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440 5 Avenue

76Records
11City systems
0Open violations
0Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11215 · Neighborhood: Park Slope
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76 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 40 311 service requests, 8 boiler inspections, 7 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.

BoroughBrooklyn 11215
Built1925
Floors3
Res. units2
ClassS2
Owner (PLUTO)440 MICHAEL E CORP
BBL3010040044
BIN3022098

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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

8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (2) · Homeless Person Assistance (2) · Curb Condition (2) · Illegal Parking (1) · Panhandling (1).

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 (1925)
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$4,316,000 $258,960
2026$3,753,000 $225,180
2027$3,474,000 $208,440

The city's market estimate has fallen 20% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Smith's TavernIrishAMice 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

Subway4 Av-9 St — F G R · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 9 St / 5 Av — B61 · 100 ft
Citi Bike10 St & 5 Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityShared bike route mapped within 75 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 039 Henry Bristow. 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

440 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

8 311 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: $250,000 on 1993-09-27 (lender: Gateway State Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1993-09-27Mortgage $250,000 — from 440 MICHAEL E CORP; BRADY, MICHAEL E to GATEWAY STATE BANK $250,000

Ten-year activity

1050
2017
2018
7
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20170000
20180022
20190617
20200213
20210011
20220415
20231012
20240437
20250314
20260134
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The full timeline

Construction 5Enforcement 10Housing & tenants 40Ownership & money 7Health & systems 14

Every one of the 76 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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