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225 7 Avenue

158Records
14City systems
14Open violations
5Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11215 · Neighborhood: Park Slope
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158 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 86 311 service requests, 19 HPD housing violations, 16 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.

BoroughBrooklyn 11215
Built1960
Floors4
Res. units5
ClassC6
Owner (PLUTO)453 4TH ST OWNERS COR
BBL3010800001
BIN3025402

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 81% 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 5. In ZIP 11215, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

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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 violations14 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 6 class B, 7 class A. Oldest open since 1985-11-20.

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

23 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (7) · Graffiti (6) · Outdoor Dining (3) · Obstruction (1) · Noise (1) · Dirty Condition (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 (1960)
NoSix or more residential units (5)
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)453-4TH STREET OWNERS CORP
Head officerDONALD MINERVA
Managing agentBRIAN GAMORY
Last registered2025-08-15

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$4,749,000 $2,137,050
2026$3,799,000 $1,709,550
2027$3,938,000 $1,772,100

The city's market estimate has fallen 17% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Sotto VoceItalianAMice 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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2019 (0 in the last three years).

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 — F G · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
4 Av-9 St — F G R · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 13-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 7 Av / 3 St — B67 B69 · 150 ft
Citi Bike3 St & 7 Ave · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 321 William Penn. 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

225 7 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

23 311 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: $5,000 on 1999-11-03 (lender: Captron Headwear Corp). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2018-10-23RPTT&RET $909,000 — from SHWEDER, SYLVIA; SHWEDER, JEREMY to MINERVA, DONALD $909,000
2018-10-18Sold for $909,000 $909,000 $181,800
1999-11-03Mortgage $5,000 — from 453 4TH STREET OWNERS CORP to CAPTRON HEADWEAR CORP $5,000
1985-05-01Mortgage $125,000 — from 453 4TH ST OWNERS CORP to MINERVA, DONALD $125,000

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
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201803216
201906017
20200110112
202104015
20221130115
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20240130114
202514016
202605038
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The full timeline

Construction 7Enforcement 6Housing & tenants 115Ownership & money 17Health & systems 13

Every one of the 158 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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