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305 Martense Street

4,966Records
17City systems
80Open violations
404.3Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11226 · Neighborhood: East Flatbush-Erasmus
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4,966 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 2,077 HPD complaints, 2,022 311 service requests, 737 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11226
Built1925
Floors4
Res. units28
ClassC1
Owner (PLUTO)MARTENSE REALTY LLC
BBL3048680083
BIN3108536

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GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% 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 404.3. In ZIP 11226, 60% of residential buildings hold an A and 10% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

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 violations80 total — 32 class C (immediately hazardous), 34 class B, 14 class A. Oldest open since 2018-01-31.
Pending HPD litigation2 case(s) pending in housing court
Alternative Enforcementcurrently in HPD's worst-buildings program

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

767 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 66 · winter 2024–25: 50 · winter 2025–26: 647). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

66
’23–24
50
’24–25
647
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

609 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (381) · PAINT/PLASTER (49) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (36) · ELECTRIC (34) · Noise (27) · PLUMBING (14).

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)305 MARTENSE REALTY LLC
Head officerMAK WIN
Managing agentRHAMCO
Last registered2026-03-10

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,546,000 $695,700
2026$1,375,000 $618,750
2027$1,444,000 $649,800

The city's market estimate has fallen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

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

SubwayChurch Av — 2 5 · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Nostrand Av / Linden Blvd — B44 · 300 ft
Citi BikeLinden Blvd & Nostrand Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 181 Brooklyn
Middle: Parkside Preparatory Academy. 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

305 Martense Street

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

609 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 381 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 RHAMCO — 54 buildings, 1,006 units. Grades across the portfolio: A21 · B14 · C13 · D5. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
827 Underhill Avenue BX104 B
1000 Freeman Street BX73 A
3225 Parkside Place BX43 B
267 Buttrick Avenue BX42 A
4305 Carpenter Avenue BX41 C
815 Trinity Avenue BX36 A
634 East 233 Street BX36 D
2863 Cropsey Avenue BK34 A
2465 Crotona Avenue BX32 B
600 Clarence Avenue BX32 A
1500 Overing Street BX31 A
282 Buttrick Avenue BX31 A
2572 East Tremont Avenue BX30 B
2405 Crotona Avenue BX30 C
305 Martense Street BK28 D
3264 Decatur Avenue BX26 C
2203 Belmont Avenue BX26 B
1640 Overing Street BX25 B
210 East 17 Street MN25 A
785 East 160 Street BX24 A
152A Rowland Street BX24 A
788 Fairmount Place BX23 A
2309 Belmont Avenue BX22 B
213 East 76 Street MN22 B
1252 West Farms Road BX18 A
1236 Prospect Avenue BX18 B
416 East 117 Street MN15 A
2466 Hughes Avenue BX10 A
2477 Crotona Avenue BX8 D
2473 Crotona Avenue BX8 A
744 St Lawrence Avenue BX8 A
1520 Bruckner Boulevard BX8 D
2475 Crotona Avenue BX8 B
710 East 187 Street BX7 B
2500 Bathgate Avenue BX6 C
1745 Fillmore Street BX6 A
1743 Fillmore Street BX6 C
2498 Bathgate Avenue BX3 C
2335 Beaumont Avenue BX3 B
2503 Belmont Avenue BX3 A
554 East 191st Street BX3 C
506 East 188 Street BX3 C
2501 Belmont Avenue BX3 B
2366 Crotona Avenue BX3 D
2499 Belmont Avenue BX3 C
2419 Bathgate Avenue BX2 A
2494 Bathgate Avenue BX2 C
2411 Bathgate Avenue BX2 A
3913 Dyre Avenue BX2 C
3915 Dyre Avenue BX2 C
2492 Bathgate Avenue BX2 C
2417 Bathgate Avenue BX2 A
2415 Bathgate Avenue BX2 B
2031030035 — —

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $500,000 on 2000-12-04 (lender: Emigrant Funding Corporation), covering 2 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
2024-05-06Deed $5,163,750 — from ADELE REALTY LLC to MARTENSE REALTY LLC $5,163,750
2024-04-24Sold for $5,163,750 $5,163,750 $184,420
2018-08-28Deed $1,000,000 — from WILMAUD REALTY CORP. to ADELE REALTY LLC $1,000,000
2018-08-22Sold for $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $35,714
2005-12-28Mortgage $489,934 — from WILMAUD REALTY CORP to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION $489,934
2005-12-28Agreement $900,000 — from WILMAUD REALTY CORP to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION $900,000
2005-12-28AL&R $900,000 — from EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION to WILMAUD REALTY CORP $900,000
2000-12-04Mortgage $500,000 — from WILMAUD REALTY CORP to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION $500,000
1989-07-25Mortgage $325,000 — from WILMAUD CORPORATION to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK $325,000
1988-11-23Mortgage $292,925 — from WILMAUD CORP to 61ST ST RLTY &PROPERT.IN $292,925
1986-03-12Mortgage $207,450 — from COTOLULAS, HERCULUS; COTOULAS, GEORGE; COTOULAS, JUDITH to MALIK, ARON $207,450
1983-03-15Mortgage $34,000 — from 1575 PRESIDENT ST REALTY to MALIK, ARON $34,000

Ten-year activity

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1,936
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EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201701,935011,936
201814710260
20194190124
2020011301114
2021015501156
2022012801129
2023217002174
2024024841253
2025072203725
2026026001261
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The full timeline

Construction 1Enforcement 11Housing & tenants 4,893Ownership & money 47Health & systems 14

Every one of the 4,966 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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