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409 Tompkins Avenue

1,184Records
15City systems
67Open violations
296Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11216 · Neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
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1,184 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 413 HPD complaints, 350 311 service requests, 329 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11216
Built1900
Floors4
Res. units4
ClassC3
Owner (PLUTO)EDJ APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
BBL3018350004
BIN3052412

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GRADE F

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 296. In ZIP 11216, 38% of residential buildings hold an A and 19% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations67 total — 10 class C (immediately hazardous), 33 class B, 24 class A. Oldest open since 2006-03-08.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

31 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6 · winter 2024–25: 8 · winter 2025–26: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
8
’24–25
4
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

42 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (15) · GENERAL (7) · WATER LEAK (6) · DOOR/WINDOW (3) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · PLUMBING (2).

Filed construction activity

$12,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1900)
NoSix or more residential units (4)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. 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)MADISON EDJ LLC
Head officerCHERYL IGHODARO
Managing agentPRECISE REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT INC
Last registered2025-08-31

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$760,800 $342,360
2026$913,000 $410,850
2027$1,096,000 $493,200

The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: ARTICLE XI

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

SubwayKingston-Throop Avs — C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Nostrand Av — A C · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Tompkins Av / Putnam Av — B43 · 350 ft
Citi BikeHalsey St & Tompkins Ave · 450 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. 044 Marcus Garvey. 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

409 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

42 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 15 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 PRECISE REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT INC — 63 buildings, 382 units. Grades across the portfolio: A4 · B14 · C19 · D15 · F11. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
1932 Crotona Parkway BX42 B
214 Mac Dougal Street BK20 B
504 Hinsdale Street BK14 C
620 St Nicholas Avenue MN10 A
640 Bradford Street BK9 B
321 Troutman Street BK8 C
727 Mac Donough Street BK8 C
628 Schenck Avenue BK8 C
317 Troutman Street BK8 A
195 Sumpter Street BK8 C
400 Tompkins Avenue BK8 F
641B Vermont Street BK8 C
633 Vermont Street BK8 B
404 Tompkins Avenue BK7 B
748 Miller Avenue BK6 C
201 Hull Street BK6 C
276 Mac Dougal Street BK6 B
319 Putnam Avenue BK6 B
452 Madison Street BK6 C
568 Vermont Street BK6 A
401 Putnam Avenue BK6 C
464 Madison Street BK6 F
744 Miller Avenue BK6 C
528 Bainbridge Street BK6 C
442 Madison Street BK6 C
530 Bainbridge Street BK6 C
446 Madison Street BK6 C
225 Cooper Street BK6 D
543 Sheffield Avenue BK6 B
495 Chauncey Street BK6 B
147 Hull Street BK6 C
450 Madison Street BK6 C
677 Sheffield Avenue BK6 B
638 Vermont Street BK6 B
448 Madison Street BK6 D
167 Stockholm Street BK6 C
645 Central Avenue BK5 D
188 Hancock Street BK5 D
655 Miller Avenue BK5 D
516 Hegeman Avenue BK4 D
493 Putnam Avenue BK4 F
686 Sheffield Avenue BK4 B
739 Sheffield Avenue BK4 D
409 Tompkins Avenue BK4 F
396A Monroe Street BK4 D
415 Putnam Avenue BK4 F
171 Troutman Street BK3 D
2174 Fulton Street BK3 D
2063 Fulton Street BK3 D
2074 Dean Street BK3 D
779 Mac Donough Street BK3 F
2206 Fulton Street BK3 F
273 Jefferson Avenue BK3 C
165 Hancock Street BK3 F
343 Marion Street BK3 B
1847 Eastern Parkway BK2 F
2292 Atlantic Avenue BK2 D
2447 Dean Street BK2 F
419 Saratoga Avenue BK2 B
851 Marcy Avenue BK2 D

showing 60 of 63 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $344,625 on 2016-07-14 (lender: The City Of New York), covering 18 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
2016-07-14Mortgage $761,330 — from MADISON EDJ LLC; EDJ APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND to THE CITY OF NEW YORK $761,330
2016-07-14Mortgage $2,197,628 — from EDJ APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND ; MADISON EDJ LLC to THE CITY OF NEW YORK $2,197,628
2016-07-14Mortgage $344,625 — from EDJ APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND ; MADISON EDJ LLC to THE CITY OF NEW YORK $344,625
2016-07-14Deed $6,439,124 — from EVERETT D. JENNINGS APARTMENTS, L.P. to MADISON EDJ LLC; EDJ APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT $6,439,124
2016-07-14Agreement $6,481,817 — from EDJ APARTMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND ; MADISON EDJ LLC to THE CITY OF NEW YORK $6,481,817
2001-04-03Mortgage $4,141,126 — from EVERETT D JENNINGS APARTMENTS LP to CITY OF NEW YORK HPD $4,141,126
1998-07-24Mortgage $7,556,365 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP; MADISON ST DEVELOPMENT CORP to EAB COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP $7,556,365
1998-07-24Mortgage $988,163 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP; MADISON ST DEVELOPMENT CORP to EAB COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP $988,163

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201721880190
20180628
2019050454
2020056056
2021086086
2022088189
2023036036
2024035136
2025047148
2026030131
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The full timeline

Construction 17Enforcement 6Housing & tenants 1,116Ownership & money 33Health & systems 12

Every one of the 1,184 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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