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481 5 Avenue

439Records
16City systems
4Open violations
56.7Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11215 · Neighborhood: Park Slope
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439 recorded events, 1982–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 136 HPD complaints, 96 HPD housing violations, 89 311 service requests.

BoroughBrooklyn 11215
Built1921
Floors4
Res. units3
ClassS9
Owner (PLUTO)481 5TH AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC
BBL3010230008
BIN3022925

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GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% 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 56.7. 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

Open HPD violations4 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 1986-03-24.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

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: Illegal Parking (3) · Homeless Person Assistance (1) · Noise (1) · Abandoned Vehicle (1) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (1) · Illegal Dumping (1).

Filed construction activity

$22,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (1921)
NoSix or more residential units (3)
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).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)481 5TH AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC
Head officerANAHID HATZIGEORGIOU
Managing agentANAHID HATZIGEORGIOU
Last registered2025-11-01

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,623,200 $1,180,440
2026$3,148,000 $1,416,600
2027$3,778,000 $1,700,100

The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
The MonroEnglishA—

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

Subway4 Av-9 St — F G R · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / 11 St — B63 · 200 ft
Citi Bike10 St & 5 Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
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

481 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: $748,542 on 2017-01-13 (lender: Signature Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2017-01-13AL&R $2,200,000 — from 481 5TH AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $2,200,000
2017-01-13Agreement $2,200,000 — from 481 5TH AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $2,200,000
2017-01-13Mortgage $748,542 — from 481 5TH AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $748,542
2013-09-26AL&R $1,550,000 — from 481 5TH AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $1,550,000
2013-09-26Agreement $1,550,000 — from 481 5TH AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $1,550,000
2013-09-26Mortgage $88,804 — from 481 5TH AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $88,804
2007-10-10Agreement $1,600,000 — from 481 5TH AVENUE ASSOCIATES, LLC to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK $1,600,000
2007-10-10Mortgage $210,000 — from 481 5TH AVENUE ASSOCIATES, LLC to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK $210,000
2007-05-24Mortgage $1,390,000 — from 186 BAY RIDGE AVENUE, LLC.; 481 5TH AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC to TISSA FUNDING CORP. $1,390,000
2007-05-24AL&R $1,390,000 — from 481 5TH AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC; 186 BAY RIDGE AVENUE, LLC. to TISSA FUNDING CORP. $1,390,000
2007-05-17Deed $1,425,000 — from WEST PARK EQUITIES NY, LLC to 481 5TH AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC $1,425,000
2004-05-07Mortgage $106,565 — from WEST PARK EQUITIES, INC. to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $106,565
2004-05-07Agreement $225,000 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to WEST PARK EQUITIES INC. $225,000
2004-05-07AL&R $225,000 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to WEST PARK EQUITIES INC $225,000
1999-07-26Mortgage $150,000 — from WEST PARK EQUITIES INC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $150,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20170064212
2018003014
2019005027
202024100117
202110140116
2022403018
202300140418
2024004228
2025004026
20260070310
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The full timeline

Construction 30Enforcement 18Housing & tenants 339Ownership & money 31Health & systems 21

Every one of the 439 recorded events, 1982–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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