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88 Brooklyn Avenue

408Records
17City systems
118Open violations
22.7Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11216 · Neighborhood: Crown Heights (North)
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408 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 128 HPD housing violations, 107 311 service requests, 60 HPD complaints.

BoroughBrooklyn 11216
Built1905
Floors4
Res. units24
ClassC8
Owner (PLUTO)78 88 BKLYN AVE CORP H D F C
BBL3012080041
BIN3030112

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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 58% 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 22.7. In ZIP 11216, 38% of residential buildings hold an A and 19% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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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 violations118 total — 22 class C (immediately hazardous), 63 class B, 33 class A. Oldest open since 1977-03-31.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

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

16 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (6) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · GENERAL (1) · Sewer (1) · Lead (1) · Damaged Tree (1).

Filed construction activity

$74,350 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (9 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 (1905)
YesSix or more residential units (24)
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)78-88 BROOKLYN AVENUE/1378 PACIFIC STREET HDFC
Head officerMARSHA YARDE
Managing agentESRA MANAGEMENT LLC
Last registered2025-08-15

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,375,000 $618,750
2026$1,428,000 $642,600
2027$1,566,000 $704,700

The city's market estimate has risen 14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $401,456 a year ($19.61 per sq ft), operating expenses $183,224 ($8.95 per sq ft), net operating income $218,232. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2019 (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.

Getting around

SubwayKingston-Throop Avs — C · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Nostrand Av — A C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Brooklyn Av / Atlantic Av — B43 · 250 ft
Citi BikeBrooklyn Ave & Dean St · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityPainted bike lane mapped within 75 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 138 Brooklyn
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.

Report a problem to 311

88 Brooklyn 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

16 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by ESRA MANAGEMENT — 63 buildings, 1,261 units. Grades across the portfolio: A29 · B20 · C10 · D2 · F2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
3015 Riverdale Avenue BX121 B
128 West 138 Street MN60 A
270 Convent Avenue MN60 A
897 Empire Boulevard BK59 A
1212 Ocean Avenue BK48 A
161 East 88 Street MN42 A
353 West 141 Street MN40 A
421 Crown Street BK39 B
2025 Valentine Avenue BX36 B
450 West 147 Street MN32 B
501 West 156 Street MN32 B
273 West 136 Street MN32 A
526 West 158 Street MN30 A
2049 5 Avenue MN28 C
467 Lenox Avenue MN25 B
88 Brooklyn Avenue BK24 A
108 West 95 Street MN24 B
1384 Pacific Street BK23 C
1987 Amsterdam Avenue MN22 C
1723 Townsend Avenue BX21 B
1711 Townsend Avenue BX21 A
110 West 114 Street MN20 B
558 West 148 Street MN20 B
110 Cambridge Place BK20 B
454 West 152 Street MN20 B
116 Cambridge Place BK20 A
450 West 152 Street MN20 A
1608 Amsterdam Avenue MN18 A
357 West 115 Street MN18 A
289 Parkside Avenue BK16 A
283 Parkside Avenue BK16 B
107 West 105 Street MN15 A
371 West 120 Street MN15 A
364 West 121 Street MN15 A
981 Amsterdam Avenue MN14 A
753 St Nicholas Avenue MN12 A
7 West 131 Street MN12 A
271 West 150 Street MN11 C
303 West 149 Street MN10 A
8 St Nicholas Terrace MN10 B
59 Morningside Avenue MN10 A
829 Nostrand Avenue BK10 B
494 Manhattan Avenue MN9 B
2039 Adam C Powell Blvd MN9 A
831 Nostrand Avenue BK9 B
100 Ralph Avenue BK8 A
384 Manhattan Avenue MN8 B
523 West 150 Street MN8 B
503 West 150 Street MN8 A
219 Thomas S Boyland St BK8 C
222 West 136 Street MN7 C
307 West 107 Street MN7 A
302 West 122 Street MN6 A
741 St Nicholas Avenue MN6 A
241 West 137 Street MN5 D
61 Morningside Avenue MN5 C
203 West 122 Street MN5 B
738 St Nicholas Avenue MN4 C
136 West 118 Street MN3 D
160 West 128 Street MN2 C

showing 60 of 63 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2024-04-05RPTT&RET $275,000 — from MAPP, BEVERLY to KIESNOSKI, KENNETH $275,000
2024-02-09Sold for $275,000 $275,000 $11,458
2022-10-28RPTT&RET $450,000 — from 78-88 BROOKLYN AVE 1378-1384 PACIFIC ST to DUNNINGTON, BABBIE F; HARRIS, WILLIAM T $450,000
2022-09-28Sold for $450,000 $450,000 $18,750
2021-07-14RPTT&RET $389,000 — from TAYLOR, NONTRELL to BASS, CHLOE REBECCA $389,000
2021-07-07Sold for $389,000 $389,000 $16,208
2009-03-18RPTT&RET $40,000 — from JAMES MILEY, ADMINISTRATOR; ESTATE OF EARHART MILEY to BOONE, MARY $40,000

Ten-year activity

100500
2017
90
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017013026
201801870290
201905380245
202005300136
2021010262139
2022123302451
202303110519
20244072619
20250140611
202600190221
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The full timeline

Construction 16Enforcement 40Housing & tenants 309Ownership & money 11Health & systems 32

Every one of the 408 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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