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8219 5 Avenue

87Records
10City systems
0Open violations
0Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11209 · Neighborhood: Bay Ridge
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87 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 10 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 45 311 service requests, 17 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 8 DOB permits.

BoroughBrooklyn 11209
Built1921
Floors2
Res. units1
ClassS1
Owner (PLUTO)8219 REALTY INCORPORATED
BBL3060090003
BIN3152155

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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 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11209, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% 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

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

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

3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Consumer Complaint (1) · Smoking or Vaping (1) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (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 (1921)
NoSix or more residential units (1)
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).

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,101,000 $66,060
2026$1,129,000 $67,740
2027$1,185,000 $71,100

The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Le Sajj RestaurantMiddle EasternBMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

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

Subway86 St — R · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / 83 St — B63 · 100 ft
Citi Bike4 Ave & 85 St · 950 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 127 McKinley Park
Middle: The Madeleine Brennan School. 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

8219 5 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

3 311 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: $415,294 on 2011-01-25 (lender: Northfield Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2011-01-25AL&R $622,500 — from 8219 REALTY INC. to NORTHFIELD BANK $622,500
2011-01-25Mortgage $415,295 — from 8219 REALTY INC. to NORTHFIELD BANK $415,295
2011-01-25Agreement $622,500 — from 8219 REALTY INC. to NORTHFIELD BANK $622,500
2003-09-03DEEDO $550,000 — from BESHARA, GARY to 8219 REALTY INCORPORATED $550,000
2003-09-03AL&R $340,000 — from 8219 REALTY CORPORATION to SI BANK AND TRUST $340,000
2003-09-03Mortgage $340,000 — from 8219 REALTY CORPORATION to SI BANK AND TRUST $340,000

Ten-year activity

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202007007
202107007
20222102115
202307007
202410012
202502013
202611002
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The full timeline

Construction 11Enforcement 10Housing & tenants 45Ownership & money 17Health & systems 4

Every one of the 87 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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