295 recorded events, 1975–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 82 311 service requests, 66 HPD complaints, 42 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 87% 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 143.7. In ZIP 11216, 38% of residential buildings hold an A and 19% 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 | 7 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2023-06-27. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
8 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 6).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
23 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (7) · HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · PAINT/PLASTER (2) · PLUMBING (2) · GENERAL (2) · Curb Condition (2).
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) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (7) |
| 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) | DEAN TOWER LLC |
| Head officer | JOEL KLEIN |
| Managing agent | EQUITY MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2025-07-09 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $805,000 | $362,250 |
| 2026 | $946,000 | $425,700 |
| 2027 | $1,072,000 | $482,400 |
The city's market estimate has risen 33% 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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2025 (1 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 | Nostrand Av — A C · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Park Pl — S · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Bedford Av / Dean St — B49 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | Bedford Ave & Bergen St · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School Middle: The School of Integrated Learning. 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.
1147 Dean Street
| 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 |
23 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 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 EQUITY MANAGEMENT — 42 buildings, 256 units. Grades across the portfolio: A14 · B10 · C10 · D6 · F2. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $210,845 on 2020-01-27 (lender: Greystone Servicing Company LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-27 | Agreement $836,000 — from DEAN TOWER LLC to GREYSTONE SERVICING COMPANY LLC | $836,000 | |
| 2020-01-27 | Mortgage $210,846 — from DEAN TOWER LLC to GREYSTONE SERVICING COMPANY LLC | $210,846 | |
| 2015-01-16 | AL&R $700,000 — from DEAN TOWER LLC to THE SUFFOLK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK OF RIVE | $700,000 | |
| 2015-01-16 | Agreement $700,000 — from DEAN TOWER LLC to THE SUFFOLK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK OF RIVE | $700,000 | |
| 2015-01-16 | Mortgage $303,032 — from DEAN TOWER LLC to THE SUFFOLK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK OF RIVE | $303,032 | |
| 2009-06-15 | M&CON $430,000 — from DEAN TOWER LLC to MADISON NATIONAL BANK | $430,000 | |
| 2009-06-15 | AL&R $430,000 — from DEAN TOWER LLC to MADISON NATIONAL BANK | $430,000 | |
| 2008-07-11 | AL&R $375,000 — from 1147 DEAN LLC to KIMMEL, AS NOMINEE, JAY | $375,000 | |
| 2008-04-14 | Mortgage $375,000 — from 1147 DEAN LLC to KIMMEL, AS NOMINEE, JAY | $375,000 | |
| 1998-09-29 | Mortgage $126,000 — from COX, ANTOINE to DELTA FUNDING CORP. | $126,000 | |
| 1997-04-15 | Mortgage $92,500 — from COX, ANTOINE to ZIRMAK MORTGAGE INC | $92,500 | |
| 1997-01-30 | Mortgage $92,500 — from COX, ANTOINE to ZIRMAK MORTGAGE INC | $92,500 | |
| 1990-03-16 | Mortgage $25,000 — from RIB REALTY CORP to INDEPENDENCE ONE FINANCI | $25,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 2021 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 2022 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 2023 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 21 |
| 2024 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 39 |
| 2026 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
Every one of the 295 recorded events, 1975–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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