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1529 Gates Avenue

86Records
11City systems
0Open violations
14Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11237 · Neighborhood: Bushwick (East)
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86 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 51 311 service requests, 9 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 6 HPD complaints.

BoroughBrooklyn 11237
Built1920
Floors2
Res. units2
ClassS9
Owner (PLUTO)GATES TAVERN LLC
BBL3033360021
BIN3076357

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GRADE B

A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 86% 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 14. In ZIP 11237, 39% of residential buildings hold an A and 15% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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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

6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 6).

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: Water System (9) · Encampment (8) · Noise (4) · HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · Illegal Parking (2) · Electrical (2).

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 (1920)
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$617,000 $277,650
2026$558,000 $251,100
2027$670,000 $301,500

The city's market estimate has risen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
La Caleta EcuatorianaLatin AmericanA—

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).

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

SubwayMyrtle-Wyckoff Avs — L M · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Myrtle Av / Gates Av — B54 · 150 ft
Citi BikeMyrtle Ave & Linden St · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell
Middle: J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes. 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

1529 Gates 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 — 3 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,469,093 on 2024-07-05 (lender: Webster Bank, National Association), 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
2024-07-05Deed $2,000,000 — from FRANK IM, AS CO-EXECUTOR; BIENVENIDO GARCIA, JR., AS CO-EXECUTOR; ESTATE OF CARMELO SANCHE to GATES TAVERN LLC $2,000,000
2024-07-05Mortgage $1,469,093 — from GATES TAVERN LLC to WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $1,469,093
2024-07-05AL&R $1,469,093 — from GATES TAVERN LLC to WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $1,469,093
2024-06-18Sold for $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000
1995-05-17Mortgage $35,000 — from JIMENEZ, DAVID; SANCHEZ, CARMELLO to SCLAFANI, DAVID $35,000

Ten-year activity

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202302002
20242174124
20250190221
202606028
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The full timeline

Construction 6Enforcement 6Housing & tenants 57Ownership & money 10Health & systems 7

Every one of the 86 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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