1,658 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 708 311 service requests, 631 HPD complaints, 112 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 81% 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 89.2. 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 | 1 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2026-04-25. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
39 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (17) · Graffiti (6) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4) · PLUMBING (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · GENERAL (1).
$63,200 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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 (1905) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (10) |
| 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) | LOWREN MANAGEMENT |
| Head officer | BEVERLY M MCCALLA |
| Managing agent | LOWREN MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2025-07-16 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,389,000 | $625,050 |
| 2026 | $1,442,000 | $648,900 |
| 2027 | $1,433,000 | $644,850 |
The city's market estimate has risen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Banhmi Cafe | Asian/Asian Fusion | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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 2018 (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 | Nostrand Av — 3 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none President St-Medgar Evers College — 2 5 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Nostrand Av / Prospect Pl — B44 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | Prospect Pl & Nostrand Ave · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| 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.
691 Nostrand Avenue
| 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
39 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $600,000 on 2020-07-13 (lender: Hab Bank and Habib American Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-13 | Mortgage $600,000 — from LOWREN MANAGEMENT CORP. to HAB BANK; HABIB AMERICAN BANK | $600,000 | |
| 2020-07-13 | AL&R $2,100,000 — from LOWREN MANAGEMENT CORP. to HAB BANK; HABIB AMERICAN BANK | $2,100,000 | |
| 2020-07-13 | Agreement $2,100,000 — from LOWREN MANAGEMENT CORP. to HAB BANK; HABIB AMERICAN BANK | $2,100,000 | |
| 2018-03-16 | AL&R $1,500,000 — from LOWREN MANAGEMENT CORP to QUICK BORROW, INC | $1,500,000 | |
| 2018-03-12 | Mortgage $1,500,000 — from LOWREN MANAGEMENT CORP to QUICK BORROW, INC | $1,500,000 | |
| 2004-10-14 | Mortgage $161,388 — from LOWREN MANAGEMENT CORP. to MACARTHUR CAPITAL, LLC | $161,388 | |
| 2004-10-14 | Agreement $300,000 — from LOWREN MANAGEMENT CORP. to MACARTHUR CAPITAL, LLC | $300,000 | |
| 1997-07-01 | Mortgage $185,000 — from LOWREN MANAGEMENT CORP to DIRECT FUNDING INC; ALLEGIANCE FUDNIG INC | $185,000 | |
| 1989-08-08 | Mortgage $52,000 — from LOWREN MANAGEMENT CORP to BELL, TREVOR I | $52,000 | |
| 1989-08-08 | Mortgage $130,000 — from LOWREN MANAGEMENT CORP to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK | $130,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 203 | 1 | 3 | 209 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 3 | 6 | 62 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 6 | 72 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 54 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 6 | 49 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 8 | 80 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 23 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 33 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 39 |
Every one of the 1,658 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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