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6217 8 Avenue

212Records
16City systems
15Open violations
22.8Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11220 · Neighborhood: Dyker Heights
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212 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 56 HPD housing violations, 43 311 service requests, 25 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.

BoroughBrooklyn 11220
Built1920
Floors3
Res. units5
ClassS5
Owner (PLUTO)6217 8TH AVENUE, LLC
BBL3057280003
BIN3141390

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 89% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 22.8. In ZIP 11220, 69% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations15 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 10 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 1981-06-15.

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.

What 311 hears from this address

17 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (3) · Food Establishment (2) · Vendor Enforcement (2) · Building/Use (2) · Emergency Response Team (ERT) (1) · Illegal Parking (1).

Filed construction activity

$112,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (9 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 (1920)
NoSix or more residential units (5)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. 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)6217 8th avenue LLC
Head officerYuet T Chin
Managing agent6217 8th avenue
Last registered2025-07-30

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,188,000 $534,600
2026$1,268,000 $570,600
2027$1,484,000 $667,800

The city's market estimate has risen 25% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
98KChickenA—
98K CHICKEN&BURGERNot yet graded—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Spoiled, Letter Grading), shared by 2 restaurants · 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.

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

Subway8 Av — N · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 8 Av / 62 St — B70 · 250 ft
Citi Bike7 Ave & 62 St · 850 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 69 Vincent D. Grippo School
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

6217 8 Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

17 311 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: $1,000,000 on 2018-04-13 (lender: Hanover Community Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2018-04-13Mortgage $1,000,000 — from 5217 8TH AVENUE LLC to HANOVER COMMUNITY BANK $1,000,000
2018-04-13AL&R $1,000,000 — from 5217 8TH AVENUE LLC to HANOVER COMMUNITY BANK $1,000,000
2008-04-01AL&R $479,500 — from 6217 8TH AVENUE, LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $479,500
2008-04-01Mortgage $479,500 — from 6217 8TH AVENUE, LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $479,500
1987-05-14Mortgage $100,000 — from CHIN, LOWE SUI AYE; CHIN, LAI SO; CHIN, LAI YIN; CHIN, TAM FUN to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK $100,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017203005
201800104115
201900110112
2020015006
202164100121
2022205018
2023224019
202403130218
2025026019
20262630112
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The full timeline

Construction 35Enforcement 25Housing & tenants 116Ownership & money 25Health & systems 11

Every one of the 212 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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