209 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 68 311 service requests, 40 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 36 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 59% 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 25. In ZIP 11233, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2026-05-04. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
10 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (3) · Sewer (2) · Illegal Parking (1) · Overgrown Tree/Branches (1) · Missed Collection (1) · Street Condition (1).
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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1898) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (6) |
| No | 421-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 owner(s) | AKWAABA PROPERTIES INC |
| Head officer | MONIQUE A GREENWOOD |
| Managing agent | MONIQUE A GREENWOOD |
| Last registered | 2025-09-15 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,027,200 | $462,240 |
| 2026 | $1,233,000 | $554,850 |
| 2027 | $1,480,000 | $666,000 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Tea | Coffee/Tea | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2022 (2 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.
| Subway | Utica Av — A C · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Lewis Av / Bainbridge St — B15 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | Lewis Ave & Decatur St · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary 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.
225 Decatur Street
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
10 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $342,962 on 2019-09-17 (lender: Carver Federal Savings Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-17 | Agreement $1,100,000 — from AKWAABA PROPERTIES INC to CARVER FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | $1,100,000 | |
| 2019-09-17 | Mortgage $342,962 — from AKWAABA PROPERTIES INC to CARVER FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | $342,962 | |
| 2014-01-13 | Mortgage $346,174 — from AKWAABA PROPERTIES, INC. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $346,174 | |
| 2014-01-13 | Agreement $850,000 — from AKWAABA PROPERTIES, INC. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $850,000 | |
| 2011-07-26 | Mortgage $600,000 — from AKWAABA PROPERTIES INC to THE DIME BANK | $600,000 | |
| 2003-04-07 | Mortgage $156,757 — from AKWAABA PROPERTIES, INC. to THE ROSLYN SAVINGS BANK | $156,757 | |
| 2001-07-03 | Mortgage $450,000 — from AKWAABA PROPERTIES INC to CARVER FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | $450,000 | |
| 2000-03-23 | Mortgage $175,000 — from ASKAABA PROPERTIES INC to MATCO INVESTMENTS CORP | $175,000 | |
| 1994-07-28 | Mortgage $150,000 — from COLE, ARTHUR A; COLE, EVALYINA to GCM CORPORATION AS NOMINEE | $150,000 | |
| 1989-08-11 | Mortgage $30,000 — from COLE, ARTHUR to 13-15 WEST 20TH RLTYCP | $30,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2025 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
Every one of the 209 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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