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1549 Gates Avenue

375Records
16City systems
6Open violations
111Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11237 · Neighborhood: Bushwick (East)
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375 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 120 311 service requests, 82 HPD complaints, 58 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11237
Built1931
Floors4
Res. units4
ClassS4
Owner (PLUTO)YOON, LAWRENCE
BBL3033370033
BIN3076375

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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 111. In ZIP 11237, 39% of residential buildings hold an A and 15% 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 violations6 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2006-01-11.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2).

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

17 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (6) · Street Condition (3) · Consumer Complaint (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · Vendor Enforcement (1) · Graffiti (1).

Filed construction activity

$8,563 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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.

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)EUNKYUNG YOON; LAWRENCE YOON
Managing agentEUNKYUNG YOON
Last registered2025-07-30

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$969,600 $436,320
2026$1,164,000 $523,800
2027$1,397,000 $628,650

The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
La FogataMexicanA—

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 · 300 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Myrtle Av / Gates Av — B54 · 150 ft
Citi BikeWyckoff Ave & Gates Ave · 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

1549 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

17 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $150,000 on 1989-03-02 (lender: Korea Exchange Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1989-03-02Mortgage $150,000 — from YOON, LAWRENCE; YOON, EUN-KYUNG to KOREA EXCHANGE BANK $150,000
1983-07-20Mortgage $19,000 — from YANEZ, REINALDO to YOUNG, HENRY $19,000

Ten-year activity

50250
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2018
2019
32
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201732190125
201863110222
20190272011
202033260032
202110130014
2022005016
2023105017
202400150217
202500120618
2026006039
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The full timeline

Construction 30Enforcement 23Housing & tenants 273Ownership & money 27Health & systems 22

Every one of the 375 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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