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510 DeKalb Avenue

232Records
11City systems
5Open violations
26.7Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11205 · Neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
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232 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 73 HPD complaints, 58 311 service requests, 45 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11205
Built1901
Floors2
Res. units3
ClassC0
Owner (PLUTO)510 DEKALB LLC
BBL3019420019
BIN3055427

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 90% 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 26.7. 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 violations5 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2023-01-11.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).

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

What 311 hears from this address

3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: New Tree Request (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · Dead/Dying Tree (1).

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 (1901)
NoSix or more residential units (3)
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)510 Dekalb LLC
Head officerDavid Simkowitz
Managing agentTehillim Management LLC
Last registered2025-08-05

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,348,000 $80,880
2026$1,497,000 $89,820
2027$1,968,000 $118,080

The city's market estimate has risen 46% 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 · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: De Kalb Av / Bedford Av — B38 · 150 ft
Citi BikeDeKalb Ave & Bedford Ave · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 270 Johann DeKalb. 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

510 DeKalb 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

3 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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 TEHILLIM MANAGEMENT LLC — 16 buildings, 72 units. Grades across the portfolio: A4 · B3 · C6 · D3. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
156 Martense Street BK9 A
158 Martense Street BK9 B
379 South 5 Street BK8 A
153 Division Avenue BK6 A
295 Himrod Street BK6 A
537 Marcy Avenue BK4 D
313 Willoughby Avenue BK4 C
464 Park Avenue BK3 D
186 Broadway BK3 B
871 Driggs Avenue BK3 C
69 Lee Avenue BK3 B
107 Franklin Avenue BK3 C
311 Willoughby Avenue BK3 C
65 Skillman Street BK3 C
510 DeKalb Avenue BK3 C
49 Herbert Street BK2 D

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,050,000 on 2022-01-07 (recorded via MERS, the industry registry; the lender is not named on the record). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2022-01-07Mortgage $1,050,000 — from 510 DEKALB LLC to MERS $1,050,000
2022-01-07Deed $1,400,000 — from MOITT, ALTHEA; MOITT, EUSTACE to 510 DEKALB LLC $1,400,000
2021-12-27Sold for $1,400,000 $1,400,000 $466,667
2007-03-19Agreement $324,000 — from MOITT, ALTHEA; MOITT, EUSTACE to MERS $324,000
2007-03-19Mortgage $191,653 — from MOITT, ALTHEA; MOITT, EUSTACE to MERS $191,653
2003-08-12Mortgage $157,000 — from MOITT, ALTHEA; MOITT, EUSTACE to MERS; DELTA FUNDING CORPORATION $157,000
1998-02-27Mortgage $11,000 — from MOITT, EUSTACE; MOITT, ALTHEA to FHB FUNDING CORP $11,000
1998-02-27Mortgage $88,000 — from MOITT, ALTHEA; MOITT, EUSTACE to FHB FUNDING CORP $88,000
1989-02-27Mortgage $72,000 — from MOITT, ALTHEA; MOITT, EUSTACE to EMIGRANT SAVINGS BANK $72,000

Ten-year activity

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20180022
20192024
20200011
20210112
2022674273
2023790382
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The full timeline

Construction 3Enforcement 5Housing & tenants 180Ownership & money 23Health & systems 21

Every one of the 232 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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