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343 Gold Street

1,772Records
20City systems
4Open violations
1.4Penalty rate

1,772 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 962 311 service requests, 199 DOB permits, 131 DOB job filings.

BoroughBrooklyn 11201
Built2011
Floors42
Res. units631
ClassD7
Owner (PLUTO)AVALON GOLD, LLC
BBL3020490002
BIN3058205, 3393888

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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 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 1.4. In ZIP 11201, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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B
C

Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations4 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-12-01.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

27 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 13 · winter 2025–26: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
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6
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4 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

442 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (296) · Illegal Parking (31) · Elevator (13) · HEAT/HOT WATER (13) · Blocked Driveway (13) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (5).

Filed construction activity

$4,407,600 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (33 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

NoBuilt before 1974 (2011)
YesSix or more residential units (631)
Yes421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

2 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. 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)AVALON GOLD LLC
Head officerJON VOGEL
Managing agentAVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.
Last registered2026-07-23

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$173,755,000 $78,189,750
2026$164,436,000 $73,996,200
2027$199,249,000 $89,662,050

The city's market estimate has risen 15% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: 421A 15 YR NO CAP

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 42/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 10)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Compilation CoffeeAmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Toilet Facility) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2025 (1 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

SubwayJay St-MetroTech — A C F R · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
DeKalb Av — B Q R · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Myrtle Av / Prince St — B54 · 150 ft
Citi BikeJohnson St & Gold St · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 287 Bailey K. Ashford. 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

343 Gold Street

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

442 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 13 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 AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC. — 14 buildings, 4,910 units. Grades across the portfolio: A12 · B2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
100 Willoughby Street BK826 A
539 West 28 Street MN710 A
343 Gold Street BK631 A
4-75 48 Avenue QN578 A
250 West 50 Street MN550 A
2-01 50 Avenue QN372 A
500 West 53 Street MN344 B
1 Morningside Drive MN295 A
510 West 52 Street MN288 A
285 Bowery MN206 A
21 2 Avenue MN90 A
4-95 48 Avenue QN8 A
4-83 48 Avenue QN8 A
4-89 48 Avenue QN4 B

Sales, deeds & mortgages

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-09-21RPTT $1,226,506,110 — from AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC. (OBO PUBLIC to ERP OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP $1,226,506,110
2007-05-02DEVR $10,040,259 — from IANNUCCI, ROBERT T; EWERS, SONIA O to AVALON GOLD, LLC $10,040,259
2007-02-05Deed $39,566,667 — from MANHATTAN BRIDGE THREE CENT LINE LLC to AVALON GOLD, LLC $39,566,667
2006-03-24RPTT $7,275,632 — from TMO PARENT LLC to MACQUARIE NEW YORK PARKING 3 LLC; MACQUARIE NEW YORK PARKING 2 LLC $7,275,632

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201749380152
201809250438
2019122681285
20202020410283
2021182630386
202216660376
202397560476
20246313008147
20250424413252
20267412416142
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The full timeline

Construction 330Enforcement 288Housing & tenants 1,092Ownership & money 23Health & systems 39

Every one of the 1,772 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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