316 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 10 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 171 311 service requests, 42 DOB permits, 28 DOB job filings.
Full record, year by year Support this site
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
56 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (29) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (16) · Outdoor Dining (4) · Food Poisoning (4) · Water System (1) · Street Condition (1).
$75,000 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.
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,641,000 | $1,188,450 |
| 2026 | $3,143,000 | $1,414,350 |
| 2027 | $3,234,000 | $1,455,300 |
The city's market estimate has risen 22% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnie's Grill | American | B | Mice evidence |
| Calexico | Mexican | A | Mice evidence |
| Terrace | Mexican | A | — |
| Two Boots | Pizza | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
4 restaurants · 3 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
4 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (1 with three or more people sick), shared by 4 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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.
| Subway | Union St — R · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 4 Av-9 St — F G R · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 5 Av / Garfield Pl — B63 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Carroll St & 5 Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: The Maurice Sendak Community School. 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.
278 5 Avenue
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
56 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $25,033 on 2005-12-28 (lender: The Dime Savings Bank Of Williamsburgh). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-12-28 | AL&R $600,000 — from THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH to 280 5TH AVE. REALTY, LLC | $600,000 | |
| 2005-12-28 | Agreement $600,000 — from 280 5TH AVE. REALTY, LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $600,000 | |
| 2005-12-28 | Mortgage $25,034 — from 280 5TH AVE. REALTY, LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $25,034 | |
| 2005-11-03 | RPTT&RET $350,000 — from KOWALSKI, ANDREW to ROSENBERG, LYNNE | $350,000 | |
| 1999-12-03 | Mortgage $800,000 — from 280 5TH REALTY CORP to 280 5TH AVE CORP | $800,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 34 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 13 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 15 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 31 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 21 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
Every one of the 316 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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