356 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 10 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 243 311 service requests, 32 rodent inspections, 30 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
58 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (23) · Panhandling (7) · Illegal Parking (5) · Graffiti (4) · Dirty Condition (4) · New Tree Request (2).
$342,490 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 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.
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,839,000 | $827,550 |
| 2026 | $1,893,000 | $851,850 |
| 2027 | $1,877,000 | $844,650 |
The city's market estimate has risen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Collar | American | A | Mice evidence |
| Carmelo's | American | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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.
| Subway | DeKalb Av — L · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: De Kalb Av / Irving Av — B38 · under 50 ft |
| Citi Bike | Irving Ave & DeKalb Ave · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 123 Suydam Middle: J.H.S. 162 The Willoughby. 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.
1544 DeKalb Avenue
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
58 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $375,000 on 2023-07-25 (lender: Dime Community 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-25 | AL&R $375,000 — from IMPERIAL 1544 LLC to DIME COMMUNITY BANK | $375,000 | |
| 2023-07-25 | Mortgage $375,000 — from IMPERIAL 1544 LLC to DIME COMMUNITY BANK | $375,000 | |
| 2018-10-02 | AL&R $2,207,500 — from IMPERIAL 1544 LLC to BNB BANK | $2,207,500 | |
| 2018-10-02 | Agreement $2,207,500 — from IMPERIAL 1544 LLC to BNB BANK | $2,207,500 | |
| 2018-10-02 | Mortgage $1,522,668 — from IMPERIAL 1544 LLC to BNB BANK | $1,522,668 | |
| 2014-05-08 | Agreement $1,000,000 — from IMPERAIL 1544 LLC; DEKALB AVE 1544 LIMITED; 347-349 KNICKERBOCKER LLC; 347 KNICKERBOCKER C to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $1,000,000 | |
| 2012-10-25 | Agreement $1,000,000 — from 347 KNICKERBOCKER CORPORATION; DEKALB AVE 1544 LIMITED to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $1,000,000 | |
| 2012-10-25 | Mortgage $244,874 — from DEKALB AVE 1544 LIMITED to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $244,874 | |
| 2009-07-08 | Mortgage $825,000 — from DEKALB AVE 1544 LTD to CARVER FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | $825,000 | |
| 2009-07-08 | Deed $1,550,000 — from NEMRAH REALTY CORPORATION, INC to DEKALB AVE 1544 LTD | $1,550,000 | |
| 2005-06-22 | Mortgage $395,000 — from NEMRAH REALTY CORPORATION, INC. to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $395,000 | |
| 2005-06-22 | AL&R $395,000 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to NEMRAH REALTY CORPORATION, INC. | $395,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 75 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 34 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 38 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 29 |
Every one of the 356 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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