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5920 8 Avenue

100Records
12City systems
0Open violations
0Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11220 · Neighborhood: Sunset Park (Central)
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100 recorded events, 1983–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 27 311 service requests, 17 DOB permits, 16 DOB job filings.

BoroughBrooklyn 11220
Built1931
Floors3
Res. units2
ClassS2
Owner (PLUTO)KWAI CHEUNG LEE
BBL3008660047
BIN3016426

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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 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11220, 69% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work

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C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

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: Noise (10) · Vendor Enforcement (2) · Obstruction (1) · Pet Sale (1) · Non (1).

Filed construction activity

$588,760 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
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).

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,131,000 $127,860
2026$2,096,000 $125,760
2027$2,756,000 $165,360

The city's market estimate has risen 29% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
IbakeryBakery Products/DessertsGrade PendingMice 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

Subway8 Av — N · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 60 St / 8 Av — B9 · 100 ft
Citi Bike7 Ave & 62 St · 950 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. 227 Edward B. Shallow. 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

5920 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

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: $235,000 on 1989-03-10 (lender: Costidis, Androniki and Costidis, George). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1989-03-10Mortgage $235,000 — from JI, JUN YAE; JI, HENRY LAE to COSTIDIS, ANDRONIKI; COSTIDIS, GEORGE $235,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017312006
20187232115
2019000011
2020000011
2021000011
2022000022
2023011035
2024000033
2025000011
202600150419
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The full timeline

Construction 33Enforcement 12Housing & tenants 27Ownership & money 11Health & systems 17

Every one of the 100 recorded events, 1983–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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