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1337 Bushwick Avenue

178Records
11City systems
15Open violations
16.7Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11207 · Neighborhood: Bushwick (East)
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178 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 51 311 service requests, 34 DOB violations, 23 HPD complaints.

BoroughBrooklyn 11207
Built1925
Floors3
Res. units2
ClassS2
Owner (PLUTO)MASSOUD K. MELAMED/MARGIRIT MELAMED
BBL3034210001
BIN3079187

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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 11207, 62% of residential buildings hold an A and 13% 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 violations15 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 13 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2004-09-01.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).

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

What 311 hears from this address

16 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Water System (6) · Noise (2) · Unleashed Dog (1) · Pet Sale (1) · Dirty Condition (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1).

Filed construction activity

$50,000 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 (1925)
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$1,176,000 $70,560
2026$1,440,000 $86,400
2027$1,475,000 $88,500

The city's market estimate has risen 25% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Maya Fusion CafeMexicanA—

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

SubwayChauncey St — J Z · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Schaefer St / Bushwick Av — B20 · 250 ft
Citi BikeEldert St & Bushwick Ave · 500 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

1337 Bushwick 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

16 311 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: $337,500 on 2005-02-24 (lender: Astoria Federal Savings And Loan Association). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2005-02-24AL&R $337,500 — from ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA to MELAMED, A/K/A MAX; MELAMED, MARGIRIT; MELAMED, MASSOUD K $337,500
2005-02-24Mortgage $337,500 — from MELAMED, A/K/A MAX; MELAMED, MARGIRIT; MELAMED, MASSOUD K to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA $337,500
1990-07-10Mortgage $45,000 — from MELAMED, MARGIRIT; MELAMED, MASSOUD K to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK $45,000
1988-10-25Mortgage $71,250 — from MELAMED, MASSOUD K; MELAMED, MARGIRIT to CITY OF NEW YORK $71,250
1983-08-25Mortgage $37,125 — from LORENTE, ROBERTO to NEW YORK CITY $37,125

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017040004
20187420013
2019010001
2020004206
2021000000
2022003014
20230530311
2024015028
2025015028
20260070411
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The full timeline

Construction 10Enforcement 46Housing & tenants 90Ownership & money 16Health & systems 16

Every one of the 178 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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