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4801 8 Avenue

390Records
14City systems
82Open violations
162Penalty rate

390 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 137 311 service requests, 90 HPD housing violations, 50 HPD complaints.

BoroughBrooklyn 11220
Built1934
Floors3
Res. units4
ClassS9
Owner (PLUTO)SING HO INC
BBL3007780010
BIN3012814

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GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 162. In ZIP 11220, 69% 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 violations82 total — 13 class C (immediately hazardous), 31 class B, 38 class A. Oldest open since 1988-12-06.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 4).

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

$6,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

61 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (22) · Water System (12) · Food Establishment (4) · Graffiti (3) · Water Conservation (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2).

Filed construction activity

$56,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (8 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 (1934)
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)SING HO INC
Head officerVAY V LAU
Managing agentSING HO INC
Last registered2024-08-21

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,056,000 $475,200
2026$1,126,000 $506,700
2027$1,275,000 $573,750

The city's market estimate has risen 21% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Kai Feng Fu Dumpling HouseChineseAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick)
4 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Protection, Food Contains Foreign Object, Food Preparation Location) · 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

SubwayFort Hamilton Pkwy — D · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 49 St / 8 Av — B11 · 300 ft
Citi Bike50 St & 7 Ave · 1,050 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 160 William T. Sampson
Middle: J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing. 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

4801 8 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

61 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,450,000 on 2016-10-04 (lender: Cathay Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2016-10-04AL&R $1,450,000 — from SING HO INC. to CATHAY BANK $1,450,000
2016-10-04Mortgage $1,450,000 — from SING HO INC. to CATHAY BANK $1,450,000
2000-08-04Mortgage $300,000 — from SING HO INC to FIRST AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL BANK $300,000
1994-03-17Mortgage $200,000 — from HA, BO GYU to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK $200,000
1989-04-03Mortgage $160,000 — from CHEUNG FAT TRADING INC to RICHMOND COUNTY SAVSBNK $160,000
1986-04-10Mortgage $60,000 — from SIDERATOS, NIKOLAOS; TSARNAS, PHILIP to ZAMPANO, DOMINICK; ZAMPANO, ODILE $60,000
1986-04-10Mortgage $100,000 — from TSARNAS, PHILIP; SIDERATOS, NIKOLAOS to GREEN POINT SAVS BNAK $100,000
1982-02-11Mortgage $17,000 — from ZAMPANO, DOMINICK; ZAMPANO, ODILE to FEINGOLD, ALLAN J.; FEINGOLD, RHONA B. $17,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20176190097
20184138043
2019264012
202004105
2021056011
202200202
2023215311
20240317222
20250014115
20260054155
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The full timeline

Construction 31Enforcement 37Housing & tenants 281Ownership & money 34Health & systems 7

Every one of the 390 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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