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1473 Bedford Avenue

215Records
13City systems
8Open violations
22.6Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11216 · Neighborhood: Crown Heights (North)
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215 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 91 311 service requests, 48 HPD complaints, 19 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11216
Built1931
Floors4
Res. units7
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)CALVERT ANDRE ROSS 2019 IRREVOCABLE TRUS T
BBL3012460012
BIN3031851

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

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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 violations8 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 1998-10-29.

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

22 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (5) · PAINT/PLASTER (5) · PLUMBING (3) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · Derelict Vehicles (1) · Noise (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 (1931)
YesSix or more residential units (7)
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)CALVERT A ROSS
Managing agentCalvert Ross
Last registered2024-09-12

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,542,000 $693,900
2026$1,234,000 $555,300
2027$1,243,000 $559,350

The city's market estimate has fallen 19% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
King's WokChineseAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

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

SubwayBotanic Garden — 2 3 4 5 S · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Bedford Av / Sterling Pl — B49 · 150 ft
Citi BikeSterling Pl & Bedford Ave · under 50 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

1473 Bedford 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

22 311 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: $43,974 on 1999-05-05 (lender: Greenpoint Mortgagecorporation). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1999-05-05Mortgage $43,974 — from ROSS, CALVERT to GREENPOINT MORTGAGECORPORATION $43,974
1988-02-16Mortgage $150,000 — from ROSS, CALVERT to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK $150,000
1988-02-16Mortgage $25,000 — from ROSS, CALVERT to MC LEOD, RUDOLPH; MC LEOD, ELIZE $25,000

Ten-year activity

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201802013
2019092112
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20210100111
2022070310
20231120417
2024080412
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The full timeline

Construction 6Enforcement 6Housing & tenants 165Ownership & money 16Health & systems 22

Every one of the 215 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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