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191 Willoughby Street

921Records
19City systems
9Open violations
4.3Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11201 · Neighborhood: Fort Greene
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921 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 368 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 196 311 service requests, 112 DOF property sales.

BoroughBrooklyn 11201
Built1958
Floors15
Res. units183
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)UNIVERSITY TOWERS APT CORP
BBL3020610060
BIN3058256

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 53% 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 4.3. In ZIP 11201, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

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

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations9 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2022-03-25.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).

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

What 311 hears from this address

50 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (13) · PAINT/PLASTER (7) · Noise (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · Street Sweeping Complaint (3) · Blocked Driveway (2).

Filed construction activity

$2,487,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (20 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 (1958)
YesSix or more residential units (183)
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)UNIVERISTY TOWERS APT CORP
Head officerDOUGLAS BOETTNER
Managing agentFirstService Residential
Last registered2025-09-02

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$29,077,000 $13,084,650
2026$29,597,000 $13,318,650
2027$26,360,000 $11,862,000

The city's market estimate has fallen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $6,446,361 a year ($34.35 per sq ft), operating expenses $3,047,712 ($16.24 per sq ft), net operating income $3,398,649. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 30/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9)

Flood exposure

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

Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

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

SubwayDeKalb Av — B Q R · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Hoyt St — 2 3 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Outbound only)
BusNearest boarding stop: Myrtle Av / Ashland Pl — B54 · 400 ft
Citi BikeWilloughby St & Fleet St · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 020 Clinton Hill. 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

191 Willoughby Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

50 311 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 FIRSTSERVICE RESIDENTIAL — 556 buildings, 66,420 units. Grades across the portfolio: A464 · B61 · C14 · D3 · F1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
1 Fordham Hill Oval BX1116 B
80 La Salle Street MN982 A
1 Tudor City Place MN799 A
85 Jay Street BK727 A
81-26 150 Street QN675 A
420 Kent Avenue BK605 A
1 Wall Street MN566 A
685 First Avenue MN556 A
150-10 71 Avenue QN536 B
185 Clinton Avenue BK520 B
401 1 Avenue MN510 B
160 West End Avenue MN508 A
26-10 Union Street QN504 A
425 East 63 Street MN495 A
11 Wharf Way BK487 A
99-32 66 Road QN483 B
11 Hoyt Street BK480 A
5600 Netherland Avenue BX462 A
13 Rector Street MN452 A
185 West End Avenue MN432 A
1524 3 Avenue MN430 A
345 Clinton Avenue BK424 B
360 Furman Street BK424 A
555 Kappock Street BX412 A
110-17 Queens Boulevard QN405 A
165 West End Avenue MN403 A
60 East 8 Street MN390 A
2039 Broadway MN387 A
26-21 Union Street QN384 A
3131 Brighton 13 Street BK383 A
16 Dupont Street BK381 A
141 Amsterdam Avenue MN378 A
125-10 Queens Boulevard QN377 A
384 Bridge Street BK371 A
772 Broadway MN360 A
402 Park Avenue South MN350 A
35-11 85 Street QN348 A
75 Wall Street MN346 A
267 Bond Street BK344 A
381 2 Avenue MN339 A
555 West 23 Street MN336 A
2 Tudor City Place MN334 A
1168 1 Avenue MN328 A
92-27 160 Street QN315 A
500 West 43 Street MN311 A
70th Street QN295 A
415 East 64 Street MN290 A
137-47 45 Avenue QN289 A
225 Rector Place MN285 A
20 West Street MN283 A
61 West 62 Street MN276 A
330 West 56 Street MN275 B
5 West 65 Street MN274 A
1992 Broadway MN271 A
195 3 Avenue MN270 A
11-12 30 Drive QN266 A
382 2 Avenue MN262 A
1659 2 Avenue MN258 A
800 Grand Concourse BX254 B
9201 Shore Road BK254 B

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Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $13,000,000 on 2001-09-28 (lender: Morgan Guaranty Trust Company Of New York), covering 3 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
2026-07-13RPTT&RET $580,000 — from PARRINO, KATHY G to REICHERT, KATHERINE $580,000
2026-06-30Sold for $580,000 $580,000 $3,169
2026-06-24RPTT&RET $772,000 — from TAYLOR, DREW; TAYLOR, CHELSEA to ALISME, JOAM $772,000
2026-06-17Sold for $772,000 $772,000 $4,219
2026-03-20RPTT&RET $44,000 — from SHAH, VICTORIA JAYE to ENG, TRINH D; ENG, DAVID $44,000
2026-03-18RPTT&RET $440,000 — from PEYSER, HANNAH to ERVING, CORY; ERVING, JULIUS W III $440,000
2026-03-12Sold for $440,000 $440,000 $2,404
2026-03-09RPTT&RET $40,000 — from LEVINSON, JEFFREY B to ETTINGER, ANDREW; ETTINGER, RACHEL $40,000
2026-03-09RPTT&RET $535,000 — from LEVINSON, JEFFREY B to NG, WAI CHU $535,000
2026-03-05RPTT&RET $420,000 — from DURNING, DANIEL; MOGHADDAM, MARJAN to LIU, NANNAN $420,000
2026-02-27Sold for $535,000 $535,000 $2,923
2026-01-16Sold for $420,000 $420,000 $2,295
2025-12-29RPTT&RET $10,140 — from UT PARKING LLC to SABORIO, SYLVIA; FERREYROS, ENRIQUE $10,140
2025-11-28RPTT&RET $775,906 — from UT Z UNITS LLC to FERREYROS, ENRIQUE; SABORIO, SYLVIA $775,907
2025-11-28RPTT&RET $735,000 — from BALLINGTON, JULIE to OLDFISH LLC $735,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017103824045
2018021815338
2019532721056
20201039993124
202143518232
2022522532367
2023042220248
2024233017355
2025003117250
2026602114344
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The full timeline

Construction 93Enforcement 58Housing & tenants 263Ownership & money 480Health & systems 27

Every one of the 921 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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