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5019 6 Avenue

1,036Records
16City systems
138Open violations
147.2Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11220 · Neighborhood: Sunset Park (Central)
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1,036 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 387 311 service requests, 322 HPD complaints, 221 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11220
Built1931
Floors4
Res. units18
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)GIANCARLO REAL EST/LTD
BBL3007930001
BIN3013338

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 87% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 147.2. In ZIP 11220, 69% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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B
C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations138 total — 48 class C (immediately hazardous), 41 class B, 49 class A. Oldest open since 2005-11-29.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

63 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 36 · winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 21). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

36
’23–24
2
’24–25
21
’25–26

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

$12,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

57 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (29) · Illegal Parking (5) · Graffiti (4) · Noise (4) · Panhandling (4) · Overgrown Tree/Branches (3).

Filed construction activity

$2,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1931)
YesSix or more residential units (18)
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)GIANCARLO REAL ESTATE LTD
Head officerALICE OHANA
Managing agentALICE OHANA
Last registered2025-12-17

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,366,000 $614,700
2026$1,137,000 $511,650
2027$1,150,000 $517,500

The city's market estimate has fallen 16% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Mai Thai KitchenThaiA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

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

Subway53 St — R · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 50 St / 6 Av — B11 · 200 ft
Citi Bike52 St & 6 Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 094 The Henry Longfellow
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

5019 6 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

57 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 29 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: $30,000 on 1999-03-16 (lender: Mazza, Dolores). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1999-03-16Mortgage $30,000 — from GIANCARLO REAL ESTATE LTD to MAZZA, DOLORES $30,000
1988-01-25Mortgage $125,000 — from GIANCARLO REAL EST.LTD to SANTANA, GEORGE $125,000
1987-07-17Mortgage $69,461 — from GIANCARLO REAL ESTATE LT to RICHMOND HILL SAVS BANK $69,461
1987-01-02Mortgage $315,000 — from SANTANA, GEORGE to BAILWAY CORP $315,000
1984-11-08Mortgage $45,000 — from SWIFT, JOHN B JR; SKOLDBERG, ERNEST V to COMMUNTIY NATIONAL BK $45,000

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
2017150152
2018058159
20190992101
2020026127
2021096096
2022273176
2023642250
2024237140
2025242246
2026127129
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The full timeline

Construction 18Enforcement 27Housing & tenants 949Ownership & money 29Health & systems 13

Every one of the 1,036 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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