104 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 52 311 service requests, 15 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 10 boiler inspections.
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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 22.5. In ZIP 11209, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 6 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2021-04-05. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
5 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (1) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (1) · Street Condition (1) · Illegal Parking (1) · Real Time Enforcement (1).
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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1925) |
| No | Six or more residential units (4) |
| No | 421-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 owner(s) | 8618-8620 3RD AVENUE REALTY |
| Head officer | JOHN PAPADIMITROPOULOS |
| Managing agent | JOHN PAPADIMITROPOULOS |
| Last registered | 2025-09-05 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $734,400 | $330,480 |
| 2026 | $881,000 | $396,450 |
| 2027 | $1,036,000 | $466,200 |
The city's market estimate has risen 41% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Roots Italian | Italian | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
| Subway | 86 St — R · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 3 Av / 86 St — B37 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | 89 St & 3 Ave · 600 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 185 Walter Kassenbrock Middle: 407 (6), 201 (7-8). 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.
8620 3 Avenue
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
5 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $122,000 on 1995-11-08 (lender: Defina, Joseph Jr and Defina, Joseph Sr). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-11-08 | Mortgage $122,000 — from 8618-8620 THIRD AVENUE REALTY CORP to DEFINA, JOSEPH JR; DEFINA, JOSEPH SR | $122,000 | |
| 1985-05-15 | Mortgage $187,500 — from DE FINA, JOSEPH FRANCIS to HAMILTON FEDL S/L ASCN | $187,500 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2021 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2022 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 20 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Every one of the 104 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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