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471 Vanderbilt Avenue

698Records
17City systems
8Open violations
20.7Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11238 · Neighborhood: Clinton Hill
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698 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 250 311 service requests, 206 HPD complaints, 60 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.

BoroughBrooklyn 11238
Built1930
Floors4
Res. units26
ClassC1
Owner (PLUTO)OTA VANDERBILT LLC
BBL3019760002
BIN3056595

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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 53% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 20.7. In ZIP 11238, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and 10% grade D or F. How grades work

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Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations8 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 6 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2025-11-06.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’24–25
4
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No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$4,275 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

47 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Encampment (19) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4) · General Construction/Plumbing (4) · HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · Illegal Parking (3) · Homeless Person Assistance (2).

Filed construction activity

$79,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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 (26)
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)OTA VANDERBILT LLC
Head officerELLEN GUCCIONE
Managing agentDiamond Mine Real Estate LLC
Last registered2026-07-07

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$4,154,000 $1,869,300
2026$4,684,000 $2,107,800
2027$5,720,000 $2,574,000

The city's market estimate has risen 38% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

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.

12 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (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.

Getting around

SubwayClinton-Washington Avs — C · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Clinton-Washington Avs — G · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Vanderbilt Av / Fulton St — B69 · 50 ft
Citi BikeFulton St & Clermont Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 011 Purvis J. Behan. 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

471 Vanderbilt 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

47 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 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 DIAMOND MINE REAL ESTATE LLC — 11 buildings, 248 units. Grades across the portfolio: A1 · B5 · C2 · D3. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
112 West 138 Street MN54 B
50 Greene Avenue BK39 D
802 Bergen Street BK32 B
471 Vanderbilt Avenue BK26 A
1398 Dean Street BK20 C
637 Nostrand Avenue BK18 D
403 Macon Street BK16 B
299 Putnam Avenue BK16 B
303 Putnam Avenue BK16 C
276 Throop Avenue BK8 B
942 Bergen Street BK3 D

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,689,836 on 2022-07-12 (lender: Big Real Estate Finance II LLC), covering 4 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2022-08-16RPTT $50,840,000 — from MEMBERS OF AVANATH AFFORDABLE HOUSING II to AVANATH AH RENAISSANCE AGGREGATOR, L.P. $50,840,000
2022-07-12Mortgage $2,689,837 — from OTA VANDERBILT LLC; OTA GREENE LLC; OTA GRAND LLC; OTA BERGEN LLC to BIG REAL ESTATE FINANCE II LLC $2,689,837
2022-07-12Agreement $38,100,000 — from OTA BERGEN LLC; OTA GRAND LLC; OTA VANDERBILT LLC; OTA GREENE LLC to BIG REAL ESTATE FINANCE II LLC $38,100,000
2022-07-12AL&R $38,100,000 — from OTA GRAND LLC; OTA BERGEN LLC; OTA GREENE LLC; OTA VANDERBILT LLC to BIG REAL ESTATE FINANCE II LLC $38,100,000
2018-01-31AL&R $7,400,000 — from OTA VANDERBILT, LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $7,400,000
2018-01-31Agreement $38,000,000 — from OTA VANDERBILT, LLC; OTA BERGEN, LLC; OTA GREENE, LLC; OTA GRAND, LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $38,000,000
2018-01-31Agreement $38,000,000 — from OTA BERGEN, LLC; OTA GREENE, LLC; OTA GRAND, LLC; OTA VANDERBILT, LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $38,000,000
2018-01-31Mortgage $4,000,000 — from OTA VANDERBILT, LLC; OTA GRAND, LLC; OTA GREENE, LLC; OTA BERGEN, LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $4,000,000
2018-01-31Mortgage $7,400,000 — from OTA VANDERBILT, LLC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $7,400,000
2015-10-07Agreement $34,000,000 — from OTA GRAND, LLC; OTA BERGEN, LLC; OTA GREENE, LLC; OTA VANDERBILT, LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $34,000,000
2015-10-07Mortgage $19,067,843 — from OTA VANDERBILT, LLC; OTA GREENE, LLC; OTA GRAND, LLC; OTA BERGEN, LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $19,067,843
2015-10-07Deed $60,209,050 — from PRETORIA LLC; LOBEL, NISAN S; JONATHAN ENTERPRISES, LLC; JONATHAN ENTERPRISES, LLC; GALVIN to OTA VANDERBILT, LLC; OTA GREENE, LLC; OTA GRAND, LLC; OTA BERGEN, LLC $60,209,050
2013-07-09Mortgage $2,500,000 — from VANDERBILT AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $2,500,000
2013-07-09AL&R $2,500,000 — from VANDERBILT AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $2,500,000
1999-03-19Mortgage $512,660 — from VANDERBILT AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR $512,661

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201702110114
20185149120
20190290314
2020016018
202101180221
202201136121
202305200126
202426300240
202512211530
202605180124
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The full timeline

Construction 24Enforcement 74Housing & tenants 514Ownership & money 60Health & systems 26

Every one of the 698 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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