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618 Grand Avenue

396Records
16City systems
51Open violations
184.4Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11238 · Neighborhood: Prospect Heights
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396 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 129 311 service requests, 110 HPD housing violations, 85 HPD complaints.

BoroughBrooklyn 11238
Built1931
Floors4
Res. units8
ClassC1
Owner (PLUTO)CROWN PROSPECT ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNE RSHIP
BBL3011540018
BIN3028593

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 90% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 184.4. In ZIP 11238, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and 10% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations51 total — 6 class C (immediately hazardous), 36 class B, 9 class A. Oldest open since 2021-10-04.

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Patterns

2 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: Noise (10) · Illegal Parking (7) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4) · Residential Disposal Complaint (1) · Rodent (1) · Illegal Fireworks (1).

Filed construction activity

$15,000 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 (1931)
YesSix or more residential units (8)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. 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)CROWN PROSPECT HOUSES HDFc
Head officerAlbert Bass
Managing agentMHR MANAGEMENT
Last registered2025-10-16

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,757,000 $1,240,650
2026$2,493,000 $1,121,850
2027$2,991,000 $1,345,950

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

Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

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

SubwayPark Pl — S · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum — 2 3 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Washington Av / Prospect Pl — B45 · 200 ft
Citi BikeGrand Ave & Bergen St · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: Public School 9 The Sarah Smith Garnet School
Middle: Ebbets Field Middle 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

618 Grand Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

27 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 of them about heat or hot water.

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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by MHR MANAGEMENT — 30 buildings, 478 units. Grades across the portfolio: A4 · B4 · C14 · D5 · F3. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
1470 St Johns Place BK45 C
999 Liberty Avenue BK41 B
2331 Andrews Avenue North BX41 C
2120 Crotona Avenue BX35 F
Pacific Street BK32 A
1480 St Johns Place BK32 F
1473 Fulton Avenue BX20 C
253 Mother Gaston Blvd BK19 B
Atlantic Ave BK16 B
400 St Marks Avenue BK16 D
2354 Atlantic Avenue BK16 C
3038 Holland Avenue BX13 C
388 St Marks Avenue BK12 D
396 St Marks Avenue BK12 A
2150 Crotona Parkway BX11 D
671 Liberty Avenue BK10 B
720 Liberty Avenue BK10 A
620 Manida Street BX9 C
609 Grand Avenue BK9 C
550 St Johns Place BK8 C
412 St Marks Avenue BK8 C
554 St Johns Place BK8 F
410 St Marks Avenue BK8 A
406 St Marks Avenue BK8 C
459 St Marks Avenue BK8 C
618 Grand Avenue BK8 C
416 St Marks Avenue BK8 C
414 St Marks Avenue BK8 C
603 Grand Avenue BK5 D
613 Grand Avenue BK2 D

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $540,529 on 2010-07-21 (lender: City Of New York), covering 16 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
2010-07-21Agreement $7,438,163 — from CROWN PROSPECT ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNE to CITY OF NEW YORK $7,438,163
2010-07-21AL&R $780,691 — from CROWN PROSPECT ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNE to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP.; CITY OF NEW YORK $780,691
2010-07-21Mortgage $540,529 — from CROWN PROSPECT ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNE to CITY OF NEW YORK $540,529
2010-07-21Mortgage $240,162 — from CROWN PROSPECT ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNE to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR $240,162
2010-07-09RPTT&RET $8,283,873 — from NEW YORK EQUITY FUND 1989 LIMITED PARTNE to CROWN PROSPECT HOUSES HOUSING DEVELOPMEN $8,283,873

Ten-year activity

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2018
2019
2020
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2021
2022
2023
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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201700505
201800336
20190010212
2020009211
20210040242
20222232339
20230021324
20240014418
20250021425
20260038341
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The full timeline

Construction 12Enforcement 10Housing & tenants 334Ownership & money 14Health & systems 26

Every one of the 396 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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