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647 5 Avenue

66Records
7City systems
0Open violations
0Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11215 · Neighborhood: Sunset Park (West)
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66 recorded events, 1972–2025, from 7 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 26 311 service requests, 12 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 8 DOB job filings.

BoroughBrooklyn 11215
Built1931
Floors2
Res. units2
ClassS2
Owner (PLUTO)647 5TH AVE LLC
BBL3008790005
BIN3017070

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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 11215, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% 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

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

3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Street Condition (1) · Outdoor Dining (1) · Food Poisoning (1).

Filed construction activity

$30,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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$1,842,000 $110,520
2026$2,332,000 $139,920
2027$2,875,000 $172,500

The city's market estimate has risen 56% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
I Love GuacamoleMexicanAMice 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) · 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

SubwayProspect Av — R · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / 18 St — B63 · 200 ft
Citi Bike17 St & 5 Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 295. 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

647 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

3 311 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: $138,271 on 2002-12-24 (lender: Greenpoint Mortgagefunding INC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2002-12-24Mortgage $138,271 — from 647 5TH AVE LLC to GREENPOINT MORTGAGEFUNDING INC $138,271
1994-08-05Mortgage $97,767 — from MORISI, JOHN PETER to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK $97,767
1990-10-17Mortgage $75,000 — from MORISI, JOHN PETER to BANCO CENTRAL OF NEWYOR $75,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20170101
20180000
20190202
20200808
20210303
20224408
20231236
20241102
20252147
20260000
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The full timeline

Construction 14Enforcement 7Housing & tenants 26Ownership & money 12Health & systems 7

Every one of the 66 recorded events, 1972–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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