528 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 194 HPD housing violations, 133 HPD complaints, 117 311 service requests.
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A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 1362.7. In ZIP 11212, 56% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 170 total — 24 class C (immediately hazardous), 131 class B, 15 class A. Oldest open since 2005-02-19. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
8 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
16 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (4) · PLUMBING (3) · WATER LEAK (3) · PAINT/PLASTER (2) · DOOR/WINDOW (1) · Blocked Driveway (1).
$79,100 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1930) |
| No | Six or more residential units (2) |
| No | 421-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).
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $293,000 | $131,850 |
| 2026 | $352,000 | $158,400 |
| 2027 | $422,000 | $189,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Wings & Pizza | Chicken | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
| Subway | Sutter Av — L · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Junius St — 3 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 12-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Mother Gaston Blvd / Belmont Av — B14 · 50 ft |
| Citi Bike | Pitkin Ave & Watkins St · 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.
399 Mother Gaston Blvd
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
16 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 4 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $210,000 on 2004-10-27 (lender: Greenpoint Mortgage Funding, INC.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-10-27 | Deed $300,000 — from KANGOTE, MICHAEL to 399 MOTHER GASTON REALTY CORP. | $300,000 | |
| 2004-10-27 | Mortgage $210,000 — from 399 MOTHER GASTON REALTY CORP. to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. | $210,000 | |
| 2002-06-06 | Mortgage $177,896 — from KANGOTE, MICHAEL to HOUSEHOLD FINANCE REALTY CORPORATION OF | $177,896 | |
| 2001-03-27 | Mortgage $120,900 — from KANGOTE, MICHAEL; KANGOTE, GAYLE STEPHENS to APEX MORTGAGE CORP | $120,900 | |
| 1999-09-09 | Mortgage $15,000 — from KANGOTE, MICHAEL; KANGOTE, GAYLE STEPHENS to OTERO, MAXIMINO; MENDEZ, BERNARDO | $15,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 2 | 69 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 106 | 0 | 1 | 112 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 72 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Every one of the 528 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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