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837 Union Street

264Records
11City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11215 · Neighborhood: Park Slope
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264 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 130 311 service requests, 46 DOB violations, 30 DOB permits.

BoroughBrooklyn 11215
Built1920
Floors2
Res. units0
ClassK4
Owner (PLUTO)837-839 UNION STREET LLC
BBL3009540052
BIN3019876

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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

1 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Street Condition (1).

Filed construction activity

$198,512 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (10 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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,191,000 $985,950
2026$2,269,000 $1,021,050
2027$2,259,000 $1,016,550

The city's market estimate has risen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Shapeshifter LabAmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 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

Subway7 Av — B Q · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Grand Army Plaza — 2 3 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 7 Av / Union St — B67 B69 · 250 ft
Citi BikeBerkeley Pl & 7 Ave · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 282 Park Slope. 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

837 Union Street

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

1 311 service request 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: $2,100,000 on 2024-02-28 (lender: Velocity Commercial Capital, LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2024-02-28Mortgage $2,100,000 — from 837-839 UNION STREET, LLC to VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, LLC $2,100,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201701390141
201861130121
201924130120
2020021014
2021003014
2022302016
2023121014229
2024020215
2025001012
2026000112
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The full timeline

Construction 49Enforcement 61Housing & tenants 130Ownership & money 12Health & systems 12

Every one of the 264 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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