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655 Flatbush Avenue

186Records
13City systems
0Open violations
33.3Penalty rate

186 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 131 311 service requests, 17 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 10 boiler inspections.

BoroughBrooklyn 11225
Built1930
Floors3
Res. units2
ClassS2
Owner (PLUTO)655 FLATBUSH LLC
BBL3050420003
BIN3115491

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 93% 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 33.3. In ZIP 11225, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% 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

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

$2,870 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

122 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (96) · Food Establishment (7) · Illegal Parking (4) · General Construction/Plumbing (3) · Smoking or Vaping (3) · Air Quality (1).

Filed construction activity

$7,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. 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 (2)
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$2,106,000 $126,360
2026$2,286,000 $137,160
2027$2,208,000 $132,480

The city's market estimate has risen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Exotic SportsJuice, Smoothies, Fruit SaladsAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

7 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: No Permit or License, Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food, Food Preparation Location) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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

SubwayParkside Av — Q · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Prospect Park — B Q S · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Flatbush Av / Hawthorne St — B41 · 100 ft
Citi BikeFlatbush Ave & Fenimore St · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 375 Jackie Robinson School
Middle: Ebbets Field Middle School. 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

655 Flatbush 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

122 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $70,000 on 1995-03-22 (lender: Natwest Bank N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1995-03-22Mortgage $70,000 — from WAN, WAI LEE; CHAN, CHOI FUK to NATWEST BANK N.A. $70,000
1990-03-12Mortgage $105,000 — from SHEAR PERFECTION UNISEX to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK $105,000
1989-06-05Mortgage $80,000 — from SHEAR PERFECTION UNISEX to CHARLES, GABRIEL $80,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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2018000011
2019000011
2020000011
2021024017
2022100214
2023000011
2024059803106
202502130116
202600120214
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The full timeline

Construction 2Enforcement 20Housing & tenants 132Ownership & money 18Health & systems 14

Every one of the 186 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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