |
| 1985-03-07 | Mortgage $50,000 — from GALLO, ANGELO; GALLO, JOHN; GALLO, ELIZABETH; GALLO, ANGELO JR to COSTA, THOMAS F; COSTA, NINFA | $50,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Every one of the 149 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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