1,010 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 701 311 service requests, 97 HPD complaints, 83 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 86% 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 136.7. In ZIP 11206, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 17% 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 | 13 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 6 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 2019-01-17. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$33,750 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
385 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (340) · General Construction/Plumbing (10) · Water System (6) · Indoor Air Quality (5) · Real Time Enforcement (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4).
$56,900 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1920) |
| 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) | BUSHWICK OWNER LLC |
| Head officer | ELIE LEVY |
| Managing agent | ELIE LEVY |
| Last registered | 2025-07-15 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,482,000 | $666,900 |
| 2026 | $1,648,000 | $741,600 |
| 2027 | $1,318,000 | $593,100 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pink Metal | American | A | — |
| Post No Bills | American | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 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.
| Subway | Montrose Av — L · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Johnson Av / Bushwick Av — B60 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | Montrose Ave & Bushwick Ave · 250 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.
253 Bushwick 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 |
385 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $343,292 on 2019-03-29 (lender: Signature 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-29 | Mortgage $343,293 — from 253 BUSHWICK OWNER LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $343,293 | |
| 2019-03-29 | Deed $3,200,000 — from 253 BUSHWICK AVENUE LLC to 253 BUSHWICK OWNER LLC | $3,200,000 | |
| 2019-03-29 | Agreement $2,220,000 — from 253 BUSHWICK OWNER LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,220,000 | |
| 2019-03-29 | AL&R $2,220,000 — from 253 BUSHWICK OWNER LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $2,220,000 | |
| 2019-03-21 | Sold for $3,200,000 | $3,200,000 | $533,333 |
| 2016-11-09 | Mortgage $800,000 — from 253 BUSHWICK AVENUE LLC to DIME COMMUNITY BANK | $800,000 | |
| 2016-11-09 | AL&R $800,000 — from 253 BUSHWICK AVENUE LLC to DIME COMMUNITY BANK | $800,000 | |
| 2014-08-08 | Agreement $1,200,000 — from THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH to 253 BUSHWICK AVENUE LLC | $1,200,000 | |
| 2014-08-08 | Deed $2,200,000 — from AILEEN & JOLEEN LLC to 253 BUSHWICK AVENUE LLC | $2,200,000 | |
| 2014-08-08 | AL&R $1,200,000 — from 253 BUSHWICK AVENUE LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $1,200,000 | |
| 2014-08-08 | Mortgage $332,890 — from 253 BUSHWICK AVENUE LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH | $332,890 | |
| 2007-11-13 | Deed $1,375,000 — from RIVERA , GEORGE; RIVERA , YOLANDA to AILEEN & JOLEEN LLC | $1,375,000 | |
| 2007-11-13 | AL&R $955,000 — from AILEEN & JOLEEN LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $955,000 | |
| 2007-11-13 | Mortgage $955,000 — from AILEEN & JOLEEN LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $955,000 | |
| 2005-02-15 | Mortgage $50,000 — from RIVERA, GEORGE to SANTIAGO, BLANCA N | $50,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 55 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 66 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 79 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 136 | 0 | 1 | 138 |
| 2024 | 0 | 15 | 159 | 2 | 4 | 180 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 167 | 0 | 2 | 172 |
| 2026 | 2 | 11 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 57 |
Every one of the 1,010 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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