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1003 Lafayette Avenue

525Records
16City systems
42Open violations
291.6Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11221 · Neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
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525 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 159 HPD housing violations, 105 311 service requests, 101 HPD complaints.

BoroughBrooklyn 11221
Built1931
Floors4
Res. units8
ClassC1
Owner (PLUTO)DARE TO DREAM HOUSING ASSOCIATION, INC.
BBL3016070055
BIN3043473

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 94% 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 291.6. In ZIP 11221, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 17% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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 violations42 total — 8 class C (immediately hazardous), 31 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2020-08-07.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

16 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 8 · winter 2025–26: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

8
’24–25
4
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

23 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · DOOR/WINDOW (4) · Noise (3) · FLOORING/STAIRS (3) · GENERAL (3) · WATER LEAK (2).

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 (8)
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)THE SELBY GROUP LLC
Head officerDONNELL SELBY
Managing agentSPRINGROCK MANAGEMENT CORP
Last registered2025-09-03

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,593,600 $717,120
2026$1,912,000 $860,400
2027$1,682,000 $756,900

The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

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 · 1,050 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 / Lafayette Av — B46 · 300 ft
Citi BikeLafayette Ave & Stuyvesant Ave · 200 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

1003 Lafayette Avenue

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

23 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 7 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 SPRINGROCK MANAGEMENT CORP — 17 buildings, 93 units. Grades across the portfolio: A6 · B6 · C3 · D2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
175 Lewis Avenue BK18 A
1071 Lafayette Avenue BK8 B
1069 Lafayette Avenue BK8 A
751 Greene Avenue BK8 A
1003 Lafayette Avenue BK8 C
895 Lafayette Avenue BK7 A
794 Greene Avenue BK6 B
1896 Fulton Street BK5 C
840 Lafayette Avenue BK4 B
480 Lafayette Avenue BK4 B
838 Lafayette Avenue BK4 B
52 Patchen Avenue BK3 B
508 Hancock Street BK2 A
535 Lafayette Avenue BK2 A
918 Lafayette Avenue BK2 D
952 Lafayette Avenue BK2 C
312 Van Buren Street BK2 D

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $3,119,022 on 2015-08-26 (lender: City Of New York), covering 10 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
2015-08-26Agreement $6,779,092 — from A.D. NASH & CO., L.P. to CITY OF NEW YORK $6,779,092
2015-08-26Mortgage $3,119,022 — from A.D. NASH & CO., L.P. to CITY OF NEW YORK $3,119,022
2015-08-26Mortgage $3,660,070 — from DARE TO DREAM HOUSING ASSOCIATION, INC.; THE SELBY GROUP LLC to CITY OF NEW YORK $3,660,070
2015-07-17RPTT&RET $6,806,210 — from NYEF 1995 SERIES II LP to DARE TO DREAM HOUSING ASSOCIATION, INC. $6,806,210
1998-12-08Mortgage $1,008,399 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP; NASHER OWNERS CORP. to CITY OF NEW YORK HPD $1,008,399
1998-09-02Mortgage $10,395,046 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP to NASHER OWNERS CORP. $10,395,046
1996-04-08Mortgage $564,870 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP to NASHER OWNERS CORP $564,870
1996-04-08Mortgage $5,773,685 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP to NASHER OWNERS CORP $5,773,685

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20170122317
201814038
2019080412
20200710273
20210550863
20221440853
20235150828
20241520659
20250170421
20260210526
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The full timeline

Construction 6Enforcement 25Housing & tenants 391Ownership & money 44Health & systems 59

Every one of the 525 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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