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924 Sterling Place

147Records
15City systems
10Open violations
0Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11216 · Neighborhood: Crown Heights (North)
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147 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 39 311 service requests, 33 HPD complaints, 26 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.

BoroughBrooklyn 11216
Built1897
Floors3
Res. units7
ClassC1
Owner (PLUTO)MCMANUS, JOHN O.
BBL3012480040
BIN3031947

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. 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 violations10 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 8 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 1999-06-22.

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

4 service requests in the last three years. Most common: New Tree Request (2) · Street Condition (1) · Derelict Vehicles (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 (1897)
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)ARTICLE 5.1 MELBA D. MEEKINS REVOCABLE LIVING TRUS
Head officerJOHN MACMANUS
Managing agentBROWNSTONE MANAGEMENT LLC
Last registered2025-07-09

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$963,000 $433,350
2026$1,075,000 $483,750
2027$1,289,000 $580,050

The city's market estimate has risen 34% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

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.

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

SubwayNostrand Av — 3 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
President St-Medgar Evers College — 2 5 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: New York Av / Sterling Pl — B44 · 250 ft
Citi BikeSterling Pl & New York Ave · 100 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.

Report a problem to 311

924 Sterling Place

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

4 311 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 BROWNSTONE MANAGEMENT LLC — 97 buildings, 821 units. Grades across the portfolio: A65 · B12 · C15 · D5. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
112 East 2 Street BK114 B
875 St Marks Avenue BK49 A
430 Clinton Avenue BK47 A
627 DeKalb Avenue BK35 A
412 8 Avenue BK32 B
6402 23 Avenue BK32 B
1325 Herkimer Street BK32 A
1 Rockwell Place BK25 A
101 East 2nd Street MN22 A
156 Sackett Street BK20 A
404 8 Avenue BK17 A
207 8 Avenue BK16 A
180 Sterling Place BK16 A
466 15 Street BK16 A
82 Green Street BK16 A
101 Prospect Park SW BK15 A
222 Parkville Avenue BK13 A
91 Diamond Street BK10 A
67 Cambridge Place BK9 B
23 East 69 Street MN9 A
658 Park Place BK9 A
351 South 3 Street BK9 A
136 St Marks Place BK9 A
265 20th Stret BK8 A
100 St Marks Place BK8 B
743 Union Street BK8 A
114 Remsen Street BK7 A
924 Sterling Place BK7 A
1570 Prospect Place BK7 A
8301 5 Avenue BK6 A
399 4 Avenue BK6 A
84 Saratoga Avenue BK6 A
116 Palmetto Street BK6 B
140 5 Avenue BK6 B
149 Bleecker Street BK6 B
401 4 Avenue BK6 A
888 Lorimer Street BK5 A
107 Prospect Park West BK5 A
932 President Street BK5 C
158 Union Street BK4 D
34 Tompkins Place BK4 A
182 13 Street BK4 A
239 Washington Avenue BK4 A
187 7 Avenue BK4 A
71 Pierrepont Street BK4 A
2208 Ditmas Avenue BK3 A
387 Sterling Place BK3 A
678 Sterling Place BK3 A
934 Pacific Street BK3 D
14 Cambridge Place BK3 A
76 North 6th Street BK3 A
69 Clarkson Avenue BK3 A
673 Bergen Street BK3 A
499 Willoughby Avenue BK3 A
334 East 35 Street BK3 D
112 Brooklyn Avenue BK3 C
1351 Bushwick Avenue BK3 A
1552 Pacific Street BK3 A
55-10 111 Street QN3 C
52 Ft Greene Place BK3 C

showing 60 of 97 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $400,000 on 2017-10-27 (lender: Peapack-Gladstone Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2021-03-01Agreement $268,958 — from MCMANUS, JOHN O; MELBA D MEEKINS REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST D to PEAPACK-GLADSTONE BANK $268,958
2021-03-01AL&R $268,958 — from MCMANUS, JOHN O; MELBA D MEEKINS REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST D to PEAPACK-GLADSTONE BANK $268,958
2017-10-27Mortgage $400,000 — from LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MELBA DOLORES; LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MELBA DELORES; LAST W to PEAPACK-GLADSTONE BANK $400,000
2017-10-27AL&R $400,000 — from JOHN O. MCMANUS, ESQ., AS PRELIMINARY EX; LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF DELORES MEEKI; LAST W to PEAPACK-GLADSTONE BANK $400,000
2004-04-22Mortgage $270,000 — from MEEKINS, MELBA D to NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION $270,000
2000-03-08Mortgage $200,000 — from MEEKINS, MELBA D to EQUICREDIT CORPORATION OF NY $200,000
1992-02-18Mortgage $54,000 — from MEEKINS, MELBA to LONGOBARDI, VINCENT; PERE, LISA $54,000
1992-02-14Mortgage $85,000 — from MEEKINS, MELBA D to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK $85,000
1988-09-23Mortgage $403,500 — from WHITE, HELEN E; TISHAH-STERLING LTD; TISHAH-YORKE LTD to BELDING HEMINWAY COINC $403,500

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017093113
201803115
201903003
202003216
202103418
202215017
202312025
202403025
202501034
202602024
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The full timeline

Construction 4Enforcement 10Housing & tenants 92Ownership & money 27Health & systems 14

Every one of the 147 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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