219 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 75 311 service requests, 44 HPD housing violations, 31 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 86% 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 13.8. In ZIP 11226, 60% of residential buildings hold an A and 10% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 4 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2023-07-19. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
11 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Graffiti (2) · Consumer Complaint (2) · Noise (1) · Illegal Parking (1) · Vendor Enforcement (1) · Lead (1).
$35,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1931) |
| No | Six or more residential units (4) |
| No | 421-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).
| Registered owner(s) | 972 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC |
| Head officer | EZRA BERAKHA |
| Managing agent | 972 FLATBUSH AVENUE REALTY LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-10-08 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $871,000 | $391,950 |
| 2026 | $946,000 | $425,700 |
| 2027 | $1,135,000 | $510,750 |
The city's market estimate has risen 30% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-1 Hot Pizza | Pizza | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2020 (0 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.
| Subway | Church Av — B Q · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Flatbush Av / Albemarle Rd — B41 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Albemarle Rd & E 21 St · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 245 Middle: M.S. 246 Walt Whitman. 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.
972 Flatbush Avenue
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
11 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $884,762 on 2016-05-25 (lender: Sterling National Bank), covering 10 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-11 | AL&R $7,800,000 — from 972 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1065 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1067 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 964 FLATBUSH to TD BANK, N.A. | $7,800,000 | |
| 2023-07-11 | Agreement $7,800,000 — from 1061 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 958 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1065 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1067 FLATBUSH to TD BANK, N.A. | $7,800,000 | |
| 2023-07-11 | Mortgage $1,618,700 — from 1062 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1067 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 964 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1061 FLATBUSH to TD BANK, N.A. | $1,618,700 | |
| 2016-05-25 | Agreement $7,500,000 — from 1061 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 958 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1063 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1065 FLATBUSH to STERLING NATIONAL BANK | $7,500,000 | |
| 2016-05-25 | SPRD $474,400 — from 1063 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1061 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 968 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1065 FLATBUSH to STERLING NATIONAL BANK | $474,400 | |
| 2016-05-25 | SPRD $415,100 — from 964 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1063 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 968 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1061 FLATBUSH to STERLING NATIONAL BANK | $415,100 | |
| 2016-05-25 | SPRD $385,470 — from 964 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1051 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 968 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1065 FLATBUSH to STERLING NATIONAL BANK | $385,470 | |
| 2016-05-25 | SPRD $444,761 — from 1063 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1062 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1051 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1067 FLATBUS to STERLING NATIONAL BANK | $444,761 | |
| 2016-05-25 | SPRD $843,210 — from 964 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 968 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1051 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 972 FLATBUSH R to STERLING NATIONAL BANK | $843,210 | |
| 2016-05-25 | SPRD $1,196,000 — from 964 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1051 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 972 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1067 FLATBUSH to STERLING NATIONAL BANK | $1,196,000 | |
| 2016-05-25 | Mortgage $884,763 — from 1061 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 958 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1051 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1065 FLATBUSH to STERLING NATIONAL BANK | $884,763 | |
| 2016-05-25 | SPRD $632,407 — from 1062 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 968 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1065 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1061 FLATBUSH to STERLING NATIONAL BANK | $632,407 | |
| 2016-05-25 | AL&R $7,500,000 — from 1051 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 972 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1067 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1063 FLATBUSH to STERLING NATIONAL BANK | $7,500,000 | |
| 2016-05-25 | SPRD $504,060 — from 1061 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1063 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1065 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1062 FLATBUS to STERLING NATIONAL BANK | $504,060 | |
| 2016-05-25 | SPRD $741,270 — from 1062 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1067 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1061 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC; 1065 FLATBUS to STERLING NATIONAL BANK | $741,270 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 22 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Every one of the 219 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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