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781 Franklin Avenue

198Records
14City systems
0Open violations
24Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11238 · Neighborhood: Crown Heights (North)
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198 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 57 311 service requests, 49 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 19 DOB job filings.

BoroughBrooklyn 11238
Built1931
Floors3
Res. units5
ClassS5
Owner (PLUTO)781 FRANKLIN AVENUE PROPERTY, LLC
BBL3012520010
BIN3032118

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 89% 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 24. In ZIP 11238, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and 10% 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

10 service requests in the last three years. Most common: New Tree Request (5) · Noise (4) · Dead/Dying Tree (1).

Filed construction activity

$146,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (10 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1931)
NoSix or more residential units (5)
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).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)781 FRANKLIN AVENUE PROPERTY LLC
Head officerALAN S ZELKOWITZ
Managing agentALAN S ZELKOWITZ
Last registered2026-04-02

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,252,000 $563,400
2026$1,393,000 $626,850
2027$1,666,000 $749,700

The city's market estimate has risen 33% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Barboncino PizzaPizzaNot yet gradedMice 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 · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Saint Johns Pl / Franklin Av — B45 · 100 ft
Citi BikeEastern Pkwy & Franklin Ave (NE Corner) · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 316 Elijah Stroud
Middle: Elijah Stroud Middle School. 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

781 Franklin 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

10 311 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: $1,736,275 on 2022-07-05 (lender: Popular Bank), covering 11 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
2022-07-05Mortgage $1,736,276 — from 764 FRANKLIN AVENUE PARTNERSHIP L.P.; 764A FRANKLIN AVENUE PARTNERSHIP L.P.; 673 STERLING to POPULAR BANK $1,736,276
2022-07-05Agreement $21,800,000 — from 764A FRANKLIN AVENUE PARTNERSHIP L.P.; 764 FRANKLIN AVENUE PARTNERSHIP L.P.; 766 FRANKLIN to POPULAR BANK $21,800,000
2022-07-05AL&R $21,800,000 — from 766 FRANKLIN AVENUE PARTNERSHIP L.P.; 673 STERLING PLACE PROPERTY, LLC; 617 SJ PLACE PROPE to POPULAR BANK $21,800,000
2016-12-23AL&R $21,200,000 — from 673 STERLING PLACE PROPERTY, LLC; 748 FRANKLIN AVENUE PROPERTY, LLC; 781 FRANKLIN AVENUE P to BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA $21,200,000
2016-12-23Agreement $21,200,000 — from 585 SAINT JOHNS PLACE PROPERTY LLC; 752 FRANKLIN AVENUE PROPERTY, LLC; 617 SJ PLACE PROPER to BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA $21,200,000
2016-12-23Mortgage $8,144,229 — from 673 STERLING PLACE PROPERTY, LLC; 752 FRANKLIN AVENUE PROPERTY, LLC; 748 FRANKLIN AVENUE P to BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA $8,144,229
2013-11-04Agreement $11,537,000 — from 752 FRANKLIN AVENUE PROPERTY, LLC; 617 SJ PLACE PROPERTY, LLC; 673 STERLING PLACE PROPERTY to INVESTORS BANK $11,537,000
2013-10-24AL&R $9,037,000 — from 748 FRANKLIN AVENUE PROPERTY, LLC; 764A FRANKLIN AVENUE PARTNERSHIP L.P.; 617 SJ PLACE PRO to INVESTORS BANK $9,037,000
2013-10-24Mortgage $2,005,927 — from 748 FRANKLIN AVENUE PROPERTY, LLC; 673 STERLING PLACE PROPERTY, LLC; 764A FRANKLIN AVENUE to INVESTORS BANK $2,005,927
2013-10-24Agreement $9,037,000 — from 617 SJ PLACE PROPERTY, LLC; 781 FRANKLIN AVENUE PROPERTY, LLC; 748 FRANKLIN AVENUE PROPERT to INVESTORS BANK $9,037,000
2011-03-22Agreement $1,110,000 — from 781 FRANKLIN AVENUE PROPERTY LLC to MODERN BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $1,110,000
2010-10-07AL&R $1,110,000 — from 781 FRANKLIN AVENUE PROPERTY, LLC to MODERN BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $1,110,000
2010-10-07Agreement $1,100,000 — from 781 FRANKLIN AVENUE PROPERTY, LLC to MODERN BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $1,100,000
2010-10-07Mortgage $68,459 — from 781 FRANKLIN AVENUE PROPERTY, LLC to MODERN BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $68,459
2007-12-13Mortgage $1,075,000 — from 781 FRANKLIN AVENUE PROPERTY LLC to NORTHEAST COMMUNITY BANK $1,075,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017014005
20186030110
20192090112
2020004015
2021008019
20220054211
20230050712
20240070310
2025005027
2026004026
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The full timeline

Construction 32Enforcement 17Housing & tenants 80Ownership & money 49Health & systems 20

Every one of the 198 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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