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355 Chester Street

3,384Records
21City systems
116Open violations
61.5Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11212 · Neighborhood: Brownsville
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3,384 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 21 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,110 311 service requests, 1,044 HPD complaints, 667 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11212
Built1974
Floors4
Res. units107
ClassD7
Owner (PLUTO)HP MARCUS GARVEY PRESERVATION HOUSING CO MPANY, INC
BBL3035750011
BIN3326505, 3326506, 3326507, 3406971, 3808654, 3808681

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 91% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 61.5. In ZIP 11212, 56% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% grade D or F. How grades work

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Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations116 total — 36 class C (immediately hazardous), 51 class B, 29 class A. Oldest open since 1992-05-11.
Pending HPD litigation1 case(s) pending in housing court

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

33 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 10 · winter 2024–25: 8 · winter 2025–26: 10). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
8
’24–25
10
’25–26

1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

230 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (44) · Illegal Parking (33) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (27) · WATER LEAK (17) · GENERAL (16) · HEAT/HOT WATER (16).

Filed construction activity

$1,204,001 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (19 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

NoBuilt before 1974 (1974)
YesSix or more residential units (107)
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)CATHERINE SMALLING; MARCUS GARVEY PRESERVATION LLC
Head officerHERMINIO TORRES
Managing agentC&C APARTMENT MANAGEMENT
Last registered2026-07-09

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$6,492,000 $2,921,400
2026$7,628,000 $3,432,600
2027$7,461,000 $3,357,450

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

Tax exemptions on the roll: MITCHELL-LAMA

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 33/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
BK MunchiesOtherA—

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).

Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

4 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2017 (0 in the last three years).

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

SubwayRockaway Av — 3 · 300 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Rockaway Av / Dumont Av — B60 · 150 ft
Citi BikeLivonia Ave & Rockaway Ave · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: Elementary schools in this district are not zoned. 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

355 Chester Street

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

230 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 16 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by C&C APARTMENT MANAGEMENT — 215 buildings, 23,722 units. Grades across the portfolio: A53 · B80 · C52 · D24 · F4. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
100 Cherry Street MN1590 A
Laconia Avenue BX1236 B
Shore Front Parkway QN1091 D
East 229th Street BX1019 C
510 Main Street MN1003 B
215 Wortman Avenue BK756 B
604 East 14th Street MN616 B
1309 5 Avenue MN600 C
195 Cozine Avenue BK571 B
575 Exterior Street BX541 B
6 Vital Avenue BK451 A
1912 Mermaid Avenue BK445 B
1201 East 229 Street BX441 B
44 Macombs Place MN376 B
60 East 112th Street MN351 A
50 East 112th Street MN347 A
1982 Lexington Avenue MN341 C
875 Pennsylvania Avenue BK336 B
1940 1 Avenue MN323 C
1962 1 Avenue MN323 C
1800 Crotona Park North BX281 B
270 Wortman Avenue BK252 C
510 East 156 Street BX208 C
2411 Fredrick Douglass Bl MN205 D
1980 Lexington Avenue MN200 A
2621 Adam C Powell Blvd MN197 B
45-50 Pearson Street QN197 A
614 West 135 Street MN187 C
1930 Amsterdam Avenue MN182 B
4511 Third Avenue BX181 D
200 Manhattan Avenue MN181 C
205 Avenue C MN176 B
449 Chester Street BK174 B
307 East 117 Street MN171 A
149 Kent Avenue BK164 A
11 Broadway BK160 A
376 Chester Avenue BK155 C
9 Cook Street BK153 A
1797 Park Place BK151 C
1940 Lexington Avenue MN150 B
Beach Channel Drive QN146 A
2700 Jerome Avenue BX136 C
4439 Third Avenue BX133 C
387 Bristol Street BK132 C
45-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard QN127 B
294 East 162 Street BX126 C
930 Halsey Street BK126 A
901 Macon Street BK125 B
Erskine Street BK124 B
810 East 152 Street BX120 D
5 West 116 Street MN120 C
2850 Fredrick Douglass Bl MN116 B
455 East 102 Street MN115 A
20 North 5 Street BK114 A
320 Sterling Street BK113 B
53 Utica Avenue BK112 B
79 Avenue D MN110 A
23 West 116 Street MN110 B
251 Chester Street BK109 A
355 Chester Street BK107 C

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Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $90,855,000 on 2014-12-29 (lender: New York State Housing Finance Agency), covering 10 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2014-12-29Mortgage $90,855,000 — from MARCUS GARVEY PRESERVATION LLC; HP MARCUS GARVEY PRESERVATION HOUSING CO to NEW YORK STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY $90,855,000
2014-12-29Deed $98,676,252 — from MARCUS GARVEY BROWNSTONE HOUSES, INC.; DUBOR ASSOCIATES to HP MARCUS GARVEY PRESERVATION HOUSING CO; MARCUS GARVEY PRESERVATION LLC $98,676,252
2010-04-30Agreement $5,450,800 — from MARCUS GARVEY BROWNSTONE HOUSES INC. to NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND C; NEW YORK STATE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORP. D $5,450,800
2010-04-30Mortgage $5,450,800 — from MARCUS GARVEY BROWNSTONE HOUSES INC. to NEW YORK STATE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORP. D $5,450,800
1997-12-26Mortgage $5,967,806 — from MARCUS GARVEY BROWNSTONE HOUSES INC to NYS URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION $5,967,806
1996-05-06Mortgage $1,288,625 — from MARCUS GARVEY BROWNSTONE HOUSES INC to NEW YORK STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY $1,288,625
1986-08-29Mortgage $9,540,945 — from MARCUS GARVEY BROWNS.HSE to NYS URBAN DVLPT CORP $9,540,945

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201722710741141
20181513204142
20195113104141
20206517355194
20215126765284
20226339204405
20236232209339
20241811190156240
202511015206169
20265011607128
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The full timeline

Construction 128Enforcement 123Housing & tenants 2,998Ownership & money 79Health & systems 56

Every one of the 3,384 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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