1,801 recorded events, 1980–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 502 311 service requests, 498 HPD housing violations, 453 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 855.2. In ZIP 11216, 38% of residential buildings hold an A and 19% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 70 total — 40 class C (immediately hazardous), 23 class B, 7 class A. Oldest open since 2022-10-23. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
42 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 36).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
156 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (21) · PAINT/PLASTER (18) · WATER LEAK (17) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (16) · Rodent (15) · FLOORING/STAIRS (14).
$1,105,114 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1920) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (16) |
| No | 421-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 owner(s) | FLGSP 481 Eastern Parkway LLC |
| Head officer | Ernest McClain |
| Managing agent | Nieuw Amsterdam Property Management |
| Last registered | 2026-05-07 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,399,000 | $629,550 |
| 2026 | $1,453,000 | $653,850 |
| 2027 | $1,365,000 | $614,250 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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.
| Subway | Nostrand Av — 3 · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none President St-Medgar Evers College — 2 5 · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Rogers Av / Lincoln Pl — B49 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lincoln Pl & Nostrand Ave · 400 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.
489 Eastern Parkway
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Anything else | Anything else |
156 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 21 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.
Managed by NIEUW AMSTERDAM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT — 194 buildings, 6,794 units. Grades across the portfolio: A6 · B43 · C72 · D58 · F15. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 194 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $780,354 on 2022-02-08 (lender: New York Community 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | Agreement $3,205,659 — from FLGSP 481 EASTERN PARKWAY LLC to FLAGSTAR BANK, N.A. S/B/M; NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $3,205,659 | |
| 2026-04-16 | Deed $4,327,889 — from 481 EASTERN LLC to FLGSP 481 EASTERN PARKWAY LLC | $4,327,889 | |
| 2026-03-31 | Sold for $4,327,889 | $4,327,889 | $270,493 |
| 2022-02-08 | AL&R $6,146,000 — from 481 EASTERN LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $6,146,000 | |
| 2022-02-08 | Agreement $6,146,000 — from 481 EASTERN LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $6,146,000 | |
| 2022-02-08 | Mortgage $780,355 — from 481 EASTERN LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $780,355 | |
| 2018-08-23 | AL&R $5,632,000 — from 481 EASTERN LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $5,632,000 | |
| 2018-08-23 | Agreement $5,632,000 — from 481 EASTERN LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $5,632,000 | |
| 2018-08-23 | Mortgage $1,449,473 — from 481 EASTERN LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,449,473 | |
| 2014-03-21 | Mortgage $1,689,595 — from 481 EASTERN LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,689,595 | |
| 2014-03-21 | Agreement $4,595,000 — from 481 EASTERN LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $4,595,000 | |
| 2014-03-11 | RPTT&RET $208,100,625 — from BAP I PREFERRED LLC to PINNACLE HOLDING COMPANY XXXV LLC | $208,100,625 | |
| 2012-05-25 | Agreement $62,538,084 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to 292 ST. JOHNS LLC; 529 EAST 22 LLC; 1535 OCEAN LLC; 1803 BEVERLY LLC; 85 CLARKSON LLC; 210 | $62,538,084 | |
| 2012-01-20 | AL&R $3,010,000 — from 481 EASTERN LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $3,010,000 | |
| 2012-01-20 | Agreement $3,010,000 — from 481 EASTERN LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $3,010,000 |
| Year | Construction | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 30 |
| 2018 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 42 |
| 2019 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 2020 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2021 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| 2022 | 0 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 80 |
| 2023 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 7 | 69 |
| 2024 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 6 | 55 |
| 2025 | 0 | 296 | 0 | 7 | 303 |
| 2026 | 0 | 211 | 4 | 9 | 224 |
Every one of the 1,801 recorded events, 1980–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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