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970 Belmont Avenue

639Records
15City systems
17Open violations
27.4Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11208 · Neighborhood: East New York-City Line
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639 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 208 311 service requests, 194 HPD complaints, 130 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11208
Built1925
Floors4
Res. units28
ClassC1
Owner (PLUTO)HPENY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, INC.
BBL3042490018
BIN3095391

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 53% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 27.4. In ZIP 11208, 69% of residential buildings hold an A and 9% grade D or F. How grades work

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Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations17 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 11 class A. Oldest open since 2020-11-12.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

18 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 14 · winter 2024–25: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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

What 311 hears from this address

34 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (8) · Noise (6) · DOOR/WINDOW (6) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4) · Water System (4) · PAINT/PLASTER (3).

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 (28)
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)ENY DEVELOPMENT, LLC
Head officerMEREDITH MARSHALL
Managing agentGREEN CEDAR MANAGEMENT, LLC
Last registered2026-02-13

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,997,000 $898,650
2026$2,040,000 $918,000
2027$1,927,000 $867,150

The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Hurricane evacuation zone 4 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: 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

970 Belmont 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

34 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by GREEN CEDAR MANAGEMENT, LLC — 59 buildings, 2,268 units. Grades across the portfolio: A9 · B22 · C14 · D8 · F4. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
166-20 90 Avenue QN614 A
163-05 Archer Avenue QN605 A
43 Albany Avenue BK105 C
500 Livonia Avenue BK90 A
487 Livonia Avenue BK90 A
1600 Fulton Street BK78 A
453 Hinsdale Street BK60 B
379 Myrtle Avenue BK52 B
1577 Fulton Street BK50 A
122 Doscher Street BK39 A
970 Belmont Avenue BK28 A
385 Cleveland Street BK24 B
1163 Sutter Avenue BK23 B
316 New Lots Avenue BK23 C
518 Pennsylvania Avenue BK19 B
973 Dumont Avenue BK19 B
539 Alabama Avenue BK18 D
508 Williams Avenue BK16 B
532 Williams Avenue BK16 C
317 Elton Street BK16 C
514 Williams Avenue BK16 B
526 Williams Avenue BK16 B
520 Williams Avenue BK16 B
336 New Lots Avenue BK16 B
611 Pennsylvania Avenue BK15 C
496 Williams Avenue BK13 B
502 Williams Avenue BK13 B
490 Williams Avenue BK13 C
486 Williams Avenue BK13 C
2451 Pitkin Avenue BK13 C
474 Riverdale Avenue BK12 C
439 Montauk Avenue BK11 B
584 Williams Avenue BK10 B
2299 Pitkin Avenue BK10 B
506 Riverdale Avenue BK9 C
505 Williams Avenue BK8 B
332 New Lots Avenue BK8 C
542 Williams Avenue BK6 D
596 Logan Street BK6 A
300 New Lots Avenue BK6 B
520 Riverdale Avenue BK6 B
643 New Jersey Avenue BK6 B
673 New Jersey Avenue BK4 D
523 Hinsdale Street BK4 D
306 New Lots Avenue BK3 D
2307 Pitkin Avenue BK3 B
526 Riverdale Avenue BK3 F
660 New Jersey Avenue BK3 F
325 New Lots Avenue BK3 C
633 New Jersey Avenue BK3 B
620 Riverdale Avenue BK3 F
692 Georgia Avenue BK3 F
614 Riverdale Avenue BK3 D
653 Georgia Avenue BK2 C
645 Georgia Avenue BK2 C
847 St. Nicholas Avenue MN1 D
1320 Fulton Street BK1 D
123 West 125th Street MN— —
148- 10 Archer Avenue QN— —

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $18,720,000 on 2014-01-15 (lender: New York City Housing Development Corporation), covering 50 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
2016-05-11Agreement $18,720,000 — from ENY DEVELOPMENT LLC; HPENY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, to DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D $18,720,000
2014-01-16Agreement $9,533,032 — from ENY DEVELOPMENT LLC; HPENY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, to DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D; THE CITY OF NEW YORK $9,533,032
2014-01-15Mortgage $44,821,111 — from HPENY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, ; ENY DEVELOPMENT LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR $44,821,111
2014-01-15Mortgage $8,178,889 — from HPENY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, ; ENY DEVELOPMENT LLC to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR $8,178,889
2014-01-15Mortgage $17,121,139 — from ENY DEVELOPMENT LLC; HPENY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR $17,121,139
2014-01-15Mortgage $18,720,000 — from ENY DEVELOPMENT LLC; HPENY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR $18,720,000
2014-01-14Mortgage $353,599 — from ENY DEVELOPMENT LLC; HPENY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, to FOUNTAIN ASSOCIATES, L.P. $353,599
2014-01-14Mortgage $1,344,134 — from HPENY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, ; ENY DEVELOPMENT LLC. to DEPARTMENT OF HPD; THE CITY OF NEW YORK $1,344,134
2014-01-14Mortgage $165,000 — from HPENY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, ; ENY DEVELOPMENT LLC. to DEPARTMENT OF HPD; THE CITY OF NEW YORK $165,000
2014-01-14Agreement $1,509,134 — from HPENY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, ; ENY DEVELOPMENT LLC. to DEPARTMENT OF HPD; THE CITY OF NEW YORK $1,509,134
2014-01-14Mortgage $1,443,766 — from ENY DEVELOPMENT LLC; HPENY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, to EAST NEW YORK URBAN YOUTH CORPS,INC. $1,443,766
2014-01-14M&CON $2,902,945 — from ENY DEVELOPMENT LLC; HPENY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, to BRP ENY LLC $2,902,945
2014-01-08RPTT&RET $4,086,611 — from NEW YORK EQUITY FUND 1995 LIMITED PARTNE to HPENY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CO., INC. $4,086,611
2014-01-08Deed $4,086,611 — from FOUNTAIN ASSOCIATES, L.P. to HPENY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, $4,086,611
1998-04-21Mortgage $1,509,134 — from FOUNTAIN ASSOCIATES,L.P. to NYC HPD $1,509,134

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20170381039
20180340236
20190450247
20200600060
20210120214
202215028
2023580215
20240371240
20250340236
20260120214
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The full timeline

Construction 16Enforcement 12Housing & tenants 549Ownership & money 45Health & systems 17

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