116 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 10 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 48 311 service requests, 36 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 9 rodent inspections.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% 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 90. In ZIP 11213, 61% of residential buildings hold an A and 11% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
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.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$15,090 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: General Construction/Plumbing (1) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Sidewalk Condition (1).
$75,000 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 (1900) |
| No | Six or more residential units (4) |
| No | 421-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).
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $942,000 | $423,900 |
| 2026 | $988,000 | $444,600 |
| 2027 | $798,000 | $359,100 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 15% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mermelstein Caterers | Jewish/Kosher | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2018 (0 in the last three years).
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | Kingston Av — 3 · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none President St-Medgar Evers College — 2 5 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Kingston Av / Carroll St — B43 · under 50 ft |
| Citi Bike | Kingston Ave & Carroll St · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 221 Toussaint L'Ouverture Middle: New Heights 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.
353 Kingston Avenue
| 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
3 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,198,444 on 2022-07-01 (lender: Optimumbank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-01 | Agreement $1,500,000 — from OPTIMUMBANK to KING CAROL HOLDING LLC | $1,500,000 | |
| 2022-07-01 | Mortgage $1,198,444 — from KING CAROL HOLDING LLC to OPTIMUMBANK | $1,198,444 | |
| 2022-07-01 | AL&R $1,500,000 — from KING CAROL HOLDING LLC to OPTIMUMBANK | $1,500,000 | |
| 2015-03-23 | M&CON $350,000 — from KING CAROL HOLDING LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $350,000 | |
| 2015-03-23 | AL&R $350,000 — from KING CAROL HOLDING LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $350,000 | |
| 2003-05-29 | M&CON $400,000 — from KING CAROL HOLDING LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $400,000 | |
| 1999-01-14 | Mortgage $198,932 — from KING CAROL HOLDING LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $198,932 | |
| 1987-05-05 | Mortgage $183,151 — from GREISMAN, BORUCH; GREISMAN, ABRAHAM D to GORDON, FREDDA | $183,151 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Every one of the 116 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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