534 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 173 311 service requests, 120 HPD complaints, 80 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 75% 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 5. In ZIP 11216, 38% of residential buildings hold an A and 19% 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 | 9 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2018-02-28. |
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.
5 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Real Time Enforcement (2) · Noise (1) · Lead (1) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (1).
$25,685 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1931) |
| 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) | DEKALB PLAZA REALTY LLC |
| Head officer | MOSES KARPEN |
| Managing agent | WATERFRONT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-08-22 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $800,400 | $360,180 |
| 2026 | $960,000 | $432,000 |
| 2027 | $1,152,000 | $518,400 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
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.
| Subway | Bedford-Nostrand Avs — G · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: De Kalb Av / Marcy Av — B38 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | Marcy Ave & Hart St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 54 The Detective Rafael Ramos 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.
699 DeKalb Avenue
| 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
5 311 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.
Managed by WATERFRONT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC — 18 buildings, 122 units. Grades across the portfolio: A6 · B5 · C1 · D5. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1085 Willoughby Avenue | BK | 20 | B |
| 238 Pulaski Street | BK | 12 | B |
| 387 Franklin Avenue | BK | 11 | A |
| 1189 Broadway | BK | 11 | A |
| 317 Franklin Avenue | BK | 10 | A |
| 53 Stanhope Street | BK | 8 | B |
| 159 Suydam Street | BK | 8 | B |
| 834 Quincy Street | BK | 7 | B |
| 568 Willoughby Avenue | BK | 6 | A |
| 699 DeKalb Avenue | BK | 6 | A |
| 91 Gerry Street | BK | 6 | A |
| 618 Lafayette Avenue | BK | 4 | D |
| 35A Driggs Avenue | BK | 3 | D |
| 325 Franklin Avenue | BK | 3 | D |
| 1098 Bushwick Avenue | BK | 3 | D |
| 106 Kingston Avenue | BK | 2 | D |
| 18 Bleecker Street | BK | 2 | C |
| 131 Boerum Street | BK | 0 | — |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,267,211 on 2017-10-19 (lender: Greystone Servicing Corporation, INC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-19 | Mortgage $1,267,212 — from DEKALB PLAZA REALTY LLC to GREYSTONE SERVICING CORPORATION, INC | $1,267,212 | |
| 2017-10-19 | Agreement $2,000,000 — from DEKALB PLAZA REALTY LLC to GREYSTONE SERVICING CORPORATION, INC | $2,000,000 | |
| 2013-08-29 | Mortgage $262,882 — from DEKALB PLAZA REALTY LLC to GREYSTONE SERVICING CORPORATION, INC. | $262,882 | |
| 2013-08-29 | Agreement $780,000 — from DEKALB PLAZA REALTY LLC to GREYSTONE SERVICING CORPORATION, INC. | $780,000 | |
| 2007-05-24 | Mortgage $57,420 — from 699 DEKALB INC. to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, NATIONAL COMMERC | $57,420 | |
| 2007-05-24 | Agreement $562,500 — from 699 DEKALB INC. to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, NATIONAL COMMERC | $562,500 | |
| 2005-05-13 | Agreement $499,000 — from WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK to 699 DEKALB INC. | $499,000 | |
| 2005-05-13 | Mortgage $149,000 — from 699 DEKALB INC. to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK | $149,000 | |
| 2005-05-13 | Agreement $499,000 — from 699 DEKALB INC. to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK | $499,000 | |
| 2005-01-03 | DEEDO $435,000 — from MARTINEZ, LUIS to 699 DEKALB, INC. | $435,000 | |
| 2005-01-03 | DEEDO $10,000 — from MARTINEZ, LUIS; COHEN, FANNIE to MARTINEZ, LUIS | $10,000 | |
| 2005-01-03 | Mortgage $350,000 — from 699 DEKALB, INC.; HAPPY HAPPY LLC to 1818 BRUCHA LLC | $350,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 47 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 27 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 25 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 22 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| 2022 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 42 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Every one of the 534 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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