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5623 8 Avenue

261Records
12City systems
2Open violations
—Penalty rate

261 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 109 311 service requests, 37 DOB permits, 28 FDNY inspections.

BoroughBrooklyn 11220
Built1925
Floors6
Res. units0
ClassO5
Owner (PLUTO)MASTER ENTERPRISE
BBL3056860001
BIN3139839

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations2 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2009-05-07.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

14 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Dumping (2) · Litter Basket Request (2) · Obstruction (2) · Consumer Complaint (1) · Blocked Driveway (1) · Food Establishment (1).

Filed construction activity

$31,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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.

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)MASTER ENTERPRISE LLC
Head officerGEN CHANG ZHONG
Managing agentGEN CHANG ZHONG
Last registered2017-10-03

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$979,000 $440,550
2026$2,151,000 $967,950
2027$2,536,000 $1,141,200

The city's market estimate has risen 159% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Gua GuaChineseA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Sign) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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.

6 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2014 (1 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

Subway8 Av — N · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 8 Av / 57 St — B70 · 100 ft
Citi Bike57 St & 7 Ave · 900 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 105 The Blythebourne
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

5623 8 Avenue

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

14 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

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: $800,000 on 2002-10-02 (lender: Ching, Hing Lui and Ching, Jimmy). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2002-10-02Mortgage $800,000 — from MASTER ENTERPRISE LLC to CHING, JIMMY; CHING, HING LUI; CHING, PAK KEUNG $800,000
1999-10-13Mortgage $2,365,900 — from CHING, HING LUI; CHING, PAK KEUNG; CHING, JIMMY to LOS ANGELES NATIONALABNK $2,365,900
1987-04-03Mortgage $150,000 — from CHING, JIMMY; CHING, HING LUI; CHING, PAK KEUNG to LOS ANGELES NAT/BANK $150,000
1986-08-12Mortgage $160,000 — from LIU, TEH-AN; LIU, MEI-YU to STATE SAVINGS F.A. $160,000
1985-03-19Mortgage $80,000 — from KUO, MEI-HUI; KUO, HSIEN-TSUNG to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK $80,000
1982-04-19Mortgage $42,000 — from CHOU, SHUN HSING; CHOU, HUI YU CHUNG to SAVIDIS, GIORGIOS; SAVIDIS, EVA $42,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20178189035
2018426113
2019335112
202000707
202100707
202200404
20230514120
202401607
202503418
202600303
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The full timeline

Construction 58Enforcement 55Housing & tenants 115Ownership & money 27Health & systems 6

Every one of the 261 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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