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428 Jamaica Avenue

589Records
14City systems
115Open violations
1443.7Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11207 · Neighborhood: Cypress Hills
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589 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 204 311 service requests, 175 HPD complaints, 155 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11207
Built1920
Floors2
Res. units3
ClassC0
Owner (PLUTO)HARTE, MONICA
BBL3039070007
BIN3086520

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GRADE F

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 1443.7. 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 violations115 total — 8 class C (immediately hazardous), 85 class B, 22 class A. Oldest open since 2016-04-18.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

18 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 3 · winter 2025–26: 10). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
3
’24–25
10
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

137 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (20) · DOOR/WINDOW (19) · PAINT/PLASTER (19) · PLUMBING (11) · GENERAL (11) · APPLIANCE (10).

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

YesBuilt before 1974 (1920)
NoSix or more residential units (3)
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)Monica Harte
Last registered2026-07-20

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$878,000 $52,680
2026$877,000 $52,620
2027$903,000 $54,180

The city's market estimate has risen 3% 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

SubwayCleveland St — J · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Norwood Av — J Z · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Jamaica Av / Cleveland St — Q56 · 100 ft
Citi BikeJamaica Ave & Elton St · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 108 Sal Abbracciamento
Middle: 661, 662. 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

428 Jamaica Avenue

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

137 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 8 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: $106,446 on 2015-01-30 (lender: Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2022-06-09M&CON $310,458 — from HARTE, MONICA to WELLS FARGO BANK NA $310,458
2015-01-30Mortgage $106,446 — from HARTE, MONICA to SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPME $106,446
2014-12-04Agreement $321,621 — from HARTE, MONICA to WELLS FARGO BANK NA $321,621
2009-09-28Deed $380,000 — from GINYARD, TOMMIE; GINYARD, EDDIE; GINYARD, SANDRA to HARTE, MONICA $380,000
2009-09-28Mortgage $373,117 — from HARTE, MONICA to MERS $373,117
1982-11-19Mortgage $49,000 — from GINYARD, EDDIE; GINYARD, TOMMIE; GINYARD, CAROLYN to CITIZENS FUNDING $49,000

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201709009
20180110011
20191290030
202018009
20210290029
20221221024
20232410043
20240550055
2025221902223
20262941097
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The full timeline

Construction 2Enforcement 17Housing & tenants 544Ownership & money 23Health & systems 3

Every one of the 589 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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