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140 Clara Street

847Records
15City systems
295Open violations
1228Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11218 · Neighborhood: Kensington
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847 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 352 HPD housing violations, 202 HPD complaints, 202 311 service requests.

BoroughBrooklyn 11218
Built1931
Floors3
Res. units6
ClassS5
Owner (PLUTO)140 CLARA STREET LLC
BBL3053080037
BIN3123739

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GRADE F

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 1228. In ZIP 11218, 71% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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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 violations295 total — 44 class C (immediately hazardous), 199 class B, 52 class A. Oldest open since 2016-12-11.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).

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

What 311 hears from this address

101 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (21) · PLUMBING (15) · GENERAL (14) · ELECTRIC (9) · PAINT/PLASTER (9) · WATER LEAK (5).

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 (1931)
YesSix or more residential units (6)
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)JOSEPH NEUMAN
Last registered2025-12-30

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$750,000 $337,500
2026$717,000 $322,650
2027$808,000 $363,600

The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Corner San Juan Deli CORPLatin AmericanAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2013 (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

SubwayChurch Av — F G · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Fort Hamilton Pkwy — D · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 13-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 36 St / Clara St — B16 · 150 ft
Citi Bike37 St & 13 Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 230 Doris L. Cohen
Middle: J.H.S. 223 The Montauk. 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

140 Clara 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

101 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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: $370,000 on 2013-09-25 (lender: Gps Capital Fund LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2013-09-25Deed $355,960 — from 757-767 BEDFORD LLC to 140 CLARA STREET LLC $355,960
2013-09-25Mortgage $370,000 — from 140 CLARA STREET LLC to GPS CAPITAL FUND LLC $370,000
2013-09-25AL&R $370,000 — from 140 CLARA STREET LLC to GPS CAPITAL FUND LLC $370,000
2012-03-08Deed $415,000 — from 1257 36 ST LLC to 757-767 BEDFORD, LLC $415,000
2006-07-28Mortgage $660,000 — from 1257 36 ST LLC to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK $660,000
1985-11-07Mortgage $110,000 — from NEUMAN, JOSEPH; GLUCK, ZEV; GLUCK, RACHEL to BAY RIDGE S&L ASSN $110,000

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20170707
20180000
2019132033
2020036036
202101510151
2022152154
2023027027
2024115016
202522552259
202601360136
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The full timeline

Construction 6Enforcement 38Housing & tenants 775Ownership & money 25Health & systems 3

Every one of the 847 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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