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2101 East 21 Street

424Records
16City systems
77Open violations
256.7Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11226 · Neighborhood: Flatbush
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424 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 129 311 service requests, 128 HPD housing violations, 99 HPD complaints.

BoroughBrooklyn 11226
Built1918
Floors4
Res. units20
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)421 EAST 21ST STREET LLC
BBL3051520020
BIN3118558

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 93% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 256.7. In ZIP 11226, 60% of residential buildings hold an A and 10% grade D or F. How grades work

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C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations77 total — 29 class C (immediately hazardous), 39 class B, 9 class A. Oldest open since 2009-01-07.
Active vacate order2 unit(s) under an unrescinded HPD vacate order

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

42 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 5 · winter 2024–25: 35 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

5
’23–24
35
’24–25
2
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

48 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (17) · Noise (6) · GENERAL (6) · Illegal Parking (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · APPLIANCE (3).

Filed construction activity

$70,003 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (1918)
YesSix or more residential units (20)
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)2101 CORTELYOU LTD
Head officerSALLIE COLAGI
Managing agentSALLIE A COLAGI
Last registered2026-07-16

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,157,000 $970,650
2026$2,015,000 $906,750
2027$2,349,000 $1,057,050

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

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
New China RestaurantChineseB—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

Flood exposure

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

Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2015 (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.

Getting around

SubwayBeverley Rd — Q · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Flatbush Av / Beverly Rd — B41 · 200 ft
Citi BikeBeverley Rd & Flatbush Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 139 Alexine A. Fenty
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

2101 East 21 Street

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

48 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 17 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: $560,000 on 1999-01-04 (lender: Staten Island Savings Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2022-12-21RPTT&RET $263,808 — from 2101 CORTELYOU LTD to 2101 CORTELYOU LTD. $263,808
2011-07-20Mortgage $350,000 — from 2101 CORTELYOU, LTD. to PONCE DE LEON FEDERAL BANK $350,000
2011-07-20AL&R $350,000 — from 2101 CORTELYOU, LTD. to PONCE DE LEON FEDERAL BANK $350,000
1999-01-04Mortgage $560,000 — from MOTHANA, MOHAMED S; COLAGI, SALLE AL to STATEN ISLAND SAVINGS BANK $560,000
1990-02-13Mortgage $22,000 — from VERSACE REALTY CORP to XUE, CHARLES $22,000
1989-07-12Mortgage $180,000 — from VERSACE REALTY CORP to CENTRAL FUNDING COMPANY $180,000
1985-02-28Mortgage $37,400 — from VERSACE RLTY CORP to ABATELLI, MARIO $37,400

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201700150015
2018008008
201900280028
2020005005
202100111012
202200361037
202300212023
202410200122
20256312701137
2026004217
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The full timeline

Construction 11Enforcement 11Housing & tenants 371Ownership & money 28Health & systems 3

Every one of the 424 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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