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5211 5 Avenue

420Records
13City systems
26Open violations
15Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11220 · Neighborhood: Sunset Park (Central)
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420 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 226 HPD housing violations, 85 311 service requests, 54 HPD complaints.

BoroughBrooklyn 11220
Built1905
Floors4
Res. units6
ClassS5
Owner (PLUTO)SALVO VINCENZO
BBL3008080005
BIN3013939

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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 53% 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 15. In ZIP 11220, 69% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work

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A
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 violations26 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 10 class B, 13 class A. Oldest open since 1991-11-13.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

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

15 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Blocked Driveway (8) · New Tree Request (1) · Curb Condition (1) · Water System (1) · Illegal Parking (1) · Dirty Condition (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 (1905)
YesSix or more residential units (6)
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)VINCENZO SALVO
Managing agentVINCENZO G SALVO
Last registered2025-08-24

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$990,000 $445,500
2026$815,000 $366,750
2027$978,000 $440,100

The city's market estimate has fallen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Royal King's PizzaPizzaAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 1 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 · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
59 St — N R · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / 53 St — B63 · 250 ft
Citi Bike53 St & 5 Ave · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 001 The Bergen. 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

5211 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

15 311 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: $270,000 on 2019-04-04 (lender: Flushing Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2019-04-04Mortgage $270,000 — from SALVO, VINCENZO to FLUSHING BANK $270,000
2019-04-04AL&R $270,000 — from SALVO, VINCENZO to FLUSHING BANK $270,000
2000-02-17Mortgage $50,000 — from SALVO, VINCENZO to DIMONDA, NICOLA; DIMONDA, ELISA $50,000

Ten-year activity

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13
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Housing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017120012
2018120113
20191315
20201012
20217018
20227029
20236028
20246028
2025100212
20263014
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The full timeline

Construction 3Enforcement 8Housing & tenants 380Ownership & money 16Health & systems 13

Every one of the 420 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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