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124 Cortelyou Road

433Records
12City systems
2Open violations
929.7Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11218 · Neighborhood: Kensington
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433 recorded events, 1980–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 211 HPD housing violations, 102 HPD complaints, 70 311 service requests.

BoroughBrooklyn 11218
Built1930
Floors3
Res. units6
ClassC2
Owner (PLUTO)PAK REALTY LLC
BBL3053850010
BIN3126579

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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 929.7. In ZIP 11218, 71% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% 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 violations2 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2024-06-06.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

20 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 9 · winter 2024–25: 11). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
11
’24–25

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

What 311 hears from this address

27 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (8) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (8) · PAINT/PLASTER (5) · GENERAL (2) · DOOR/WINDOW (2) · WATER LEAK (1).

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 (1930)
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)PAK REALTY LLC
Head officerMOHAMMAD R GHUMAN
Managing agentFahad Ghuman
Last registered2024-10-12

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$945,000 $425,250
2026$1,071,000 $481,950
2027$1,200,000 $540,000

The city's market estimate has risen 27% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

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

SubwayDitmas Av — F · 300 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Church Av — F G · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: McDonald Av / Cortelyou Rd — B67 B69 · 400 ft
Citi BikeE 3 St & Cortelyou Rd · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 179 Kensington
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

124 Cortelyou Road

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

27 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 8 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: $192,500 on 2001-10-19 (lender: Greenpoint Mortgagefunding INC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2001-10-19Mortgage $192,500 — from PAK REALTY LLC to GREENPOINT MORTGAGEFUNDING INC $192,500
2001-10-19Mortgage $50,000 — from PAK REALTY LLC to NYDEC; SAMDANI/FBO $50,000
1990-05-31Mortgage $50,000 — from SAMDANI, RUSKHSANA; SAMDANI, FARMAN to KHEMRAJIA, JEWNAUTHS; KHEMRAJIA, DEONARINET $50,000
1986-03-14Mortgage $35,000 — from KHEMRAJIA, JEWNAUTH; KHEMRAJIA, DEONARINE to FRIEDMAN, JACK $35,000
1985-12-13Mortgage $125,000 — from KHEMRAJIA, DEONARINET; KHEMRAJIA, JEWNAUTHS to TORRES, DOMINGO; SALOMONE, HECTOR $125,000

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20170000
20180123
2019028129
20200112
20210213
2022090191
2023053154
202401600160
2025134136
20260112
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The full timeline

Enforcement 5Housing & tenants 397Ownership & money 22Health & systems 9

Every one of the 433 recorded events, 1980–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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