1,427 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 455 HPD complaints, 449 HPD housing violations, 405 311 service requests.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% 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 501.9. 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 | 240 total — 43 class C (immediately hazardous), 147 class B, 50 class A. Oldest open since 2006-07-12. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
85 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 14 · winter 2025–26: 67). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
3 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
172 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (42) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (30) · Rodent (26) · PAINT/PLASTER (19) · WATER LEAK (10) · PLUMBING (7).
$375,400 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1925) |
| 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) | 495 STERLING PL HDFC |
| Head officer | WENDY MCCLINTON |
| Managing agent | BLACK VETERANS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE INC. |
| Last registered | 2025-07-07 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,385,000 | $623,250 |
| 2026 | $1,470,000 | $661,500 |
| 2027 | $1,563,000 | $703,350 |
The city's market estimate has risen 13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: CHARITABLE
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 2015 (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.
| Subway | Park Pl — S · 1,050 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum — 2 3 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Sterling Pl / Washington Av — B45 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | Sterling Pl & Classon Ave · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 316 Elijah Stroud Middle: Elijah Stroud 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.
495 Sterling 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 |
172 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 42 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 BLACK VETERANS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, INC. — 13 buildings, 124 units. Grades across the portfolio: A1 · B6 · C4 · D2. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 308 Throop Avenue | BK | 21 | C |
| 495 Sterling Place | BK | 20 | D |
| 360 East 193 Street | BX | 14 | B |
| 474 Quincy Street | BK | 14 | B |
| Duryea Place | BK | 10 | B |
| 317 Malcolm X Boulevard | BK | 8 | B |
| 213 Buffalo Avenue | BK | 6 | B |
| 837 Halsey Street | BK | 6 | A |
| 1078 Bedford Avenue | BK | 6 | C |
| 689 Halsey Street | BK | 6 | C |
| 453 Jefferson Avenue | BK | 6 | B |
| 9 Halsey Street | BK | 4 | D |
| 119 Decatur Street | BK | 3 | C |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,880,468 on 1993-01-08 (lender: Nys Homeless Hsg & Asst). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-01-08 | Mortgage $1,880,468 — from BLACK, VETERANS S; BLACK VETERANS FOR SOCIA to NYS HOMELESS HSG & ASST; NYS HOMELESS HSG & ASST | $1,880,468 | |
| 1993-01-08 | Mortgage $1,880,468 — from BLACK, VETERANS S; BLACK VETERANS FOR SOCIA to NYS HOMELESS HSG & ASST; NYS HOMELESS HSG & ASST | $1,880,468 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 104 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 70 |
| 2019 | 0 | 7 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 161 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 85 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 4 | 73 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 37 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 0 | 5 | 110 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 226 | 0 | 6 | 234 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 212 | 0 | 2 | 215 |
Every one of the 1,427 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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