598 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 373 311 service requests, 105 HPD housing violations, 40 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% 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 69.3. In ZIP 11217, 60% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 94 total — 9 class C (immediately hazardous), 59 class B, 26 class A. Oldest open since 1990-01-04. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
193 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (137) · Residential Disposal Complaint (8) · Illegal Parking (7) · Indoor Air Quality (7) · Food Establishment (6) · Real Time Enforcement (5).
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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1889) |
| No | Six or more residential units (3) |
| No | 421-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 owner(s) | ELZURA N PROPHETE |
| Last registered | 2025-10-10 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,952,000 | $1,328,400 |
| 2026 | $2,871,000 | $1,291,950 |
| 2027 | $3,295,000 | $1,482,750 |
The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poseidon | Seafood | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
6 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food, Kitchen/Food Prep Area) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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.
| Subway | Bergen St — 2 3 · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 7 Av — B Q · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Flatbush Av / Saint Marks Av — B67 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Prospect Pl & 6 Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: Public School 9 The Sarah Smith Garnet 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.
279 Flatbush Avenue
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
193 311 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.
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 21 |
| 2018 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2019 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 15 |
| 2020 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2021 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 64 |
| 2022 | 1 | 105 | 2 | 108 |
| 2023 | 6 | 33 | 4 | 43 |
| 2024 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 2025 | 1 | 102 | 4 | 107 |
| 2026 | 0 | 70 | 5 | 75 |
Every one of the 598 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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