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869 St Johns Place

1,186Records
14City systems
0Open violations
87.3Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11216 · Neighborhood: Crown Heights (North)
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1,186 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 429 311 service requests, 386 HPD complaints, 286 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11216
Built1904
Floors3
Res. units12
ClassC1
Owner (PLUTO)869 PROPERTIES LLC
BBL3012480058
BIN3031963

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GRADE B

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

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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

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

20 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 12 · winter 2025–26: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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12
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’25–26

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

100 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (39) · HEAT/HOT WATER (10) · Real Time Enforcement (9) · GENERAL (9) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (5) · Building/Use (4).

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 (1904)
YesSix or more residential units (12)
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)869 PROPERTIES LLC
Head officerJAY GOLD
Managing agent869 PROPERTIES LLC
Last registered2026-07-13

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$593,000 $266,850
2026$616,000 $277,200
2027$617,000 $277,650

The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

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 · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
President St-Medgar Evers College — 2 5 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Saint Johns Pl / Nostrand Av — B45 · 250 ft
Citi BikeSterling Pl & New York Ave · 500 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

869 St Johns 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

100 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 10 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by 869 PROPERTIES LLC — 3 buildings, 38 units. Grades across the portfolio: B3. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
873 St Johns Place BK14 B
875 St Johns Place BK12 B
869 St Johns Place BK12 B

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $200,000 on 2006-07-18 (lender: North Fork Bank), covering 3 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2016-11-23AL&R $3,800,000 — from 869 PROPERTIES LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $3,800,000
2016-11-23Agreement $3,800,000 — from 869 PROPERTIES LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $3,800,000
2016-11-23Mortgage $2,271,814 — from 869 PROPERTIES LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $2,271,814
2010-11-05Agreement $1,527,117 — from 869 PROPERTIES LLC to CAPITAL ONE, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER T $1,527,117
2010-11-05Agreement $189,412 — from 869 PROPERTIES LLC to CAPITAL ONE, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO $189,412
2006-07-18AL&R $200,000 — from NORTH FORK BANK to 869 PROPERTIES LLC $200,000
2006-07-18AL&R $1,550,000 — from NORTH FORK BANK to 869 PROPERTIES LLC $1,550,000
2006-07-18Mortgage $200,000 — from 869 PROPERTIES LLC to NORTH FORK BANK $200,000
2006-07-18Deed $2,190,296 — from 869 REALTY LLC to 869 PROPERTIES LLC $2,190,296
2006-07-18Mortgage $1,550,000 — from 869 PROPERTIES LLC to NORTH FORK BANK $1,550,000
1990-10-04Mortgage $81,000 — from 869 REALTY ASSOCIATES to CITY OF NEW YORK $81,000

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20170140014
20180200020
20190510051
20201780079
2021431813326
20222400042
20234380143
2024148602102
20251540156
202603014
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The full timeline

Construction 1Enforcement 31Housing & tenants 1,121Ownership & money 23Health & systems 10

Every one of the 1,186 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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