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556 Kosciuszko Street

127Records
12City systems
1Open violations
20.9Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11221 · Neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
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127 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 36 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 34 rodent inspections, 11 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11221
Built1931
Floors4
Res. units16
ClassC1
Owner (PLUTO)NU WORLD BUILDERS LLC
BBL3016070036
BIN3043460

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 56% 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 20.9. In ZIP 11221, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 17% 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 violations1 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-11-13.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

What 311 hears from this address

4 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (1) · Rodent (1) · Residential Disposal Complaint (1) · Noise (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 (1931)
YesSix or more residential units (16)
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)NU WORLD BUILDERS LLC
Head officerDAVID YOUNG
Managing agentNASHER REALTY ASSOCIATES, INC.
Last registered2025-08-24

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$750,000 $337,500
2026$789,000 $355,050
2027$934,000 $420,300

The city's market estimate has risen 25% 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.

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 · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Myrtle Av — J M Z · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Malcolm X Blvd / De Kalb Av — B46-SBS · 200 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi BikeLafayette Ave & Stuyvesant Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 026 Jesse Owens. 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

556 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

4 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by NASHER REALTY ASSOCIATES, INC. — 35 buildings, 285 units. Grades across the portfolio: A4 · B7 · C10 · D10 · F4. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
31 Van Buren Street BK42 B
109-29 Sutphin Boulevard QN34 C
62 Stuyvesant Avenue BK21 C
601 Kosciuszko Street BK16 A
559 Kosciuszko Street BK16 B
556 Kosciuszko Street BK16 A
518 Kosciuszko Street BK8 B
357 Greene Avenue BK8 C
722 Bergen Street BK8 D
801 Prospect Place BK8 B
446 St Marks Avenue BK8 C
2567 Bedford Avenue BK8 B
465 Prospect Place BK8 B
1353 Sterling Place BK7 D
5601 5 Avenue BK7 C
205 Buffalo Avenue BK6 A
1914 Pacific Street BK6 C
201 Buffalo Avenue BK6 B
189 Dumont Avenue BK6 F
1222 St Marks Avenue BK6 D
733 Dean Street BK4 C
580 Vanderbilt Avenue BK4 D
520 Kosciuszko Street BK3 D
1080 DeKalb Avenue BK3 F
911 DeKalb Avenue BK3 F
474 Ralph Avenue BK3 D
533 Kosciuszko Street BK3 D
1098 DeKalb Avenue BK3 D
522 Kosciuszko Street BK3 F
812 Lafayette Avenue BK2 A
192-19 Linden Boulevard QN2 D
195-11 Linden Boulevard QN2 C
594 Vanderbilt Avenue BK2 D
295 Kosciuszko Street BK2 C
1134 Broadway BK1 C

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $4,425,000 on 2022-01-13 (lender: Connectone Bank), covering 8 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
2022-01-13Mortgage $4,425,000 — from NU WORLD BUILDERS LLC to CONNECTONE BANK $4,425,000
2022-01-13AL&R $4,425,000 — from NU WORLD BUILDERS LLC to CONNECTONE BANK $4,425,000
2022-01-07RPTT&RET $8,205,851 — from NEW YORK EQUITY FUND 2000 SERIES II LIMI to NU WORLD BUILDERS LLC $8,205,851
2001-12-13Mortgage $3,584,256 — from FATSVILLE & COMPANYLP to NYC HPD $3,584,256
1998-09-02Mortgage $1,083,835 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP to ROSIE REALTY SERVICES,LLC $1,083,835
1998-09-02Mortgage $9,311,211 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP to EAB COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP.; ROSIE REALTY SERVICES, LLC $9,311,211
1998-09-02Mortgage $10,395,046 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP; ROSIE REALTY SERVICES L L C to EAB COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP $10,395,046

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201700055
201800022
201901056
202001124
202101135
2022184518
2023240410
2024131611
2025240612
202603025
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The full timeline

Construction 8Enforcement 11Housing & tenants 28Ownership & money 37Health & systems 43

Every one of the 127 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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