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4018 5 Avenue

2,692Records
18City systems
12Open violations
415.6Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11232 · Neighborhood: Sunset Park (West)
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2,692 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 870 311 service requests, 814 HPD complaints, 746 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11232
Built1906
Floors4
Res. units28
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)5 SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS, LLC
BBL3007140044
BIN3324368, 3324369

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GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 415.6. In ZIP 11232, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and 8% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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B
C

Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations12 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 10 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2014-06-04.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

123 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 16 · winter 2024–25: 70 · winter 2025–26: 14). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

16
’23–24
70
’24–25
14
’25–26

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$9,375 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

211 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (60) · Illegal Parking (34) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (21) · Noise (17) · DOOR/WINDOW (14) · ELECTRIC (9).

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 (1906)
YesSix or more residential units (28)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. 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)5 SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC
Head officerFranklyn Hodge
Managing agentMasada LLC
Last registered2025-11-01

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,972,000 $887,400
2026$1,910,000 $859,500
2027$2,082,000 $936,900

The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
CastilloLatin AmericanAMice evidence
Judy'sCoffee/TeaAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 2 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Preparation Location, Rodents/Insects/Garbage), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

Subway45 St — R · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
36 St — D N R · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / 41 St — B63 · 100 ft
Citi Bike5 Ave & 41 St · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 024. 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

4018 5 Avenue

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

211 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 60 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by MASADA LLC — 11 buildings, 277 units. Grades across the portfolio: A1 · B6 · C2 · D2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
480 Audubon Avenue MN63 B
4710 7 Avenue BK37 B
4714 7 Avenue BK37 B
4018 5 Avenue BK28 D
307 East 109 Street MN24 B
305 East 109 Street MN24 B
434 61 Street BK16 D
4819 4 Avenue BK12 A
122 31 Street BK12 C
326 East 109 Street MN12 B
4815 4 Avenue BK12 C

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $8,970,408 on 2022-08-09 (lender: Customers Bank), covering 8 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2022-08-09AL&R $39,000,000 — from 5 SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC; 4 SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC; 61 COMMUNITY LLC; 31 SUNSET PARK H to CUSTOMERS BANK $39,000,000
2022-08-09Agreement $39,000,000 — from BORO PARK LLC; 61 COMMUNITY LLC; 31 SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC; 5 SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC; to CUSTOMERS BANK $39,000,000
2022-08-09Mortgage $8,970,408 — from 31 SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC; BORO PARK LLC; 61 COMMUNITY LLC; 4 SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC; to CUSTOMERS BANK $8,970,408
2015-10-07Agreement $26,000,000 — from 31 SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC; SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC; 4 SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A. $26,000,000
2015-10-07AL&R $26,000,000 — from 4 SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC; 31 SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC; SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A. $26,000,000
2015-10-07Mortgage $15,837,866 — from SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC; 4 SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC; 31 SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC to BANKUNITED, N.A. $15,837,866
2006-10-19Agreement $11,060,000 — from SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC; 5 SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC; 4 SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC; 31 SUNSE to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $11,060,000
2006-10-19Mortgage $6,597,997 — from 4 SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC; SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC; 5 SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS LLC; 31 SUNSE to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $6,597,997
2006-09-26RPTT&RET $3,400,000 — from ESTATE OF DAVID ELISHIS; HEINO, HARVEY; ELISHIS, BRENDA GAIL to 5 SUNSET PARK HOLDINGS, LLC $3,400,000
2000-08-10Mortgage $601,470 — from ELISHIS, DAVID to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVING & LOAN ASSOCIATIO $601,470
1989-04-20Mortgage $424,434 — from ELISHIS, DAVID to FIRST NATIONWIDE BANK $424,434
1987-02-09Mortgage $350,000 — from ELISHIS, DAVID to BAY RIDGE FEDL S&L ASSN $350,000

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20170770481
20185750181
2019118701189
2020116201164
2021336503371
2022417353185
2023615701164
2024742606439
20251530559
202616101375
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The full timeline

Construction 22Enforcement 65Housing & tenants 2,496Ownership & money 70Health & systems 39

Every one of the 2,692 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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