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127 Central Avenue

211Records
9City systems
0Open violations
93.3Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11221 · Neighborhood: Bushwick (West)
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211 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 9 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 122 311 service requests, 36 rodent inspections, 21 DOB violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11221
Built1931
Floors3
Res. units2
ClassS2
Owner (PLUTO)GONZALEZ MODESTO
BBL3031960008
BIN3325274, 3325275

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GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% 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 93.3. In ZIP 11221, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 17% grade D or F. How grades work

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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

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: Blocked Driveway (24) · Illegal Parking (3) · Maintenance or Facility (3) · Street Condition (2) · Encampment (1) · Obstruction (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 (2)
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).

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,177,000 $70,620
2026$1,490,000 $89,400
2027$1,705,000 $102,300

The city's market estimate has risen 45% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Bushwick BakeryBakery Products/DessertsGrade PendingMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick) · 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.

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

SubwayCentral Av — M · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Myrtle Av — J M Z · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 12-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Wilson Av / Starr St — B60 · 550 ft
Citi BikeCentral Ave & Starr St · 100 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. 145 Andrew Jackson
Middle: 347, 349. 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

127 Central 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: $50,000 on 1990-09-27 (lender: Green Point Savs Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1990-09-27Mortgage $50,000 — from MARTINEZ, JUAN to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK $50,000
1984-07-09Mortgage $4,000 — from ROMAN, AWILDA; MARTINEZ, JUAN to AROCHE, JAIME O $4,000
1982-06-04Mortgage $8,000 — from AROCHE, JAIME O to ORTIZ, CARMEN; ORTIZ, ARCADIO $8,000

Ten-year activity

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2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
34
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
2017526215
20180213318
20190117321
20200013114
20210013114
202200347
20230511521
202401269
20250111214
202600241034
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The full timeline

Construction 8Enforcement 29Housing & tenants 122Ownership & money 12Health & systems 40

Every one of the 211 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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