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8621 4 Avenue

118Records
12City systems
0Open violations
8Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11209 · Neighborhood: Bay Ridge
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118 recorded events, 1993–2025, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 30 311 service requests, 22 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 20 DOB permits.

BoroughBrooklyn 11209
Built1925
Floors3
Res. units2
ClassS2
Owner (PLUTO)ZHENG FAMILY CORP.
BBL3060450002
BIN3153518

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GRADE B

A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 82% 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 8. 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

9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (6) · Illegal Parking (2) · Noise (1).

Filed construction activity

$6,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1925)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
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)ZHENG FAMILY CORP
Head officerChenJI ZHENG
Managing agentChenJI ZHENG
Last registered2025-09-13

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,626,000 $97,560
2026$1,641,000 $98,460
2027$1,429,000 $85,740

The city's market estimate has fallen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Brother's Asian CuisineAsian/Asian FusionA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 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 · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 87 St / 4 Av — B1 · 50 ft
Citi Bike4 Ave & 87 St · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School For The Arts
Middle: 407 (6), 104 (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.

Report a problem to 311

8621 4 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

9 311 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: $351,692 on 2021-10-26 (lender: Empire State Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2021-11-04Agreement $1,180,000 — from ZHENG FAMILY CORP. to EMPIRE STATE BANK $1,180,000
2021-10-26Mortgage $351,692 — from ZHENG FAMILY CORP. to EMPIRE STATE BANK $351,692
2021-10-26AL&R $1,180,000 — from ZHENG FAMILY CORP. to EMPIRE STATE BANK $1,180,000
2016-06-23AL&R $930,000 — from ZHENG FAMILY CORP. to INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA $930,000
2016-06-23Agreement $930,000 — from ZHENG FAMILY CORP. to INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA $930,000
2016-06-23Mortgage $349,115 — from ZHENG FAMILY CORP. to INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA $349,115
2012-03-14AL&R $640,000 — from ZHENG FAMILY CORP. to THE BANK OF EAST ASIA (USA) NA $640,000
2012-03-14Agreement $640,000 — from ZHENG FAMILY CORP. to THE BANK OF EAST ASIA (USA) NA $640,000
2012-03-14Mortgage $36,144 — from ZHENG FAMILY CORP. to THE BANK OF EAST ASIA (U.S.A.) N.A. $36,144
2010-04-20Deed $1,150,000 — from SUE JACK REALTY LLC to ZHENG FAMILY CORP. $1,150,000
2010-04-20AL&R $650,000 — from ZHENG FAMILY CORP. to SUE JACK REALTY LLC $650,000
2010-04-20Mortgage $650,000 — from ZHENG FAMILY CORP. to SUE JACK REALTY LLC $650,000
1999-10-21Mortgage $27,000,000 — from SUE JACK REALTY LLC to OLYMPIAN BANK OF NY $27,000,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201701001
201801001
201931004
202000011
202103508
202205016
202302013
202405005
20250100111
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The full timeline

Construction 36Enforcement 18Housing & tenants 38Ownership & money 22Health & systems 4

Every one of the 118 recorded events, 1993–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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