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1501 Bay Ridge Avenue

1,042Records
17City systems
19Open violations
4.8Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11219 · Neighborhood: Bensonhurst
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1,042 recorded events, 1981–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 406 HPD complaints, 314 311 service requests, 209 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11219
Built1927
Floors4
Res. units25
ClassC1
Owner (PLUTO)1501 BAY RIDGE LLC
BBL3055730001
BIN3134827

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 74% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 4.8. In ZIP 11219, 66% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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C

Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations19 total — 8 class C (immediately hazardous), 11 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2005-03-30.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2).

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

What 311 hears from this address

8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (4) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · Derelict Vehicles (1) · Missed Collection (1) · Illegal Parking (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 (1927)
YesSix or more residential units (25)
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)1501 BAY RIDGE LLC
Head officerGETZ OBSTFELD
Managing agentFTC MANAGEMENT COMPANY
Last registered2025-08-31

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,429,000 $643,050
2026$1,457,000 $655,650
2027$1,449,000 $652,050

The city's market estimate has risen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

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 2021 (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

Subway71 St — D · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
62 St — D N · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 112 Lefferts Park
Middle: J.H.S. 227 Edward B. Shallow. 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

1501 Bay Ridge Avenue

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

8 311 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 FTC MANAGEMENT COMPANY — 8 buildings, 143 units. Grades across the portfolio: A1 · B2 · C3 · D2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
1501 Bay Ridge Avenue BK25 A
2786 Pitkin Avenue BK23 B
1501 East 10 Street BK20 C
315 68 Street BK16 C
8757 Bay 16 Street BK16 C
366 58 Street BK15 D
1251 59 Street BK15 B
1312 68 Street BK13 D

Sales, deeds & mortgages

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2008-02-19Mortgage $10,750,000 — from HEARTT SHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGE to HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $10,750,000
2008-02-19Mortgage $10,750,000 — from HEARTT SHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGE to HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $10,750,000
2008-02-19Mortgage $10,750,000 — from HEARTT SHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGE to HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $10,750,000
2008-02-19Mortgage $10,750,000 — from HEARTT SHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGE to HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $10,750,000

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
2017173377
2018039140
2019080282
2020097198
2021156158
2022419124
2023139040
20241719
20252215
20260415
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The full timeline

Construction 15Enforcement 24Housing & tenants 967Ownership & money 24Health & systems 12

Every one of the 1,042 recorded events, 1981–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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