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30 Lafayette Avenue

728Records
15City systems
0Open violations
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Brooklyn · ZIP 11217 · Neighborhood: Fort Greene
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728 recorded events, 1980–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 175 311 service requests, 149 DOB permits, 130 DOB violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11217
Built1908
Floors5
Res. units0
ClassW9
Owner (PLUTO)NYC DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
BBL3021110015
BIN3059185

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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

46 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (19) · Noise (5) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (3) · Homeless Person Assistance (3) · Real Time Enforcement (2) · Sidewalk Condition (2).

Filed construction activity

$975,480 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (10 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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$26,697,000 $12,013,650
2026$27,094,000 $12,192,300
2027$27,762,000 $12,492,900

The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: PARKS DEPT NYC

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Bam Cafe / Great PerformancesAmericanNot yet graded—
Bam Cinema Concession StandAmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 0 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.

4 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2013 (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

SubwayFulton St — G · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr — 2 3 4 5 B D N Q R · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Fulton St / Lafayette Av — B25 B26 B52 · 400 ft
Citi BikeLafayette Ave & Ft Greene Pl · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 038 The Pacific. 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

30 Lafayette Avenue

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

46 311 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.

Ten-year activity

100500
67
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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20170375767
20182179634
201968122046
20202513121
2021147517
2022828624
20234128630
20241515627
20253112521
20260018725
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The full timeline

Construction 242Enforcement 186Housing & tenants 175Ownership & money 3Health & systems 122

Every one of the 728 recorded events, 1980–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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