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835 Nostrand Avenue

1,725Records
16City systems
173Open violations
837.6Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11225 · Neighborhood: Crown Heights (South)
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1,725 recorded events, 1981–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 543 311 service requests, 539 HPD housing violations, 440 HPD complaints.

BoroughBrooklyn 11225
Built1912
Floors4
Res. units10
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)OFODILE, ANTHONY
BBL3012760001
BIN3033230

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GRADE D

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 837.6. In ZIP 11225, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% 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

Open HPD violations173 total — 58 class C (immediately hazardous), 91 class B, 24 class A. Oldest open since 2001-05-17.
Alternative Enforcementcurrently in HPD's worst-buildings program

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

52 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 10 · winter 2024–25: 16 · winter 2025–26: 22 · winter 2026–27: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

10
’23–24
16
’24–25
22
’25–26
4
’26–27

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

$9,375 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

139 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (24) · Noise (20) · DOOR/WINDOW (15) · WATER LEAK (10) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (10) · ELECTRIC (10).

Filed construction activity

$75,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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 (1912)
YesSix or more residential units (10)
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)Anthony c Ofodile
Managing agentJoseph Ofodile
Last registered2025-05-02

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$854,000 $384,300
2026$881,000 $396,450
2027$926,000 $416,700

The city's market estimate has risen 8% 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

SubwayPresident St-Medgar Evers College — 2 5 · under 50 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: none
Nostrand Av — 3 · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Nostrand Av / Eastern Pkwy — B44 · 400 ft
Citi BikePresident St & Nostrand Ave · under 50 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 161 The Crown
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

835 Nostrand Avenue

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

139 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 24 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $412,500 on 2002-08-27 (lender: Astoria Federal Savings And Loan Association). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-04-04AL&R $74,026 — from WEBSTER BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION to FIRST COMMERCE, LLC $74,026
2002-08-27Mortgage $412,500 — from OFODILE, ANTHONY to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA $412,500
1982-06-24Mortgage $21,500 — from WILLIAMS, GERALD; LYONS, LESLIE to FONSE REALTY CORP $21,500

Ten-year activity

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2023
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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201732220128
201800160016
2019007007
202026450154
202100180018
20222615801167
202301425004268
20240322604233
202503542160
202600440145
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The full timeline

Construction 11Enforcement 77Housing & tenants 1,565Ownership & money 14Health & systems 58

Every one of the 1,725 recorded events, 1981–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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