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657 Myrtle Avenue

224Records
9City systems
20Open violations
40Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11205 · Neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
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224 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 9 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 106 311 service requests, 37 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 21 rodent inspections.

BoroughBrooklyn 11205
Built1905
Floors3
Res. units2
ClassS2
Owner (PLUTO)MCINTOSH COLLISTA
BBL3018990067
BIN3054748

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 93% 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 40. In ZIP 11205, 49% of residential buildings hold an A and 13% 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 violations20 total — 11 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 7 class A. Oldest open since 2004-05-14.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

What 311 hears from this address

29 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (29).

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 (1905)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
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).

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,563,000 $93,780
2026$1,867,000 $112,020
2027$2,350,000 $141,000

The city's market estimate has risen 50% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
ChinantlaMexicanCMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

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 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Myrtle Av / Franklin Av — B54 · 100 ft
Citi BikeFranklin Ave & Myrtle Ave · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S./I.S. 157 The Benjamin Franklin Health & Science Academy. 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

657 Myrtle Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

29 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $371,000 on 2005-03-09 (lender: First Residential Mortgage Sevrices Corp.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2005-03-09Mortgage $371,000 — from RAMOS, GUADALUPE to FIRST RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SEVRICES CORP $371,000
2005-03-09Deed $390,000 — from MCINTOSH, COLLISTA; MCINTOSH, FREDA to RAMOS, GUADALUPE $390,000
2004-05-13Mortgage $110,740 — from MCINTOSH, COLLISTA; MCINTOSH, FREDA to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE UNDING, INC $110,740
2004-05-13Agreement $180,000 — from MCINTOSH, FREDA; MCINTOSH, COLLISTA to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE UNDING, INC $180,000
1998-03-25Mortgage $91,000 — from MCINTOSH, COLLISTA; MCINTOSH, FREDA to GREENPOINT BANK $91,000
1989-07-14Mortgage $30,000 — from MC INTOSH, COLLISTA; SHEPHERD, SHIRLEY; MC INTOSH, FREDA; CAMPBELL, GRANTLEY; TAFFE, KEITH to JOHNSON, ERMANETTE $30,000

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201701001
201804105
201903025
202004004
20210200020
20220100616
20235370547
20240180220
202503025
20260130316
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The full timeline

Construction 15Enforcement 8Housing & tenants 139Ownership & money 37Health & systems 25

Every one of the 224 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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