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838 Jamaica Avenue

131Records
9City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11208 · Neighborhood: Cypress Hills
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131 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 9 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 89 311 service requests, 13 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 9 DOB violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11208
Built1920
Floors1
Res. units0
ClassK1
Owner (PLUTO)838 JAMAICA AVENUE LLC
BBL3041060031
BIN3327203, 3327204, 3327205

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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

8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Animal (3) · Street Light Condition (1) · Dead Animal (1) · Dirty Condition (1) · Noise (1) · Street Sign (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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$729,000 $328,050
2026$783,000 $352,350
2027$886,000 $398,700

The city's market estimate has risen 22% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
NYC's Fried ChickenLatin AmericanA—

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

SubwayCypress Hills — J · 100 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Crescent St — J Z · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Crescent St / Jamaica Av — B13 · 50 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 007 Abraham Lincoln
Middle: 171, 760. 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

838 Jamaica Avenue

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

8 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $400,000 on 2008-07-11 (lender: Flushing Savings Bank, FSB). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2008-07-11Deed $1,025,000 — from TANNER, ROGER; BRIGUGLIO, HEIDY to 838 JAMAICA AVENUE LLC $1,025,000
2008-07-11Mortgage $400,000 — from 838 JAMAICA AVENUE LLC to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB $400,000
1985-11-08Mortgage $50,000 — from BRIGUGLIO, JACK ANTHONY; TANNER, ROGER E to EAST NY SAVINGS BANK $50,000

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
2017111113
201828111
20190707
20200505
20210909
20220404
20232406
20240314
20250213
20260314
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The full timeline

Construction 5Enforcement 16Housing & tenants 89Ownership & money 13Health & systems 8

Every one of the 131 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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