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2776 Pitkin Avenue

1,581Records
16City systems
1Open violations
91Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11208 · Neighborhood: East New York-City Line
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1,581 recorded events, 1978–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 592 HPD complaints, 513 311 service requests, 386 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11208
Built1925
Floors4
Res. units20
ClassC1
Owner (PLUTO)GIT LEB
BBL3042350022
BIN3095143

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GRADE B

A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 81% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 91. In ZIP 11208, 69% of residential buildings hold an A and 9% grade D or F. How grades work

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C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2026-06-30.
Active vacate order2 unit(s) under an unrescinded HPD vacate order

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

72 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 40 · winter 2024–25: 18 · winter 2025–26: 12). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
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’24–25
12
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

62 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (36) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (6) · GENERAL (5) · SAFETY (5) · PAINT/PLASTER (3) · ELECTRIC (2).

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 (1925)
YesSix or more residential units (20)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. 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)GIT LEB LLC
Head officerJOSEPH MENCZER
Managing agentMENTS MANAGEMENT LLC
Last registered2025-10-07

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$914,000 $411,300
2026$1,021,000 $459,450
2027$1,056,000 $475,200

The city's market estimate has risen 16% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

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.

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

SubwayEuclid Av — A C · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Crescent St / Pitkin Av — B13 · 150 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

2776 Pitkin 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

62 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 36 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 MENTS MANAGEMENT LLC — 15 buildings, 307 units. Grades across the portfolio: A5 · B9 · C1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
7000 Bay Parkway BK102 B
2742 Pitkin Avenue BK40 B
289 Division Avenue BK24 B
964 Belmont Avenue BK23 B
2776 Pitkin Avenue BK20 B
2772 Pitkin Avenue BK20 B
156 Vernon Avenue BK16 B
3222 Cortelyou Road BK10 B
129 Troutman Street BK8 C
127 Troutman Street BK8 B
667 Bedford Avenue BK8 A
99 South 3 Street BK7 A
97 South 3 Street BK7 A
91 South 3 Street BK7 A
93 South 3 Street BK7 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $3,588,701 on 2020-12-14 (lender: Arbor Commercial Funding I, LLC), covering 4 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
2020-12-14Mortgage $3,588,702 — from GIT LEB, LLC to ARBOR COMMERCIAL FUNDING I, LLC $3,588,702
2020-12-14Agreement $12,925,000 — from GIT LEB, LLC to ARBOR COMMERCIAL FUNDING I, LLC $12,925,000
2017-04-25Agreement $10,000,000 — from GIT LEB, LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK $10,000,000
2017-04-25AL&R $10,000,000 — from GIT LEB, LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK $10,000,000
2017-04-25Mortgage $1,968,859 — from GIT LEB, LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK $1,968,859
2014-10-31AL&R $8,437,500 — from GIT LEB, LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK $8,437,500
2014-10-31Mortgage $3,132,582 — from GIT LEB, LLC; GIT LEB, LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK; CUSTOMERS BANK $3,132,582
2014-10-31Agreement $8,437,500 — from GIT LEB, LLC; GIT LEB, LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK; CUSTOMERS BANK $8,437,500
2014-10-31Mortgage $3,132,582 — from GIT LEB, LLC; GIT LEB, LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK; CUSTOMERS BANK $3,132,582
2014-10-31Agreement $8,437,500 — from GIT LEB, LLC; GIT LEB, LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK; CUSTOMERS BANK $8,437,500
2012-12-10Agreement $5,500,000 — from GIT LEB, LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK $5,500,000
2012-12-10Mortgage $282,390 — from GIT LEB, LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK $282,390
2012-12-10Mortgage $5,500,000 — from GIT LEB, LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK $5,500,000
2007-11-20Mortgage $3,000,000 — from YISMACH MOSHE OF WILLIAMSBURGH, INC.; GIT LEB, LLC to TISSA FUNDING, CORP $3,000,000
2005-08-10Agreement $2,531,884 — from WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA to GIT LEB, LLC. $2,531,884

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017114940154
20180910192
2019010402106
2020119951206
20210970198
2022120801210
20231480150
20240470148
20250390241
20260510051
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The full timeline

Enforcement 14Housing & tenants 1,511Ownership & money 44Health & systems 12

Every one of the 1,581 recorded events, 1978–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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