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348 Franklin Avenue

371Records
14City systems
0Open violations
28Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11238 · Neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
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371 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 242 311 service requests, 30 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 22 DOB violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11238
Built1930
Floors4
Res. units3
ClassS3
Owner (PLUTO)ABSOLAM, OSMOND
BBL3019670046
BIN3056320

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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 28. In ZIP 11238, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and 10% 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

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

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

7 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Water Maintenance (5) · Drug Activity (1) · PLUMBING (1).

Filed construction activity

$13,000 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 (1930)
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)OSMOND ABSOLAM
Last registered2025-07-16

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,215,000 $546,750
2026$972,000 $437,400
2027$1,166,000 $524,700

The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
The HollerAmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 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

SubwayClasson Av — G · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Franklin Av / Greene Av — B48 B52 · 100 ft
Citi BikeFranklin Ave & Quincy St · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 056 Lewis H. Latimer. 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

348 Franklin 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

7 311 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: $200,000 on 2006-10-25 (lender: Greenpoint Mortgage Funding, INC.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2008-09-24AMTX $200,000 — from GREEN POINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC to OSMOND, ABSOLAM $200,000
2006-10-25Mortgage $200,000 — from ABSOLAM, OSMOND to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. $200,000
2006-01-26Mortgage $200,000 — from ABSOLAM, OSMOND to G.A.GROUP, LLC $200,000
2005-12-06Deed $400,000 — from INGRAM REALTY LLC to ABSOLAM, OSMOND $400,000
2000-05-18Mortgage $126,000 — from INGRAM REALTY LLC to ALLIANCE FUNDING FSB $126,000
1990-11-09Mortgage $100,000 — from JARVIS, JOSEPH P to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK $100,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20172350111
20184040311
20190184316
2020000224
2021001023
2022005038
20230530311
2024012047
2025012047
20260090413
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The full timeline

Construction 16Enforcement 38Housing & tenants 257Ownership & money 30Health & systems 30

Every one of the 371 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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