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1039 Belmont Avenue

147Records
9City systems
33Open violations
0Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11208 · Neighborhood: East New York-City Line
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147 recorded events, 1979–2026, from 9 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 47 311 service requests, 39 HPD complaints, 34 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11208
Built1930
Floors2
Res. units3
ClassS9
Owner (PLUTO)MASSEY BEN
BBL3042330039
BIN3095096

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11208, 69% of residential buildings hold an A and 9% 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 violations33 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 25 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 2004-05-14.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

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: Noise (3) · Sewer (2) · Illegal Parking (1) · Litter Basket Request (1) · Water Maintenance (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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1930)
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).

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$337,000 $151,650
2026$365,000 $164,250
2027$438,000 $197,100

The city's market estimate has risen 30% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Ecowas Kitchen (Amala Junction)AfricanAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 1 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.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2024 (2 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

SubwayEuclid Av — A C · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Euclid Av / Belmont Av — B13 · 300 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin
Middle: J.H.S. 218 James P. Sinnott. 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

1039 Belmont 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

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: $28,863 on 2007-01-04 (lender: Greenpoint Mortgage Funding, INC.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2007-01-04Mortgage $28,864 — from MASSEY, WINNIFRED to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. $28,864
2007-01-04Agreement $179,000 — from MASSEY, WINNIFRED to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. $179,000
2007-01-04AL&R $179,000 — from GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. to MASSEY, WINNIFRED $179,000
2003-05-22Mortgage $121,796 — from MASSEY, WINNIFRED to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING $121,796
1993-08-05Mortgage $80,000 — from MASSEY, WINNIFRED to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK $80,000

Ten-year activity

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Housing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20170000
20184004
2019284032
20205005
20217007
20225005
20234015
20242013
20254026
20262002
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The full timeline

Construction 7Housing & tenants 121Ownership & money 14Health & systems 5

Every one of the 147 recorded events, 1979–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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