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231 Montrose Avenue

185Records
14City systems
0Open violations
1.7Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11206 · Neighborhood: East Williamsburg
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185 recorded events, 1975–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 112 311 service requests, 11 DOB job filings, 10 DOB permits.

BoroughBrooklyn 11206
Built1920
Floors4
Res. units6
ClassC4
Owner (PLUTO)235-241 BUSHWICK AVE REALTY CORP
BBL3030550023
BIN3071186

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 85% 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 1.7. In ZIP 11206, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 17% grade D or F. How grades work

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Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

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

37 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (21) · Food Establishment (2) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (1) · Traffic (1) · Graffiti (1) · Dead/Dying Tree (1).

Filed construction activity

$12,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1920)
YesSix or more residential units (6)
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)DURANTE GALEOTAFIORE/235 BUSHWICK AVE
Head officerDURANTE GALEOTAFIORE
Managing agentDURANTE GALEOTAFIORE
Last registered2025-08-20

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,670,000 $751,500
2026$1,858,000 $836,100
2027$1,486,000 $668,700

The city's market estimate has fallen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Danny's Pizzeria & CafePizzaA—
The Little BookshopCoffee/TeaA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Preparation Location, Kitchen/Food Prep Area), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2019 (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

SubwayMontrose Av — L · under 50 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Montrose Av / Bushwick Av — B60 · 150 ft
Citi BikeMontrose Ave & Bushwick Ave · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 196 Ten Eyck. 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

231 Montrose Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

37 311 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: $4,927 on 2019-03-25 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2019-03-25Agreement $1,255,000 — from 235-241 BUSHWICK AVENUE REALTY CORP to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA $1,255,000
2019-03-25Mortgage $4,927 — from 235-241 BUSHWICK AVENUE REALTY CORP to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA $4,927
2014-04-21Mortgage $1,400,000 — from 235-241 BUSHWICK AVENUE REALTY CORP. to JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $1,400,000
1996-09-25Mortgage $225,000 — from 235-241 BUSHWICK AVEREALTY CORP to PORTALATIN, MELANIA $225,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201700150015
2018008019
20190182112
202000160218
2021017019
2022015017
202301130216
2024013026
202522270334
2026008019
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The full timeline

Construction 21Enforcement 13Housing & tenants 127Ownership & money 8Health & systems 16

Every one of the 185 recorded events, 1975–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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