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527 40 Street

1,279Records
17City systems
205Open violations
834.9Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11232 · Neighborhood: Sunset Park (Central)
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1,279 recorded events, 1977–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 485 HPD complaints, 444 311 service requests, 240 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11232
Built1935
Floors4
Res. units8
ClassC1
Owner (PLUTO)4013 5TH AVE REALTY CORP
BBL3009130061
BIN3017836

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GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 834.9. In ZIP 11232, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and 8% 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 violations205 total — 68 class C (immediately hazardous), 102 class B, 35 class A. Oldest open since 1989-02-03.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

54 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 7 · winter 2024–25: 9 · winter 2025–26: 27 · winter 2026–27: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

7
’23–24
9
’24–25
27
’25–26
2
’26–27

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

$2,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

260 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (106) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (43) · HEAT/HOT WATER (23) · PLUMBING (17) · PAINT/PLASTER (16) · WATER LEAK (10).

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 (1935)
YesSix or more residential units (8)
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)4013 5TH AVE
Head officerSAM BILAS
Managing agentSAM BILAS
Last registered2025-12-04

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,106,400 $497,880
2026$908,000 $408,600
2027$1,090,000 $490,500

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

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

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

Subway36 St — D N R · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / 39 St — B63 · 300 ft
Citi Bike5 Ave & 41 St · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 024. 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

527 40 Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

260 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 23 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: $490,000 on 2005-08-29 (lender: Flushing Savings Bank, FSB). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2005-08-29AL&R $490,000 — from FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB to 4013-5TH AVE. REALTY CORP. $490,000
2005-08-29Mortgage $490,000 — from 4013-5TH AVE. REALTY CORP. to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB $490,000
2002-06-21Mortgage $575,000 — from MPILARIKIS, ANNA; BILAS, SAM/AKA; MPILARIKIS, ISADOROS; BILARIKIS, ANNA; MPILARIKIS, ISIDO to STATHAKOS, BILL $575,000
1986-12-16Mortgage $90,000 — from 4013 5TH AVE RLTY CORP to SANTIAGO, MANUEL; SANTIAGO, JOSEPHINE $90,000
1985-07-18Mortgage $10,000 — from SANTIAGO, JOSEPHINE; SANTIAGO, MANUEL to HATTERSON, JAMES; HATTERSON, DAISY $10,000

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201709110
20180819
2019023124
2020036137
2021122124
2022123125
2023137139
202421085115
202521073112
202693436358
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The full timeline

Construction 3Enforcement 39Housing & tenants 1,191Ownership & money 25Health & systems 21

Every one of the 1,279 recorded events, 1977–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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