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213 Buffalo Avenue

332Records
16City systems
23Open violations
97Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11213 · Neighborhood: Crown Heights (North)
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332 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 85 311 service requests, 70 HPD complaints, 65 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11213
Built1905
Floors3
Res. units6
ClassC2
Owner (PLUTO)RESURRECTION HOMES HOUSING
BBL3013750009
BIN3036633

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GRADE B

A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 82% 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 97. In ZIP 11213, 61% of residential buildings hold an A and 11% grade D or F. How grades work

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B
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 violations23 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 13 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 2021-07-04.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

10 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’24–25
6
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

25 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (6) · HEAT/HOT WATER (5) · ELECTRIC (2) · PAINT/PLASTER (2) · DOOR/WINDOW (2) · WATER LEAK (2).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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 (1905)
YesSix or more residential units (6)
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)RESURRECTION HOMES, HDFC
Head officerWENDY MCCLINTON
Managing agentBLACK VETERANS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, INC.
Last registered2025-07-07

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$932,000 $419,400
2026$1,056,000 $475,200
2027$845,000 $380,250

The city's market estimate has fallen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

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

SubwayCrown Hts-Utica Av — 3 4 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Buffalo Av / Park Pl — B15 · 100 ft
Citi BikePark Pl & Buffalo Ave · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 191 Paul Robeson. 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

213 Buffalo 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

25 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 5 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 BLACK VETERANS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, INC. — 13 buildings, 124 units. Grades across the portfolio: A1 · B6 · C4 · D2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
308 Throop Avenue BK21 C
495 Sterling Place BK20 D
360 East 193 Street BX14 B
474 Quincy Street BK14 B
Duryea Place BK10 B
317 Malcolm X Boulevard BK8 B
213 Buffalo Avenue BK6 B
837 Halsey Street BK6 A
1078 Bedford Avenue BK6 C
689 Halsey Street BK6 C
453 Jefferson Avenue BK6 B
9 Halsey Street BK4 D
119 Decatur Street BK3 C

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,113,570 on 2019-12-05 (lender: The Community Preservation Corporation), covering 7 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
2019-12-05Mortgage $1,113,570 — from RESURRECTION HOMES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT F to THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION $1,113,570
2019-12-05AL&R $1,113,570 — from RESURRECTION HOMES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT F to THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION $1,113,570
2006-11-28AL&R $7,371,422 — from SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPME to RESURRECTION HOMES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT F $7,371,422
2006-11-28Mortgage $7,371,422 — from RESURRECTION HOMES HOUSING to UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING $7,371,422
2006-11-28Mortgage $776,471 — from RESURRECTION HOMES HOUSING to BPD BANK $776,471
1999-12-02Mortgage $301,000 — from NEW LIFE CHRISTIANSMISSION MINISTRIES IN to BRUCHA MORTGAGE BANKERS CORP $301,000
1987-12-28Mortgage $34,500 — from JOSEPH, SYDRIS LLOYDRIS to CITY OF NEW YORK $34,500

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017082111
201805016
20190147122
202000011
20210230124
20220450146
20230210122
202406017
20251250127
20260300131
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The full timeline

Construction 16Enforcement 21Housing & tenants 237Ownership & money 48Health & systems 10

Every one of the 332 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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