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637 Vanderbilt Avenue

211Records
13City systems
0Open violations
1.3Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11238 · Neighborhood: Prospect Heights
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211 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 121 311 service requests, 27 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 12 rodent inspections.

BoroughBrooklyn 11238
Built1872
Floors3
Res. units2
ClassS2
Owner (PLUTO)115 KINGS HIGHWAY CORP.
BBL3011520006
BIN3028481

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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 77% 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 1.3. In ZIP 11238, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and 10% 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

27 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (10) · Noise (8) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (3) · Obstruction (3) · Food Establishment (1) · Lead (1).

Filed construction activity

$12,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1872)
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$2,995,000 $179,700
2026$3,292,000 $197,520
2027$3,229,000 $193,740

The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Maya TaqueriaMexicanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Letter Grading) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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

Subway7 Av — B Q · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Grand Army Plaza — 2 3 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Vanderbilt Av / Prospect Pl — B69 · 50 ft
Citi BikeProspect Pl & Vanderbilt Ave · 200 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.

Report a problem to 311

637 Vanderbilt 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

27 311 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: $2,000,000 on 2018-01-24 (lender: Emigrant Funding Corporation), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2018-01-24AL&R $2,000,000 — from 115 KINGS HIGHWAY CORP to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION $2,000,000
2018-01-24Mortgage $2,000,000 — from 115 KINGS HIGHWAY CORP to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION $2,000,000
2003-10-06Mortgage $372,000 — from 115 KINGS HIGHWAY CORP to HENNESSEY, WILLIAM J $372,000
2003-08-30DEEDO $620,000 — from DEETJEN, TELIO; DEETJEN, MIREILLE to 115 KINGS HIGHWAY CORP. $620,000
2001-10-25Mortgage $340,000 — from DEETJEN, MIREILLE to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK $340,000
2000-11-14Mortgage $262,500 — from DEETJEN, MIREILLE to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK $262,500
1998-12-14Mortgage $205,912 — from DEETJEN, MIREILLE to UNITED MORTGAGE CORP $205,912
1997-03-12Mortgage $212,100 — from DEETJEN, MIREILLE to UNITED MORTGAGE CORP $212,100
1997-01-09Mortgage $89,027 — from FONTAINE, ANDREA MARY to FINANCIAL FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK $89,027
1985-06-11Mortgage $84,000 — from CUNNINGHAM, MICHAEL; KALAN, GERLDINE; CUNNINGHAM, WENDY to FINANCIAL FED/S&L ASS'N $84,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20170081514
2018004217
2019003014
2020007018
20210090110
202200120113
20230190717
20240060511
202500100313
202610110113
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The full timeline

Construction 11Enforcement 21Housing & tenants 124Ownership & money 27Health & systems 28

Every one of the 211 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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