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250 Kingston Avenue

189Records
13City systems
0Open violations
5Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11213 · Neighborhood: Crown Heights (North)
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189 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 60 311 service requests, 34 HPD complaints, 21 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.

BoroughBrooklyn 11213
Built1910
Floors3
Res. units4
ClassS4
Owner (PLUTO)250 KINGSTON LLC
BBL3012570070
BIN3032459

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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 81% 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 5. In ZIP 11213, 61% of residential buildings hold an A and 11% grade D or F. How grades work

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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

17 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (13) · Dirty Condition (1) · Missed Collection (1) · Sanitation Worker or Vehicle Complaint (1) · Abandoned Vehicle (1).

Filed construction activity

$16,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (1910)
NoSix or more residential units (4)
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)250 KINGSTON LLC
Head officerMENDEL RAKSIN
Managing agent250 KINGSTON LLC
Last registered2025-07-30

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$797,000 $358,650
2026$887,000 $399,150
2027$1,061,000 $477,450

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

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Machne YehudaMiddle EasternNot yet graded—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 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

SubwayKingston Av — 3 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Saint Johns Pl / Kingston Av — B45 · 150 ft
Citi BikeSt Johns Pl & Kingston Ave · 50 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 289 George V. Brower
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

250 Kingston 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

17 311 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: $1,000,000 on 2016-07-20 (lender: Cross River Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2016-07-20AL&R $1,000,000 — from 250 KINGSTON LLC $1,000,000
2016-07-20Mortgage $1,000,000 — from 250 KINGSTON LLC to CROSS RIVER BANK $1,000,000
2004-01-28Deed $75,000 — from GIORDANO, MAURINE to RAKSIN, MENDEL $75,000
2004-01-28Mortgage $225,000 — from 250 KINGSTON LLC. to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA $225,000
2004-01-28Deed $225,000 — from DEPENA, JOYCE to 250 KINGSTON LLC $225,000
2004-01-28AL&R $225,000 — from ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA to 250 KINGSTON LLC. $225,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
2017614011
201800112
201900101
202001506
202100101
20220010111
202305016
2024017210
202500729
202600325
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The full timeline

Construction 21Enforcement 23Housing & tenants 114Ownership & money 22Health & systems 9

Every one of the 189 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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