1,864 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 627 HPD complaints, 602 311 service requests, 427 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 91% 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 199.5. 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 | 31 total — 9 class C (immediately hazardous), 19 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2016-12-28. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
10 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2 · winter 2026–27: 3). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
28 service requests in the last three years. Most common: PLUMBING (6) · Homeless Person Assistance (4) · Encampment (4) · HEAT/HOT WATER (4) · DOOR/WINDOW (2) · PAINT/PLASTER (2).
$160,616 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (9 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 (1910) |
| 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) | 551 NOSTRAND LLC |
| Head officer | WADEA N AHMED |
| Managing agent | 551 NOSTRAND LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-09-05 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,347,000 | $606,150 |
| 2026 | $1,499,000 | $674,550 |
| 2027 | $1,199,000 | $539,550 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iffys Hot Chicken & Wings | Indian | Grade Pending | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 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.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2018 (0 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 | Nostrand Av — A C · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Franklin Av — C S · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Nostrand Av / Fulton St — B44 B44-SBS · 500 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | Pacific St & Nostrand Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 093 William H. Prescott. 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.
551 Nostrand 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
28 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 4 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $300,000 on 2012-02-13 (lender: 551 Galaxy Realty Corp.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-02-13 | Deed $1,015,000 — from 551 GALAXY CORP to 551 NOSTRAND LLC | $1,015,000 | |
| 2012-02-13 | Mortgage $300,000 — from 551 NOSTRAND LLC to 551 GALAXY REALTY CORP. | $300,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 119 | 3 | 126 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 9 | 197 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 136 | 17 | 155 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 3 | 108 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 37 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 19 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 32 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 41 |
Every one of the 1,864 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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