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549 Kosciuszko Street

35Records
6City systems
0Open violations
78Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11221 · Neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
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35 recorded events, 1992–2025, from 6 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 18 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 8 rodent inspections, 4 311 service requests.

BoroughBrooklyn 11221
Built1993
Floors2
Res. units2
ClassB1
Owner (PLUTO)LEBOWITZ, ABRAHAM
BBL3016030164
BIN3335633

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GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% 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 78. In ZIP 11221, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 17% 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

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).

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

What 311 hears from this address

2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: GENERAL (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (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

NoBuilt before 1974 (1993)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

0 of 3 signals present. None of the common signals are present — stabilization is unlikely (though never impossible). 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)Kosciuszko street Holdings LLC
Head officerAbraham Lebowitz
Managing agentResidents Living
Last registered2025-09-11

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,021,000 $61,260
2026$1,126,000 $67,560
2027$1,152,000 $69,120

The city's market estimate has risen 13% 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

SubwayKosciuszko St — J · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Myrtle Av — J M Z · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: De Kalb Av / Malcolm X Blvd — B38 · 400 ft
Citi BikeLafayette Ave & Stuyvesant Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 081 Thaddeus Stevens. 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

549 Kosciuszko 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

2 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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 RESIDENTS LIVING — 41 buildings, 251 units. Grades across the portfolio: A3 · B13 · C7 · D15 · F3. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
1701 Clay Avenue BX17 C
3885 Orloff Avenue BX17 B
3336 Hull Avenue BX14 B
1574 Pitkin Avenue BK12 B
998 Findlay Avenue BX10 B
2110 Honeywell Avenue BX10 C
1184 Dean Street BK10 B
685 East 223 Street BX10 C
3560 Carlisle Place BX9 A
612 Union Avenue BX9 B
1328 Croes Avenue BX8 B
3553 Carlisle Place BX8 C
1050 Manor Avenue BX7 B
1699 Clay Avenue BX7 B
235A Lexington Avenue BK6 B
828 East 227 Street BX6 B
1641 Melville Street BX6 B
2 Malcolm X Boulevard BK5 A
724 East 214 Street BX5 F
919 East 229 Street BX5 C
1139 Vyse Avenue BX5 D
255 Hull Street BK5 B
1406 Bronx River Avenue BX5 D
709 East 214 Street BX5 D
725 East 214 Street BX4 D
729 East 219 Street BX4 D
650 East 229 Street BX4 D
3258 Cambridge Avenue BX3 F
787 Willoughby Avenue BK3 C
707 East 214 Street BX3 F
46A Pulaski Street BK3 D
1143 Forest Avenue BX3 D
1974 Morris Avenue BX3 D
70 Beaver Street BK3 A
3254 Cambridge Avenue BX3 D
270 Throop Avenue BK3 C
770 Beck Street BX3 D
978 Myrtle Avenue BK3 D
549 Kosciuszko Street BK2 D
551 Kosciuszko Street BK2 D
2436 Wallace Avenue BX1 D

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $208,500 on 2025-04-15 (lender: Cross County Savings Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-04-15Mortgage $208,500 — from LEBOWITZ, ABRAHAM to CROSS COUNTY SAVINGS BANK $208,500
2024-10-01Agreement $975,000 — from LEBOWITZ, ABRAHAM to MERS $975,000
2024-03-13Deed $999,000 — from VERGARA, NIDIA to KOSCIUSZKO STREET HOLDINGS LLC $999,000
2024-03-13Mortgage $100,000 — from KOSCIUSZKO STREET HOLDINGS LLC to BROADVIEW CAPITAL LLC $100,000
2024-03-13Mortgage $899,000 — from KOSCIUSZKO STREET HOLDINGS LLC to BROADVIEW CAPITAL LLC $899,000
2024-03-13AL&R $899,000 — from KOSCIUSZKO STREET HOLDINGS LLC to BROADVIEW CAPITAL LLC $899,000
2024-03-13AL&R $100,000 — from KOSCIUSZKO STREET HOLDINGS LLC to BROADVIEW CAPITAL LLC $100,000
2024-03-05Sold for $999,000 $999,000 $499,500
1994-07-12Mortgage $15,000 — from VERGARA, MIGUEL; VERGARA, NIDIA to T.A.M. EQUITY CORP; HOMETRUST MORTGAGE BANKERS $15,000

Ten-year activity

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20231001
2024514221
20250167
20260000
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The full timeline

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Every one of the 35 recorded events, 1992–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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