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159 Freeman Street

126Records
7City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11222 · Neighborhood: Greenpoint
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126 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 7 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 72 311 service requests, 38 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 5 DOB complaints.

BoroughBrooklyn 11222
Built1931
Floors1
Res. units0
ClassK1
Owner (PLUTO)MARSHALL KESTEN, LLC
BBL3025040045
BIN3063926

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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

15 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Establishment (6) · Noise (5) · Snow or Ice (2) · Abandoned Bike (1) · Encampment (1).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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$353,000 $158,850
2026$380,000 $171,000
2027$323,000 $145,350

The city's market estimate has fallen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Sweetleaf Coffee RoastersCoffee/TeaAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

6 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Pet/Animal) · 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 2 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

SubwayGreenpoint Av — G · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av — 7 · 0.6 mi straight-line (about a 14-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Freeman St / Manhattan Av — B32 · 100 ft
Citi BikeEagle St & Manhattan Ave · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityPainted bike lane mapped within 75 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 031 Samuel F. Dupont. 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

159 Freeman Street

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

15 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $3,950,000 on 2023-03-30 (lender: Metropolitan Commercial Bank), covering 6 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
2023-03-30AL&R $3,950,000 — from CASH REALTY LLC; MCGUINESS PROPERTIES LLC; LEAVE IT TO THE KIDS LLC; MARSHALL KESTEN LLC to METROPOLITAN COMMERCIAL BANK $3,950,000
2023-03-30Mortgage $3,950,000 — from CASH REALTY LLC; LEAVE IT TO THE KIDS LLC; MARSHALL KESTEN LLC; MCGUINESS PROPERTIES LLC to METROPOLITAN COMMERCIAL BANK $3,950,000
2016-09-30Mortgage $1,000,000 — from MARSHALL KESTEN LLC to CHEMICAL BANK $1,000,000
2014-01-30Mortgage $499,000 — from MARSHALL KESTEN LLC to METROPOLITAN COMMERCIAL BANK $499,000
2014-01-30AL&R $499,000 — from MARSHALL KESTEN LLC $499,000
2013-11-06ASPM $1,250,000 — from KESTEN, MARSHALL; MARSHALL KESTEN LLC to METROPOLITAN NATIONAL BANK $1,250,000
2010-07-21Agreement $1,250,000 — from KESTEN, MARSHALL to METROPOLITAN NATIONAL BANK $1,250,000
2010-07-21Mortgage $751,000 — from KESTEN, MARSHALL to METROPOLITAN NATIONAL BANK $751,000
2001-02-13Mortgage $499,000 — from KESTEN, MARSHALL to METROPOLITAN NATIONAL BANK $499,000

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20171160017
201803003
201903003
202000000
202104307
202204004
2023082313
202404015
202504217
202605005
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The full timeline

Construction 5Enforcement 6Housing & tenants 72Ownership & money 38Health & systems 5

Every one of the 126 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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