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272 Crown Street

998Records
20City systems
1Open violations
29.7Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11225 · Neighborhood: Crown Heights (South)
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998 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 461 311 service requests, 298 HPD complaints, 69 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11225
Built1927
Floors6
Res. units70
ClassD7
Owner (PLUTO)280 CROWN ST. LLC
BBL3012960039
BIN3034163

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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 54% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 29.7. 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 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations1 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2024-02-06.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

132 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 124 · winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

124
’23–24
2
’24–25
2
’25–26

4 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.

$625 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

203 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (105) · HEAT/HOT WATER (66) · PLUMBING (5) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · Illegal Parking (3) · Lead (3).

Filed construction activity

$24,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1927)
YesSix or more residential units (70)
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)280 CROWN ST LLC
Head officerNAFTALI HAGER
Managing agentHAGER MANAGEMENT INC
Last registered2025-08-26

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$5,280,000 $2,376,000
2026$6,274,000 $2,823,300
2027$6,256,000 $2,815,200

The city's market estimate has risen 18% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Gong ChaCoffee/TeaA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contains Foreign Object) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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 · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Nostrand Av / Montgomery St — B44 · 200 ft
Citi BikeCrown St & Rogers Ave · 650 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 161 The Crown
Middle: M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell. 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

272 Crown Street

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

203 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 66 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by HAGER MANAGEMENT INC — 44 buildings, 1,571 units. Grades across the portfolio: A25 · B15 · C4. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
740 Empire Boulevard BK96 B
91-32 195 Street QN96 A
947 Montgomery Street BK94 A
5619 15 Avenue BK72 A
300 Linden Boulevard BK72 B
272 Crown Street BK70 A
89-04 148 Street QN66 A
740 Clarkson Avenue BK57 A
2620 Glenwood Road BK54 A
1497 Carroll Street BK53 B
616 East 21 Street BK53 A
100 Broadway BK47 A
49 Clarkson Avenue BK47 A
1720 Nostrand Avenue BK45 A
68 St Pauls Place BK42 B
322 Rodney Street BK42 A
642 Crown Street BK40 A
170 New York Avenue BK36 A
77 Division Avenue BK35 A
213 Union Avenue BK34 A
81 Crooke Avenue BK32 A
281 Crown Street BK31 B
291 Crown Street BK30 A
228 South 3 Street BK30 A
126 Graham Avenue BK27 A
180 Erasmus Street BK27 B
1255 Park Place BK24 A
596 Bushwick Avenue BK21 B
1129 43 Street BK20 B
206 South 3 Street BK20 B
1135 43 Street BK20 B
1495 Nostrand Avenue BK18 B
448 East 22 Street BK13 A
451 East 22 Street BK13 C
440 East 22 Street BK13 B
459 East 22 Street BK13 C
434 East 22 Street BK13 B
454 East 22 Street BK13 B
95 Seigel Street BK10 A
437 East 22 Street BK9 C
429 16 Street BK8 B
420 Bleecker Street BK6 C
1720 Palmetto Street QN6 A
1415 53 Street BK3 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $500,000 on 2020-12-04 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2020-12-04Mortgage $500,000 — from 280 CROWN ST. LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $500,000
2020-12-04Agreement $7,500,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to 280 CROWN ST. LLC $7,500,000
2018-06-04Agreement $7,000,000 — from 280 CROWN ST. LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $7,000,000
2018-06-04Mortgage $2,277,424 — from 280 CROWN ST. LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $2,277,424
2013-06-14AL&R $5,300,000 — from 280 CROWN STREET. LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $5,300,000
2013-06-14Agreement $5,300,000 — from 280 CROWN STREET. LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $5,300,000
2013-06-14Mortgage $1,151,483 — from 280 CROWN STREET. LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $1,151,483
2008-08-11Mortgage $1,902,157 — from 280 CROWN ST. LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK $1,902,157
2008-08-11Agreement $4,440,000 — from SOVEREIGN BANK to 280 CROWN ST. LLC $4,440,000
2008-08-11AL&R $4,440,000 — from 280 CROWN ST. LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK $4,440,000
2003-11-05Mortgage $1,506,509 — from 280 CROWN ST. LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $1,506,509
2003-11-05Agreement $2,800,000 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to 280 CROWN ST. LLC $2,800,000
2002-02-26Mortgage $1,350,000 — from 280 CROWN ST LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $1,350,000
1983-02-08Mortgage $188,065 — from REAL MANAGEMENT CO ASSOC to NEW YORK CITY $188,065

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201741160122
201801264132
201909320243
202003532361
202100220123
202201370240
202302300133
20240320405212
2025034901163
202602430449
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The full timeline

Construction 10Enforcement 66Housing & tenants 840Ownership & money 41Health & systems 41

Every one of the 998 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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