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208 Broadway

490Records
15City systems
12Open violations
1421Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11211 · Neighborhood: Williamsburg
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490 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 187 311 service requests, 141 HPD housing violations, 97 HPD complaints.

BoroughBrooklyn 11211
Built1910
Floors4
Res. units4
ClassF5
Owner (PLUTO)1721 PUTNAM LLC
BBL3021330014
BIN3059551

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GRADE F

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 1421. In ZIP 11211, 58% of residential buildings hold an A and 7% grade D or F. How grades work

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C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations12 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2024-01-26.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

75 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 28 · winter 2025–26: 39). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
28
’24–25
39
’25–26

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

$8,780 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

130 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (34) · PAINT/PLASTER (23) · Construction Lead Dust (21) · Cannabis Retailer (11) · Real Time Enforcement (7) · Noise (5).

Filed construction activity

$18,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1910)
NoSix or more residential units (4)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. 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)1721 PUTNAM LLC
Head officerJoel Teitelbaum
Managing agentJoel Teitelbaum
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$482,000 $216,900
2026$425,000 $191,250
2027$434,000 $195,300

The city's market estimate has fallen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

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.

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

SubwayMarcy Av — J M Z · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Roebling St / S 8 St — B62 · 200 ft
Citi BikeBroadway & Roebling St · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 016 Leonard Dunkly. 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

208 Broadway

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

130 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 34 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,100,000 on 2024-03-06 (lender: Broadview Capital LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2024-03-06Deed $3,000,000 — from BINYAN BROADWAY LLC to 1721 PUTNAM LLC $3,000,000
2024-03-06Mortgage $2,100,000 — from 1721 PUTNAM LLC to BROADVIEW CAPITAL LLC $2,100,000
2024-03-06AL&R $2,100,000 — from 1721 PUTNAM LLC to BROADVIEW CAPITAL LLC $2,100,000
2024-02-27Sold for $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $750,000
2019-12-05AL&R $1,300,000 — from BINYAN BROADWAY LLC to CROSS RIVER BANK $1,300,000
2019-12-05Mortgage $1,300,000 — from BINYAN BROADWAY LLC to CROSS RIVER BANK $1,300,000

Ten-year activity

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2023
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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017004004
201800260228
20190272112
2020001012
2021007018
2022005016
202301331136
20240520651217
2025212540169
202600660066
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The full timeline

Construction 2Enforcement 23Housing & tenants 441Ownership & money 15Health & systems 9

Every one of the 490 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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