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985 Flushing Avenue

160Records
14City systems
10Open violations
30Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11206 · Neighborhood: East Williamsburg
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160 recorded events, 1987–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 82 311 service requests, 28 HPD housing violations, 18 HPD complaints.

BoroughBrooklyn 11206
Built1931
Floors3
Res. units4
ClassS4
Owner (PLUTO)985 FLUSHING AVE, LLC
BBL3031240017
BIN3071642

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 90% 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 30. In ZIP 11206, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 17% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
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 violations10 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 1998-04-09.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

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

1 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Missed Collection (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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1931)
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)ALAN B RESS; RUTH PRESS
Head officerALAN PRESS
Managing agent985 FLUSHING AVE LLC
Last registered2023-05-08

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,132,000 $509,400
2026$937,000 $421,650
2027$925,000 $416,250

The city's market estimate has fallen 18% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
La FournaiseCoffee/TeaA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

SubwayMorgan Av — L · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Flushing Av — J M · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Flushing Av / Evergreen Av — B57 · 150 ft
Citi BikeCentral Ave & Flushing Ave · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson. 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

985 Flushing 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

1 311 service request 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: $150,000 on 1998-05-22 (lender: Financial Federal Savings Bank), covering 2 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
1998-05-22Mortgage $150,000 — from PRESS, ALAN; PRESS, RUTH to FINANCIAL FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK $150,000

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
2017026026
2018022123
2019110011
20200606
20211506
20221506
20231203
20241203
20251203
20260325
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The full timeline

Construction 9Enforcement 11Housing & tenants 131Ownership & money 6Health & systems 3

Every one of the 160 recorded events, 1987–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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