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705 59 Street

412Records
18City systems
1Open violations
15.9Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11220 · Neighborhood: Sunset Park (Central)
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412 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 130 311 service requests, 60 HPD housing violations, 45 HPD complaints.

BoroughBrooklyn 11220
Built1927
Floors5
Res. units34
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)HELEN LEUNG
BBL3008580001
BIN3016179

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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 57% 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 15.9. In ZIP 11220, 69% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work

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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 violations1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2025-12-24.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

18 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (4) · Real Time Enforcement (2) · Illegal Parking (2) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (1) · Graffiti (1) · Lead (1).

Filed construction activity

$583,070 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (22 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 (1927)
YesSix or more residential units (34)
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)HELEN LEUNG
Managing agentHELEN LEUNG
Last registered2026-07-29

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$3,664,000 $1,648,800
2026$3,910,000 $1,759,500
2027$3,904,000 $1,756,800

The city's market estimate has risen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Barley TimeBakery Products/DessertsBMice evidence
Choo For GoodChineseB—
HeyteaCoffee/TeaA—
Ten Seconds Western Yunnan Rice NoodlesChineseAMice evidence
Weng JiChineseNot yet graded—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contains Foreign Object), shared by 5 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.

5 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2015 (1 in the last three years).

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

Subway8 Av — N · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 60 St / 7 Av — B9 · 350 ft
Citi Bike57 St & 7 Ave · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 69 Vincent D. Grippo School
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

705 59 Street

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

18 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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: $405,000 on 2004-05-06 (lender: Emigrant Funding Corporation). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2004-05-06Mortgage $405,000 — from LEUNG, HELEN K to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION $405,000
2004-05-06AL&R $405,000 — from EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION to LEUNG, HELEN K $405,000
1983-11-28Mortgage $140,000 — from LEUNG, HELEN K to TSEVDOS, MICHAEL S $140,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20179134044
2018047112
20195012118
20200338243
20210213318
2022009312
2023038314
20245321433
2025616619
2026205411
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The full timeline

Construction 81Enforcement 32Housing & tenants 250Ownership & money 20Health & systems 29

Every one of the 412 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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