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15 Covert Street

99Records
10City systems
5Open violations
74.7Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11207 · Neighborhood: Bushwick (East)
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99 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 10 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 28 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 24 311 service requests, 18 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11207
Built2005
Floors3
Res. units3
ClassC0
Owner (PLUTO)15 BUSHWICK, LLC
BBL3034140065
BIN3388908

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GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% 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 74.7. In ZIP 11207, 62% of residential buildings hold an A and 13% grade D or F. How grades work

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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

Open HPD violations5 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2018-06-24.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

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

4 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Snow or Ice (2) · Missed Collection (1) · ELECTRIC (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 (2005)
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).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)15 BUSHWICK LLC
Head officerMICHEL MADIE
Managing agentNEWPORT STREET CAPITAL
Last registered2024-12-30

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,389,000 $83,340
2026$1,472,000 $88,320
2027$1,594,000 $95,640

The city's market estimate has risen 15% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

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

SubwayHalsey St — J · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Chauncey St — J Z · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Broadway / Schaeffer St — Q24 · 300 ft
Citi BikeThomas S. Boyland St & Macon St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S./I.S. 045 Horace E. Greene
Middle: Evergreen Middle School for Urban Exploration. 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

15 Covert Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

4 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by NEWPORT STREET CAPITAL — 16 buildings, 73 units. Grades across the portfolio: A3 · B3 · C5 · D4 · F1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
204 Montrose Avenue BK15 A
24 Kosciuszko Street BK8 A
181 Montrose Avenue BK8 B
25-63 38 Street QN6 A
539 West 144 Street MN5 B
1178 Greene Ave BK5 C
8510 13 Avenue BK4 C
780 Greene Avenue BK4 C
1024 Faile Street BX3 D
15 Covert Street BK3 D
415 Stuyvesant Avenue BK3 B
134-61 175 Street QN2 C
428 Newport Street BK2 F
1646 Brooklyn Avenue BK2 D
2945 Wickham Avenue BX2 D
1827 Trafalgar Place BX1 C

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $750,000 on 2022-02-22 (lender: Fm Home Loans, LLC) (recorded via MERS). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2022-02-22Mortgage $750,000 — from 15 BUSHWICK, LLC to FM HOME LOANS, LLC; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS $750,000
2015-11-23Deed $1,450,000 — from PIERRE ROAD CORPORATION to 15 BUSHWICK, LLC $1,450,000
2013-02-20Deed $415,000 — from ABDULLAH , MOHAMMED; HELAL, MOHAMMED; HUSSAIN, ZOMIR to PIERRE ROAD CORPORATION $415,000
2006-05-09Deed $768,779 — from COVERT STREET LLC to HELAL, MOHAMMED; ABDULLAH, MOHAMMED $768,779
2006-05-09Mortgage $113,250 — from ABDULLAH, MOHAMMED; HELAL, MOHAMMED to GRIFFIN MORTGAGE CORPORATION $113,250
2006-05-09Mortgage $604,000 — from ABDULLAH, MOHAMMED; HELAL, MOHAMMED to GRIFFIN MORTGAGE CORPORATION $604,000
2005-07-20Deed $453,000 — from NATAN BAPAZ REALTY CORP to COVERT STREET LLC $453,000
2004-05-24DEEDO $275,000 — from LAND HOLDING INC.; HMC HOLDING INC. to NATAN BAPAZ REALTY CORP. $275,000
1989-02-01Mortgage $7,500 — from MC CLAIN, IRENE to STERLING RESOURCES LTD $7,500

Ten-year activity

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YearHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20171001
20188008
20191001
20204004
20213003
20225117
20232103
20243025
20254015
20265016
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The full timeline

Construction 9Enforcement 8Housing & tenants 48Ownership & money 28Health & systems 6

Every one of the 99 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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