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57 Somers Street

286Records
13City systems
42Open violations
15.3Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11233 · Neighborhood: Ocean Hill
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286 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 91 HPD complaints, 88 311 service requests, 47 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11233
Built1927
Floors3
Res. units3
ClassS9
Owner (PLUTO)GEORGE, RODNEY P.
BBL3015390085
BIN3337942

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 86% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 15.3. In ZIP 11233, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations42 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 38 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2006-05-30.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

1 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 1).

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

What 311 hears from this address

20 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (5) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4) · Food Establishment (2) · Graffiti (2) · Non (2) · Sewer (1).

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 (1927)
NoSix or more residential units (3)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. 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)WHITNEY GEORGE
Managing agentJOHN GEORGE
Last registered2024-08-06

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$632,000 $284,400
2026$685,000 $308,250
2027$822,000 $369,900

The city's market estimate has risen 30% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Caribbean Jerkees DelightCaribbeanAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contains Foreign Object, Letter Grading) · 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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2025 (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

SubwayRockaway Av — C · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Chauncey St — J Z · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Rockaway Av / Fulton St — B60 · 150 ft
Citi BikeSomers St & Rockaway Ave · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: Elementary schools in this district are not zoned. 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

57 Somers 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

20 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

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: $250,000 on 2003-02-21 (lender: Greenpoint Mortgage Funding, INC.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2003-02-21Mortgage $250,000 — from GEORGE, RODNEY P to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. $250,000
2001-09-21Mortgage $125,000 — from GEORGE, DAVID H to JOHAR EQUITY LLC $125,000
1997-04-04Mortgage $76,000 — from PENNIX, JAMES JR to NORTHEASTERN MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CORP $76,000
1996-10-29Mortgage $60,000 — from PENNIX, JAMES JR to SOTO, HARRIET $60,000

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201708019
2018170210
201902608
202002013
202108008
202203104
202305207
202404026
20250130316
202608008
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The full timeline

Construction 4Enforcement 13Housing & tenants 231Ownership & money 27Health & systems 11

Every one of the 286 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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