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1597 Gates Avenue

129Records
12City systems
0Open violations
16.7Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11237 · Neighborhood: Bushwick (East)
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129 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 31 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 27 311 service requests, 17 DOB complaints.

BoroughBrooklyn 11237
Built2010
Floors2
Res. units3
ClassK4
Owner (PLUTO)SUN&ZHAO LLC
BBL3033380041
BIN3076403

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. 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 16.7. 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

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

12 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (6) · Building/Use (4) · Vendor Enforcement (1) · Dirty Condition (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

NoBuilt before 1974 (2010)
NoSix or more residential units (3)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

0 of 3 signals present. None of the common signals are present — stabilization is unlikely (though never impossible). 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$998,000 $449,100
2026$1,066,000 $479,700
2027$1,026,000 $461,700

The city's market estimate has risen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
New World NutritionJuice, Smoothies, Fruit SaladsA—

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 · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Gates Av / Saint Nicholas Av — B13 · 200 ft
Citi BikeWyckoff Ave & Gates Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell
Middle: I.S. 093 Ridgewood. 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

1597 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

12 311 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: $600,000 on 2014-11-10 (lender: Asia Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-11-14AL&R $850,000 — from SUN&ZHAO LLC to CATHAY BANK $850,000
2025-11-14M&CON $850,000 — from SUN&ZHAO LLC to CATHAY BANK $850,000
2025-11-14Deed $1,400,000 — from YUAN, WAN RONG; YUAN, JIAN WEI to SUN&ZHAO LLC $1,400,000
2025-10-31Sold for $1,400,000 $1,400,000 $466,667
2022-04-18AL&R $800,000 — from YUAN, JIAN WEI; YUAN, WAN RONG to CATHAY BANK $800,000
2022-04-18M&CON $800,000 — from YUAN, JIAN WEI; YUAN, WAN RONG to CATHAY BANK $800,000
2014-11-10Mortgage $600,000 — from YUAN, WAN RONG; YUAN, JIAN WEI to ASIA BANK, N.A. $600,000
2014-11-10AL&R $600,000 — from YUAN, JIAN WEI; YUAN, WAN RONG to ASIA BANK, N.A. $600,000
2006-11-29Mortgage $350,000 — from YUAN, WAN RONG; YUAN, JIAN WEI to MERS $350,000
2004-11-26Deed $350,000 — from YUAN, MIAO LING LIN to YUAN, JIAN WEI; YUAN, WAN RONG $350,000
2001-05-09Mortgage $129,500 — from YUAN, MIAO LING LIN to CONTINENTAL MORTGAGEBANKERS INC; MORTGAGE ELECTRONICREGISTRATION SYSTEMS ; FINANCIAL EQUIT $129,500
2000-12-05Mortgage $100,000 — from YUAN, MIAO LING LIN to GREENPOINT MORTGAGEFUNDING INC $100,000
1989-06-06Mortgage $30,000 — from YUAN, MIAO LING LIN to WONG, YI LIANG $30,000
1989-06-06Mortgage $70,000 — from YUAN, MIAO LING LIN to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK $70,000

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2025475319
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The full timeline

Construction 16Enforcement 38Housing & tenants 28Ownership & money 32Health & systems 15

Every one of the 129 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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