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1685 President Street

810Records
15City systems
165Open violations
356Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11213 · Neighborhood: Crown Heights (South)
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810 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 275 HPD housing violations, 251 311 service requests, 208 HPD complaints.

BoroughBrooklyn 11213
Built1915
Floors4
Res. units19
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)SEROR, NISSIM
BBL3014020044
BIN3037766

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GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 95% 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 356. In ZIP 11213, 61% of residential buildings hold an A and 11% grade D or F. How grades work

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A
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 violations165 total — 35 class C (immediately hazardous), 77 class B, 53 class A. Oldest open since 1986-02-14.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

12 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 12).

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

What 311 hears from this address

82 service requests in the last three years. Most common: PAINT/PLASTER (15) · WATER LEAK (10) · PLUMBING (10) · Noise (9) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (8) · FLOORING/STAIRS (8).

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 (1915)
YesSix or more residential units (19)
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)NISSIM SEROR
Last registered2025-10-01

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,381,000 $621,450
2026$1,520,000 $684,000
2027$1,724,000 $775,800

The city's market estimate has risen 25% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Tony's Pizza, Jerk Chicken and FishCaribbeanAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

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.

5 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (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

SubwayCrown Hts-Utica Av — 3 4 · 500 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Utica Av / Eastern Pkwy — B46 B46-SBS · 250 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi BikeCarroll St & Utica Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 398 Walter Weaver
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

1685 President 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

82 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 4 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: $574,365 on 2016-08-11 (lender: Flushing Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2016-08-11AL&R $2,000,000 — from SEROR, NISSIM to FLUSHING BANK $2,000,000
2016-08-11Agreement $2,000,000 — from SEROR, NISSIM to FLUSHING BANK $2,000,000
2016-08-11Mortgage $574,365 — from SEROR, NISSIM to FLUSHING BANK $574,365
2011-09-19AL&R $1,550,000 — from SEROR, NISSIM to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB. $1,550,000
2011-09-19Mortgage $1,550,000 — from SEROR, NISSIM to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB. $1,550,000

Ten-year activity

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2021
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2025
265
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
2017055358
2018022123
2019021122
2020053154
2021042143
2022125329
2023020222
2024021425
2025038543
202602623265
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The full timeline

Construction 11Enforcement 10Housing & tenants 747Ownership & money 11Health & systems 31

Every one of the 810 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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