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8434 17 Avenue

110Records
12City systems
5Open violations
410.7Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11214 · Neighborhood: Bath Beach
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110 recorded events, 1986–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 32 HPD housing violations, 21 311 service requests, 20 HPD complaints.

BoroughBrooklyn 11214
Built1925
Floors2
Res. units3
ClassC0
Owner (PLUTO)LEE LEE WONG AS TRUSTEE
BBL3063250058
BIN3165099, 3384018

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GRADE F

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 410.7. In ZIP 11214, 75% 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

Open HPD violations5 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-07-11.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

2
’24–25
2
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

13 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (5) · Building/Use (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Abandoned Vehicle (2) · Noise (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 (1925)
NoSix or more residential units (3)
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)YUCHU WONG
Last registered2025-08-04

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,656,000 $99,360
2026$1,490,000 $89,400
2027$1,298,000 $77,880

The city's market estimate has fallen 22% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

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

Subway18 Av — D · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 86 St / 17 Av — B1 · 300 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 204 Vince Lombardi
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

8434 17 Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

13 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 of them about heat or hot water.

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: $200,000 on 2007-05-14 (lender: HSBC Mortgage Corporation USA). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2016-08-24Deed $130,000 — from WONG, WING TAT; WONG, YU CHU to WONG, TING TING JUDY; WONG, LEE LEE; WONG, YU CHU; WONG, KAM SHING $130,000
2016-08-12Sold for $130,000 $130,000 $43,333
2007-05-14Mortgage $200,000 — from WONG, YU CHU; WONG, WING TAT to HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION USA $200,000
2006-12-08Deed $862,000 — from TUSI, JEANETTE; TUSI, DOMINICK to WONG, YU CHU; WONG, WING TAT $862,000
2006-12-08Mortgage $220,000 — from WONG, WING TAT; WONG, YU CHU to MERS $220,000

Ten-year activity

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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
58
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & money
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyTotal
20170101
20180505
20190101
20200202
20210202
20220213
20231315
20240246
2025256058
20261203
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The full timeline

Construction 7Enforcement 10Housing & tenants 79Ownership & money 13Health & systems 1

Every one of the 110 recorded events, 1986–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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