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946 42 Street

179Records
16City systems
0Open violations
10.2Penalty rate

179 recorded events, 1973–2025, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 45 311 service requests, 40 HPD complaints, 26 DOB violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11219
Built1918
Floors4
Res. units16
ClassC1
Owner (PLUTO)BOROUGH PARK COURTSASSO
BBL3055950024
BIN3135789

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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 60% 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 10.2. In ZIP 11219, 66% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

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B
C

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

Open with the city right now

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

Patterns

12 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 6 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
6
’24–25
2
’25–26

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: HEAT/HOT WATER (6) · FLOORING/STAIRS (1) · Street Condition (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 (1918)
YesSix or more residential units (16)
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)BORO PARK COURTS ASSOCIATES L.P
Head officerAVROHOM JAFFE
Managing agentB P HAND INC
Last registered2025-07-08

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,822,000 $819,900
2026$1,710,000 $769,500
2027$1,754,000 $789,300

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

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

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

SubwayFort Hamilton Pkwy — D · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 39 St / 9 Av — B35 · 900 ft
Citi BikeNew Utrecht Ave & 9 Ave · 0.2 mi · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 131 Brooklyn
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

946 42 Street

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 — 6 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 BP HAND INC — 15 buildings, 368 units. Grades across the portfolio: A13 · B2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
680 Ocean Parkway BK90 A
1006 44th Street BK73 A
970 42 Street BK40 A
1017 44 Street BK40 A
922 42 Street BK27 A
958 42 Street BK16 A
966 42 Street BK16 A
946 42 Street BK16 A
952 42 Street BK16 B
4007 15 Avenue BK12 A
4108 15 Avenue BK6 A
941 42 Street BK6 A
1016 43 Street BK4 B
4008 New Utrecht Avenue BK3 A
1212 40 Street BK3 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $6,552,194 on 2006-12-14 (lender: New York City Housing Development Corporation), covering 6 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
2006-12-14Mortgage $6,552,195 — from BOROUGH PARK COURTS ASSOCIATES, L.P. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR $6,552,195
1984-07-23Mortgage $8,459,100 — from BOROUGH PARK COURTSASSO to NYC HOUSING DVLPT CORP $8,459,100

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20171618
20181001
20192103
2020110112
202129011
2022017017
2023020020
20241708
20250404
20260000
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The full timeline

Construction 5Enforcement 38Housing & tenants 114Ownership & money 19Health & systems 3

Every one of the 179 recorded events, 1973–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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