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135 Kingston Avenue

101Records
10City systems
0Open violations
20Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11213 · Neighborhood: Crown Heights (North)
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101 recorded events, 1979–2026, from 10 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 48 311 service requests, 25 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 6 DOB violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11213
Built1909
Floors3
Res. units2
ClassS2
Owner (PLUTO)135 KINGSTON GROUP LLC
BBL3012230008
BIN3030808

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 87% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 20. In ZIP 11213, 61% of residential buildings hold an A and 11% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

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

18 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (11) · Illegal Dumping (5) · Street Condition (1) · Food Establishment (1).

Filed construction activity

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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1909)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,509,000 $90,540
2026$1,887,000 $113,220
2027$2,048,000 $122,880

The city's market estimate has risen 36% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Cas' West Indian & American RestaurantCaribbeanAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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

SubwayKingston-Throop Avs — C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Kingston Av — 3 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Bergen St / Kingston Av — B65 · 250 ft
Citi BikeBergen St & Kingston Ave · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 289 George V. Brower
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

135 Kingston Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

18 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $550,000 on 2019-10-29 (lender: Emigrant Funding Corporation). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2019-10-29Mortgage $550,000 — from 135 KINGSTON GROUP LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION $550,000
2019-10-29AL&R $550,000 — from 135 KINGSTON GROUP LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION $550,000
2016-08-23Agreement $500,000 — from 135 KINGSTON AVE LLC to VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, LLC $500,000
2016-08-23Mortgage $100,000 — from 135 KINGSTON AVE LLC to VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, LLC $100,000
2016-01-28Mortgage $400,000 — from CASTLE, MARION; CASTLE, HEZEKIAH to 399 BROADWAY HOLDINGS LLC $400,000
2016-01-28AL&R $400,000 — from CASTLE, HEZEKIAH; CASTLE, MARION to 399 BROADWAY HOLDINGS LLC $400,000
2004-03-08Mortgage $251,314 — from CASTLE, HEZEKIAH; CASTLE, MARION to SECURITY AMERICAN MORTGAGE CO $251,314
2001-05-18Mortgage $238,119 — from CASTLE, MARION E; CASTLE, HEZEKIAH A; ROBINSON, FITZROY A to WELLS FARGO HOMES MORTGAGE INC $238,119
2000-08-21Mortgage $93,000 — from KIMPSON, MARK to MADDOX, PRISCILLA $93,000

Ten-year activity

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YearHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20171102
20183014
20190527
20202103
20214004
20221001
20233014
20240022
2025110112
20267018
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The full timeline

Construction 7Enforcement 7Housing & tenants 51Ownership & money 27Health & systems 9

Every one of the 101 recorded events, 1979–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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