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660 Knickerbocker Avenue

724Records
17City systems
10Open violations
127.7Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11221 · Neighborhood: Bushwick (East)
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724 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 397 311 service requests, 123 HPD complaints, 64 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11221
Built1906
Floors4
Res. units6
ClassS9
Owner (PLUTO)SHAK KNICKERBOKER CORP
BBL3033770035
BIN3077296

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 86% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 127.7. In ZIP 11221, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and 17% grade D or F. How grades work

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C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations10 total — 8 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1994-02-08.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

20 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6 · winter 2024–25: 8 · winter 2025–26: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

6
’23–24
8
’24–25
6
’25–26

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

$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

112 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (83) · HEAT/HOT WATER (9) · Illegal Parking (5) · DOOR/WINDOW (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · Litter Basket Request (2).

Filed construction activity

$17,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1906)
YesSix or more residential units (6)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. 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)SHAK KNICKERBOCKER CORP
Head officerBEHOR SHAKAROV
Managing agentSHAK KNICKERBOCKER CORP
Last registered2026-07-28

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,214,400 $546,480
2026$1,370,000 $616,500
2027$1,603,000 $721,350

The city's market estimate has risen 32% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Thai Ros ThipThaiAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 1 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 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Wilson Av / Cornelia St — B60 · 600 ft
Citi BikePutnam Ave & Knickerbocker Ave · 200 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. 106 Edward Everett Hale
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

660 Knickerbocker 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

112 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 9 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: $524,343 on 2018-01-30 (lender: Flushing Bank F/k/f Flushing Savings Bank, FSB). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-07-14EASE $35,000 — from SHAK KNICKERBOKER CORPORATION A/K/A SHAK to EIP HOLDINGS II, LLC $35,000
2018-01-30AL&R $999,999 — from SHAK KNICKERBOKER CORP to FLUSHING BANK F/K/F FLUSHING SAVINGS BAN $999,999
2018-01-30Agreement $999,999 — from SHAK KNICKERBOKER CORP to FLUSHING BANK F/K/F FLUSHING SAVINGS BAN $999,999
2018-01-30Mortgage $524,343 — from SHAK KNICKERBOKER CORP to FLUSHING BANK F/K/F FLUSHING SAVINGS BAN $524,343
2004-08-12Mortgage $654,500 — from SHAK KNICKERBOCKER, CORP. to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB $654,500
2004-08-12DEEDO $935,000 — from RICH HOME, INC. to SHAK KNICKERBOCKER, CORP. $935,000
2004-07-23Deed $430,000 — from MACK, SHARON; LARANTZ REALTY CORP. to RICH HOME, INC $430,000
2004-07-23Mortgage $279,000 — from RICH HOME, INC to WOORI AMERICA BANK $279,000
2004-04-06Mortgage $171,045 — from RICH HOME INC, to WOORI AMERICA BANK $171,045
2004-04-06Agreement $448,000 — from WOORI AMERICA BANK to RICH HOME INC, $448,000

Ten-year activity

100500
2017
75
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
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2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201700130114
201800676275
201902650168
202000500151
202101210123
202201170321
202300470249
202401460350
202500463352
202612410347
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The full timeline

Construction 42Enforcement 34Housing & tenants 600Ownership & money 26Health & systems 22

Every one of the 724 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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