354 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 136 311 service requests, 80 HPD housing violations, 49 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 65% 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 8.3. In ZIP 11205, 49% of residential buildings hold an A and 13% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 32 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 18 class B, 11 class A. Oldest open since 2016-03-11. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (4) · Consumer Complaint (1) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (1) · Missed Collection (1) · Indoor Air Quality (1).
$91,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1930) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (6) |
| No | 421-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 owner(s) | 180 DEKALB AVE LLC |
| Head officer | LEE WANG |
| Managing agent | JAMES WANG |
| Last registered | 2025-09-08 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,778,800 | $1,700,460 |
| 2026 | $3,875,000 | $1,743,750 |
| 2027 | $4,650,000 | $2,092,500 |
The city's market estimate has risen 23% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bittersweet | Coffee/Tea | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
| Subway | Fulton St — G · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Lafayette Av — C · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: De Kalb Av / Carlton Av — B38 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | Cumberland St & Lafayette Ave · 700 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.
178 DeKalb Avenue
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
8 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $333,553 on 2017-06-21 (lender: Astoria Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-21 | Mortgage $333,554 — from 180 DEKALB AVE LLC to ASTORIA BANK | $333,554 | |
| 2017-06-21 | Agreement $1,250,000 — from 180 DEKALB AVE LLC to ASTORIA BANK | $1,250,000 | |
| 2013-01-29 | Agreement $1,000,000 — from WANG, SPRING; TUNG-WANG, JAMES to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK | $1,000,000 | |
| 2013-01-29 | AL&R $1,000,000 — from WANG, SPRING; TUNG-WANG, JAMES to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK | $1,000,000 | |
| 2013-01-29 | Mortgage $592,740 — from WANG, SPRING; TUNG-WANG, JAMES to VALLEY NATIONAL BANK | $592,740 | |
| 2007-09-05 | Mortgage $250,000 — from WANG, SPRING; TUNG-WANG, JAMES; TUNG-WANG, LEE to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $250,000 | |
| 2007-09-05 | AL&R $250,000 — from TUNG-WANG, LEE; TUNG-WANG, JAMES; WANG, SPRING to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $250,000 | |
| 2004-06-09 | M&CON $400,000 — from TUNG-WANG, JAMES; TUNG-WANG, LEE; WANG, SPRING to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN | $400,000 | |
| 2001-12-13 | Mortgage $400,000 — from WANG, SPRING; TUNG-WANG, LEE; TUNG-WANG, JAMES to GARRETT, JAMES | $400,000 | |
| 1997-09-23 | Mortgage $90,000 — from GARRETT, JAMES to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORP | $90,000 | |
| 1994-07-01 | Mortgage $150,000 — from GARRETT, JAMES to APEX MORTGAGE CORP | $150,000 | |
| 1989-02-07 | Mortgage $50,000 — from FT. GREENE FUNDING CORP to MARAL FUNDING CORP | $50,000 | |
| 1987-10-06 | Mortgage $300,000 — from FT.GREENE FUNDING CORP to GARRETT, JAMES | $300,000 | |
| 1987-10-06 | Mortgage $121,000 — from YOUNG, SIBYLLE P; FT.GREENE FUNDING CORP; YOUNG, FRED T to J.S.FUNDING CORP | $121,000 | |
| 1982-02-18 | Mortgage $65,000 — from GARRETT, JAMES to CICCOLILLI, RAYMOND | $65,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 101 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
Every one of the 354 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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