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959 Flatbush Avenue

119Records
8City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11226 · Neighborhood: East Flatbush-Erasmus
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119 recorded events, 1975–2026, from 8 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 71 311 service requests, 20 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 10 DOB permits.

BoroughBrooklyn 11226
Built1920
Floors2
Res. units0
ClassK4
Owner (PLUTO)ESSES 959-965 FLATBUSH LLC
BBL3051090004
BIN3117365

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Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

What 311 hears from this address

11 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (5) · Consumer Complaint (2) · Water System (1) · Street Condition (1) · New Tree Request (1) · Food Poisoning (1).

Filed construction activity

$649,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (10 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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,510,000 $679,500
2026$1,653,000 $743,850
2027$1,651,000 $742,950

The city's market estimate has risen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Blue Mountain Rest & BakeryCaribbeanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick) · 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

SubwayChurch Av — B Q · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Flatbush Av / Albemarle Rd — B41 · 350 ft
Citi BikeAlbemarle Rd & E 21 St · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: Norma Adams Clemons Academy
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.

Report a problem to 311

959 Flatbush Avenue

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $600,000 on 1986-09-19 (lender: Central Fed Savingsfsb), 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
1986-09-19Mortgage $600,000 — from ESSES, NORMAN to CENTRAL FED SAVINGSFSB $600,000
1983-11-16Mortgage $215,000 — from HADAD, SHLOMO; REISCH, JOSEPH to LEVIN, MORTON H; 965 FLATBUSH COMPANYDBA $215,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20170010010
2018607013
201932106
202030104
202120305
202210708
2023009211
202400819
202500112
202600202
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The full timeline

Construction 20Enforcement 4Housing & tenants 71Ownership & money 20Health & systems 4

Every one of the 119 recorded events, 1975–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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