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486 Brooklyn Avenue

3,089Records
21City systems
15Open violations
68.6Penalty rate

3,089 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 21 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,163 HPD complaints, 1,158 311 service requests, 439 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11225
Built1930
Floors6
Res. units107
ClassD1
Owner (PLUTO)486 BKLYN REALTY LLC
BBL3013220032
BIN3035119

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 92% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 68.6. In ZIP 11225, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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B
C

Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations15 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 8 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2020-03-23.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

275 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 68 · winter 2024–25: 75 · winter 2025–26: 132). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

68
’23–24
75
’24–25
132
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

256 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (134) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (24) · Illegal Parking (20) · Noise (15) · PAINT/PLASTER (13) · APPLIANCE (10).

Filed construction activity

$1,024,900 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (19 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 (1930)
YesSix or more residential units (107)
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)486 BKLYN REALTY LLC
Head officerKRISTEN RAY
Managing agentBrooklyn Equities 11 LLC
Last registered2026-06-25

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$6,995,000 $3,147,750
2026$7,201,000 $3,240,450
2027$6,904,000 $3,106,800

The city's market estimate has fallen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)A — ENERGY STAR score 87/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

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.

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.

Getting around

SubwaySterling St — 2 5 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Empire Blvd / Brooklyn Av — B43 · 500 ft
Citi BikeBrooklyn Ave & Lefferts Ave · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 091 The Albany Avenue School
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

486 Brooklyn 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

256 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 134 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 BROOKLYN EQUITIES 11 LLC — 6 buildings, 516 units. Grades across the portfolio: A3 · B1 · C2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
486 Brooklyn Avenue BK107 C
901 Washington Avenue BK102 C
699 Ocean Avenue BK95 A
348-376 Sterling Street BK90 A
700 Ocean Avenue BK66 A
645 Ocean Avenue BK56 B

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $100,000 on 2016-09-07 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA), covering 2 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2021-04-09AL&R $18,613,120 — from MINNETONKA V BKLYN REALTY LLC; OCEANWALK BEACH BKLYN REALTY LLC; 780 BKLYN REALTY LLC; OCE to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $18,613,120
2021-04-09Agreement $18,613,120 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to 780 BKLYN REALTY LLC; MINNETONKA III BKLYN REALTY LLC; 486 BKLYN 12 REALTY LLC; OCEANWALK $18,613,120
2019-03-07Agreement $1,499,735 — from 780 BKLYN REALTY LLC; 486 BKLYN REALTY LLC; 486 BKLYN 12 REALTY LLC; OCEANWALK CONDO BKLYN to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $1,499,735
2019-03-07Agreement $17,113,385 — from 486 BKLYN REALTY LLC; MINNETONKA III BKLYN REALTY LLC; OCEANWALK BEACH BKLYN REALTY LLC; M to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $17,113,385
2016-09-07Mortgage $100,000 — from HEPPENHEIMER, RAIZEL; HEPPENHEIMER, ALEXANDER; HEPPENHEIMER, ALEXANDER; HEPPENHEIMER, RAIZ to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA $100,000
2015-05-12Mortgage $1,600,000 — from MINNETONKA V BKLYN REALTY LLC; MINNETONKA III BKLYN REALTY LLC; OCEANWALK CONDO BKLYN REAL to NEW YORK COMMUNIITY BANK $1,600,000
2015-05-12Mortgage $912,214 — from OCEANWALK BEACH BKLYN REALTY LLC; OCEANWALK CONDO BKLYN REALTY LLC; MINNETONKA V BKLYN REA to NEW YORK COMMUNIITY BANK $912,214
2015-05-12Agreement $17,350,000 — from OCEANWALK CONDO BKLYN REALTY LLC; MINNETONKA V BKLYN REALTY LLC; MINNETONKA III BKLYN REAL to NEW YORK COMMUNIITY BANK $17,350,000
2015-05-12Mortgage $16,437,786 — from OCEANWALK CONDO BKLYN REALTY LLC; 486 BKLYN 12 REALTY LLC; MINNETONKA III BKLYN REALTY LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNIITY BANK $16,437,786
2015-05-12AL&R $17,350,000 — from MINNETONKA V BKLYN REALTY LLC; MINNETONKA III BKLYN REALTY LLC; 486 BKLYN 12 REALTY LLC; 7 to NEW YORK COMMUNIITY BANK $17,350,000
2015-04-29Agreement $62,417,214 — from MINNETONKA III BKLYN REALTY LLC; NEW YORK COMUNITY BANK; 486 BKLYN 12 REALTY LLC; 3100 BK to NEW YORK COMUNITY BANK $62,417,214
2015-04-29Agreement $16,781,937 — from 486 BKLYN REALTY LLC; 90 BKLYN REALTY LLC; MINNETONKA V BKLYN REALTY LLC; OCEANWALK CONDO to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $16,781,937
2015-03-20Deed $23,687,500 — from PARK & COAST I, LLC to MINNETONKA V BKLYN REALTY LLC; OCEANWALK BEACH BKLYN REALTY LLC; 780 BKLYN REALTY LLC; MIN $23,687,500
2014-07-17Agreement $17,032,452 — from PARK & COAST I, LLC; PARK & COAST III, LLC; PARK & COAST II, LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $17,032,452
2014-07-17Mortgage $1,180,369 — from PARK & COAST III, LLC; PARK & COAST I, LLC; PARK & COAST II, LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $1,180,369

Ten-year activity

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2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
315
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201710013003143
201812421317237
201922021926249
202063810494
20217113521146
202215611402137
20234214302151
20240131202315
20250114003144
20260015301154
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The full timeline

Construction 71Enforcement 107Housing & tenants 2,813Ownership & money 58Health & systems 40

Every one of the 3,089 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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