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251 Tompkins Avenue

757Records
14City systems
0Open violations
312.7Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11216 · Neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
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757 recorded events, 1979–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 295 311 service requests, 286 HPD complaints, 72 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11216
Built1931
Floors4
Res. units6
ClassC2
Owner (PLUTO)LEGACY ASSETS, LLC
BBL3017910004
BIN3049975

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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 312.7. In ZIP 11216, 38% of residential buildings hold an A and 19% grade D or F. How grades work

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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

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

91 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 22 · winter 2025–26: 50). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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

What 311 hears from this address

70 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (45) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (9) · GENERAL (3) · ELECTRIC (2) · Illegal Parking (2) · Noise (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 (6)
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)LEGACY ASSETS LLC
Head officerMICHAEL WEISS
Managing agentKINGDOM MANAGEMENT
Last registered2026-07-24

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,275,000 $573,750
2026$1,530,000 $688,500
2027$1,836,000 $826,200

The city's market estimate has risen 44% 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

SubwayBedford-Nostrand Avs — G · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Tompkins Av / Lafayette Av — B43 · 100 ft
Citi BikeKosciuszko St & Tompkins Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityPainted bike lane mapped within 75 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 025 Eubie Blake 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.

Report a problem to 311

251 Tompkins 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

70 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 45 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 KINGDOM MANAGEMENT — 4 buildings, 57 units. Grades across the portfolio: A3 · C1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
4380 Broadway MN35 A
252 Tompkins Avenue BK8 A
849 DeKalb Avenue BK8 A
251 Tompkins Avenue BK6 C

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $723,241 on 2017-06-13 (lender: Customers Bank), covering 2 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
2021-07-26AL&R $2,730,000 — from LEGACY ASSETS LLC to BETHPAGE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION $2,730,000
2021-07-26M&CON $2,730,000 — from LEGACY ASSETS LLC to BETHPAGE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION $2,730,000
2017-06-13Mortgage $723,242 — from LEGACY ASSETS, LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK $723,242
2017-06-13Agreement $2,450,000 — from LEGACY ASSETS, LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK $2,450,000
2017-06-13AL&R $2,450,000 — from LEGACY ASSETS, LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK $2,450,000
2013-09-16Agreement $1,870,000 — from LEGACY ASSETS, LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA $1,870,000
2013-09-16Mortgage $1,066,353 — from LEGACY ASSETS, LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA $1,066,353
2012-01-12AL&R $825,000 — from LEGACY ASSETS, LLC to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB $825,000
2012-01-12Mortgage $825,000 — from LEGACY ASSETS, LLC to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB $825,000
2012-01-12Deed $1,500,000 — from 251-252 TOMPKINS AVENUE, LLC to LEGACY ASSETS, LLC $1,500,000
2006-01-03AL&R $600,000 — from EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION to 251-252 TOMPKINS AVENUE LLC $600,000
2006-01-03Mortgage $600,000 — from 251-252 TOMPKINS AVENUE LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION $600,000
1990-02-08Mortgage $90,000 — from LAWSON, EDWARD JR to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK $90,000
1983-09-07Mortgage $200,000 — from LAWSON, EDWARD JR to UNITED STATES OF AMERICA $200,000

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20170124521
20180440347
20191500859
20200150116
20210144119
20220230326
20230380240
20240560258
20250600363
20262510154
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The full timeline

Construction 7Enforcement 13Housing & tenants 662Ownership & money 30Health & systems 45

Every one of the 757 recorded events, 1979–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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