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355 Franklin Avenue

162Records
13City systems
13Open violations
6.5Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11238 · Neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
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162 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 76 311 service requests, 22 rodent inspections, 19 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11238
Built1930
Floors4
Res. units8
ClassC4
Owner (PLUTO)OSMOND ABSOLAM
BBL3019680003
BIN3056332

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 69% 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 6.5. In ZIP 11238, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and 10% grade D or F. How grades work

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Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations13 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 11 class A. Oldest open since 1989-08-18.

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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

22 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Outdoor Dining (8) · Graffiti (3) · Illegal Parking (2) · DOOR/WINDOW (1) · GENERAL (1) · Street Sweeping Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$26,840 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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)
YesSix or more residential units (8)
No421-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 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$1,536,000 $691,200
2026$1,843,000 $829,350
2027$2,212,000 $995,400

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

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Disco BirdiesChickenAMice 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 · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-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
Bike facilityPainted bike lane mapped within 75 ft
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

355 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

22 311 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: $650,000 on 2016-07-07 (lender: Flushing Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2016-07-07Mortgage $650,000 — from ABSOLAM, OSMOND to FLUSHING BANK $650,000
2016-07-07AL&R $650,000 — from ABSOLAM, OSMOND to FLUSHING BANK $650,000
1990-07-26Mortgage $50,000 — from ABSOLAM, OSMOND to KINGHARMON, MARY M $50,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201700314
2018516416
20190312318
2020008210
2021009211
202200538
20230010515
202400639
202500459
20260015318
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The full timeline

Construction 10Enforcement 6Housing & tenants 106Ownership & money 6Health & systems 34

Every one of the 162 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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