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5502 14 Avenue

787Records
16City systems
10Open violations
15.8Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11219 · Neighborhood: Borough Park
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787 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 244 311 service requests, 208 HPD complaints, 185 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11219
Built1931
Floors6
Res. units59
ClassD1
Owner (PLUTO)ROSEBRANCH REALTY LLC
BBL3056840044
BIN3139777

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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 57% 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 15.8. In ZIP 11219, 66% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

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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 violations10 total — 6 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2000-11-13.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

34 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 12 · winter 2024–25: 4 · winter 2025–26: 14). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

12
’23–24
4
’24–25
14
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

42 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (17) · DOOR/WINDOW (9) · Illegal Parking (7) · Elevator (2) · Sewer (2) · SAFETY (1).

Filed construction activity

$256,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. 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 (59)
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)ROSEBRANCH REALTY LLC
Head officerMARTIN ROSENZWEIG
Managing agentGUTMAN MANAGEMENT CO INC.
Last registered2025-07-28

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$3,336,000 $1,501,200
2026$3,863,000 $1,738,350
2027$3,386,000 $1,523,700

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

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)B — ENERGY STAR score 81/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
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.

5 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2020 (2 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

Subway55 St — D · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
62 St — D N · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 14 Av / 56 St — B16 · 150 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: The SEEALL Academy
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

5502 14 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

42 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 17 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 GUTMAN MANAGEMENT CO, INC — 21 buildings, 856 units. Grades across the portfolio: A11 · B7 · C2 · D1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
1890 East 5 Street BK95 B
611 Argyle Road BK84 A
35-45 79 Street QN78 A
99-34 67 Road QN67 B
1212 Newkirk Avenue BK66 B
5502 14 Avenue BK59 A
33-38 Parsons Boulevard QN53 B
2020 Avenue V BK50 A
515 Avenue I BK47 A
387 Ocean Parkway BK46 B
1801 Avenue L BK45 A
1996 Ocean Avenue BK43 A
78 Webster Avenue BK32 C
4582 Manhattan College Py BX25 B
45-55 39 Street QN25 A
1208 Sheepshead Bay Road BK12 A
57 Graham Avenue BK8 B
154 Graham Avenue BK7 A
156 Graham Avenue BK7 A
233 Hewes Street BK4 C
73 Graham Avenue BK3 D

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,500,000 on 2017-01-30 (lender: Readycap Commercial, LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2017-01-30Mortgage $1,500,000 — from ROSEBRANCH REALTY LLC to READYCAP COMMERCIAL, LLC $1,500,000
2015-04-13AL&R $415,000 — from ROSENBRANCH REALTY LLC to CROSSWAY EQUITIES CORP. $415,000
2015-04-13Mortgage $415,000 — from ROSENBRANCH REALTY LLC to CROSSWAY EQUITIES CORP. $415,000

Ten-year activity

100500
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2019
2020
2021
2022
93
2023
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2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20176283019
201805470153
201901730175
202007240233
202109540265
202203570161
202301920093
202406441152
202540110217
202600280230
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The full timeline

Construction 19Enforcement 83Housing & tenants 649Ownership & money 22Health & systems 14

Every one of the 787 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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