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642 Crown Street

728Records
16City systems
3Open violations
9.7Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11213 · Neighborhood: Crown Heights (South)
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728 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 345 311 service requests, 219 HPD complaints, 50 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.

BoroughBrooklyn 11213
Built1924
Floors4
Res. units40
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)650 CROWN EQUITIES
BBL3014180007
BIN3038219

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 65% 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 9.7. In ZIP 11213, 61% of residential buildings hold an A and 11% 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 violations3 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2019-08-06.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

20 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 12 · winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

12
’23–24
2
’24–25
6
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

101 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (15) · Noise (14) · HEAT/HOT WATER (10) · Air Quality (9) · Consumer Complaint (8) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (5).

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 (1924)
YesSix or more residential units (40)
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)650 CROWN EQUITIES LLC
Head officerJACOB 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$4,149,000 $1,867,050
2026$4,535,000 $2,040,750
2027$4,641,000 $2,088,450

The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

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 2023 (1 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 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Troy Av / Montgomery St — B17 · 150 ft
Citi BikeCrown St & Troy Ave · 150 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.

Report a problem to 311

642 Crown Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

101 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 10 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: $2,577,593 on 2020-03-31 (lender: New York Community Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-06-12Agreement $5,990,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to 650 CROWN EQUITIES, LLC $5,990,000
2020-03-31AL&R $7,445,000 — from 650 CROWN EQUITIES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $7,445,000
2020-03-31Mortgage $2,577,593 — from 650 CROWN EQUITIES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $2,577,593
2020-03-31Agreement $7,445,000 — from 650 CROWN EQUITIES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $7,445,000
2014-11-10Mortgage $2,334,293 — from 650 CROWN EQUITIES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $2,334,293
2014-11-10AL&R $5,500,000 — from 650 CROWN EQUITIES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $5,500,000
2014-11-10Agreement $5,500,000 — from 650 CROWN EQUITIES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $5,500,000
2011-09-19Mortgage $1,265,021 — from 650 CROWN EQUITIES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $1,265,021
2011-09-19Agreement $3,350,000 — from 650 CROWN EQUITIES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $3,350,000
2004-11-19Agreement $2,400,000 — from 650 CROWN EQUITIES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $2,400,000
2004-11-19AL&R $2,400,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to 650 CROWN EQUITIES, LLC $2,400,000
2004-11-19Mortgage $737,215 — from 650 CROWN EQUITIES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $737,215
2002-04-30Mortgage $397,710 — from 650 CROWN EQUITIES INC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $397,710
2000-01-06Mortgage $784,433 — from 60 CROWN EQUITIES LLC to RICHMOND COUNTY SAVINGS BANK $784,433
1997-06-26Mortgage $151,905 — from 650 CROWN STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to HOME FEDERAL SAVINGSBANK $151,905

Ten-year activity

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2021
2022
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2023
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EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20170100212
2018070310
20191200829
20200363140
20210400141
20221340338
20232640470
20241400647
20252516362
20260120214
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The full timeline

Construction 10Enforcement 23Housing & tenants 605Ownership & money 50Health & systems 40

Every one of the 728 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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