557 recorded events, 1978–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 281 311 service requests, 116 HPD complaints, 67 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 84% 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 116.9. In ZIP 11238, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and 10% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 2 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2026-07-24. |
| Active vacate order | 3 unit(s) under an unrescinded HPD vacate order |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
30 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6 · winter 2024–25: 14). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
106 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (61) · HEAT/HOT WATER (14) · Lead (4) · GENERAL (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4) · Derelict Vehicles (3).
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 (1931) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (20) |
| No | 421-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 owner(s) | CRESPA LLC |
| Head officer | EFSTAHIOS VALIOTIS |
| Managing agent | ALMA REALTY CORP |
| Last registered | 2026-07-17 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $768,000 | $345,600 |
| 2026 | $1,049,000 | $472,050 |
| 2027 | $1,473,000 | $662,850 |
The city's market estimate has risen 92% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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 | Park Pl — S · 150 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Botanic Garden — 2 3 4 5 S · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Franklin Av / Prospect Pl — B48 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | Franklin Ave & St Marks Ave · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary 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.
585 Prospect Place
| 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
106 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 14 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.
Managed by ALMA REALTY CORP — 155 buildings, 7,629 units. Grades across the portfolio: A38 · B64 · C45 · D7 · F1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 155 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,473,921 on 2018-08-02 (lender: Investors Bank), covering 3 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-02 | Agreement $4,470,000 — from CRESPA, LLC to INVESTORS BANK | $4,470,000 | |
| 2018-08-02 | AL&R $4,470,000 — from CRESPA, LLC to INVESTORS BANK | $4,470,000 | |
| 2018-08-02 | Mortgage $1,473,922 — from CRESPA, LLC to INVESTORS BANK | $1,473,922 | |
| 2013-07-11 | Mortgage $509,026 — from CRESPA, LLC to FIRST NATIONAL BANK | $509,026 | |
| 2013-07-11 | Agreement $3,355,000 — from CRESPA, LLC to FIRST NATIONAL BANK | $3,355,000 | |
| 2009-09-02 | M&CON $3,000,000 — from CRESPA, LLC to ALMA REALTY CORP. | $3,000,000 | |
| 2003-07-29 | DEEDO $2,475,000 — from PROSPECT PLAZA, INC. to CRESPA, LLC | $2,475,000 | |
| 1999-10-07 | Mortgage $1,325,000 — from PROSPECT PLAZA INC to WEINBERG AND ASSOCIATES, INC | $1,325,000 | |
| 1994-07-08 | Mortgage $125,200 — from GOTTEHRER, BARRY to NYC HPD | $125,200 | |
| 1987-09-09 | Mortgage $300,000 — from GOTTEHRER, BARRY to AMERIFEDERAL SAVS BANK | $300,000 | |
| 1986-04-11 | Mortgage $300,000 — from GOTTEHRER, BARRY to GETZ, SIGMUND | $300,000 | |
| 1983-11-28 | Mortgage $90,000 — from JOHN BLAIR PROPERTIES I to 117 JEFFERSON CORP; PROSPECT PLACE RLTYCORP | $90,000 | |
| 1983-11-28 | Mortgage $30,000 — from JOHN BLAIR PROPERTIES IN to MARKUS, LOUIS | $30,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 48 |
| 2019 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 2020 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| 2021 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 53 |
| 2022 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 44 |
| 2023 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 2 | 75 |
| 2024 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 44 |
| 2025 | 2 | 62 | 0 | 6 | 70 |
| 2026 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 58 |
Every one of the 557 recorded events, 1978–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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