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1339 Flatbush Avenue

306Records
15City systems
8Open violations
109.5Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11226 · Neighborhood: East Flatbush-Erasmus
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306 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 95 311 service requests, 72 HPD complaints, 55 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11226
Built1933
Floors3
Res. units4
ClassS9
Owner (PLUTO)IYAR 1335-1339 FLATBUSH AVE LLC
BBL3052110064
BIN3120360

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GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% 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 109.5. In ZIP 11226, 60% of residential buildings hold an A and 10% 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

Open HPD violations8 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2019-03-27.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).

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

What 311 hears from this address

25 service requests in the last three years. Most common: PLUMBING (3) · Consumer Complaint (3) · Street Condition (2) · ELECTRIC (2) · APPLIANCE (2) · SAFETY (2).

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 (1933)
NoSix or more residential units (4)
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).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)IYAR 1335-1339 LLC
Head officerMALKIE SMETANA
Managing agentTBF MANAGEMENT
Last registered2025-09-16

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$889,000 $400,050
2026$711,000 $319,950
2027$853,000 $383,850

The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Kennedy Fried ChickenChickenA—

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)
2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Spoiled, Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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.

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

SubwayNewkirk Av-Little Haiti — 2 5 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Foster Av / Flatbush Av — B8 · under 50 ft
Citi BikeBedford Ave & Beverley Rd · 0.4 mi · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 361 East Flatbush Early Childhood School
Middle: J.H.S. 278 Marine Park. 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

1339 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

25 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by TBF MANAGEMENT — 5 buildings, 24 units. Grades across the portfolio: B2 · C1 · D2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
78 Jackson Street BK8 C
1335 Flatbush Avenue BK4 D
1337 Flatbush Avenue BK4 B
725 Eastern Parkway BK4 B
1339 Flatbush Avenue BK4 D

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $3,125,000 on 2018-03-23 (lender: Arbor Agency Lending, LLC), covering 3 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
2018-03-23Mortgage $3,125,000 — from IYAR 1335-1339 FLATBUSH AVE LLC to ARBOR AGENCY LENDING, LLC $3,125,000
2007-09-12Deed $2,575,000 — from 1335-9 FLATBUSH REALTY, LLC to IYAR 1335-1339 FLATBUSH AVE LLC $2,575,000
2006-01-23Agreement $1,218,541 — from 1335-9 FLATBUSH REALTY, LLC to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB $1,218,541
2006-01-23Mortgage $499,900 — from 1335-9 FLATBUSH REALTY, LLC to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB $499,900
2006-01-23AL&R $1,218,541 — from FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB to 1335-9 FLATBUSH REALTY, LLC $1,218,541
2004-05-26Agreement $750,000 — from FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB to 1335-9 FLATBUSH REALTY, LLC $750,000
2003-11-03Mortgage $430,407 — from 1335-9 FLATBUSH REALTY, LLC to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB $430,407
2000-09-08Mortgage $400,000 — from 1335-9 FLATBUSH REALTY LLC to 1335-9 FLATBUSH AVECORPORATION $400,000
1986-12-12Mortgage $100,000 — from LEZHANSKY, VALENTIN; BERNSTEIN, DANIEL to HERMAN, MARIA $100,000

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20171100011
2018463114
20190200121
202014016
202115017
2022090110
20231411245
2024090211
20251290131
20261140217
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The full timeline

Construction 14Enforcement 20Housing & tenants 233Ownership & money 27Health & systems 12

Every one of the 306 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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