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515 Avenue I

414Records
17City systems
0Open violations
0.6Penalty rate

414 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 115 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 94 311 service requests, 67 HPD complaints.

BoroughBrooklyn 11230
Built1936
Floors6
Res. units47
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)515 AVE I TENANTS CORP
BBL3065080022
BIN3170454

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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 92% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 0.6. In ZIP 11230, 82% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

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Among 17,252 25-99-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

6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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

What 311 hears from this address

20 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · Noise (2) · Lead (2) · Street Light Condition (2) · Snow or Ice (2) · Damaged Tree (2).

Filed construction activity

$243,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (6 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 (1936)
YesSix or more residential units (47)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. 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)515 AVENUE I TENANTS CORP.
Head officerDUSAN TODOROVIC
Managing agentGUTMAN MANAGEMENT CO., INC.
Last registered2025-07-28

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$4,044,000 $1,819,800
2026$4,199,000 $1,889,550
2027$4,427,000 $1,992,150

The city's market estimate has risen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $764,460 a year ($13.70 per sq ft), operating expenses $253,890 ($4.55 per sq ft), net operating income $510,570. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)C — ENERGY STAR score 67/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS

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

SubwayAvenue I — F · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Avenue I / Ocean Pkwy — B11 · 50 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 121 Nelson A. Rockefeller
Middle: P.S. 121 Nelson A. Rockefeller. 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

515 Avenue I

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

20 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by GUTMAN MANAGEMENT CO, INC — 21 buildings, 856 units. Grades across the portfolio: A11 · B7 · C2 · D1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
1890 East 5 Street BK95 B
611 Argyle Road BK84 A
35-45 79 Street QN78 A
99-34 67 Road QN67 B
1212 Newkirk Avenue BK66 B
5502 14 Avenue BK59 A
33-38 Parsons Boulevard QN53 B
2020 Avenue V BK50 A
515 Avenue I BK47 A
387 Ocean Parkway BK46 B
1801 Avenue L BK45 A
1996 Ocean Avenue BK43 A
78 Webster Avenue BK32 C
4582 Manhattan College Py BX25 B
45-55 39 Street QN25 A
1208 Sheepshead Bay Road BK12 A
57 Graham Avenue BK8 B
154 Graham Avenue BK7 A
156 Graham Avenue BK7 A
233 Hewes Street BK4 C
73 Graham Avenue BK3 D

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $243,410 on 2021-08-13 (lender: New York Community Bank), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-12-29RPTT&RET $200,000 — from PARIS MUELLER, FELICIA; MUELLER, REBECCA R to ISAEVA, NATALIA; ISAEVA, EKATERINA; ISAEV, VLADIMIR $200,000
2025-12-04Sold for $200,000 $200,000 $4,255
2025-02-24RPTT&RET $350,000 — from THE WOLKENSTEIN IRREVOCABLE TRUST; RACHEL WOLKENSTEIN, AS TRUSTEE to SEERAM, BHOJNARINE $350,000
2025-02-11Sold for $350,000 $350,000 $7,447
2024-11-20RPTT&RET $388,000 — from 515 AVENUE I CORP. to LESEROWITZ, ELIA $388,000
2024-11-14Sold for $388,000 $388,000 $8,255
2023-11-08RPTT&RET $492,000 — from SAPOZNIKOV, ALEXANDER; SAPOZNIKOV, TATIANA to CHOKOSHVILI, MANANA $492,000
2023-10-31Sold for $492,000 $492,000 $10,468
2022-09-16RPTT&RET $480,000 — from ROBERT MALLER REVOCABLE TRUST AGREEMENT; ALBERTO ROSENTHAL, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE to CHREM, JANET; SASSON, ISAAC $480,000
2022-09-07Sold for $480,000 $480,000 $10,213
2021-12-23RPTT&RET $530,000 — from JOSEPH J. POLINSKY, AS TRUSTEE; ERNEST AND HEDY KAHN IRREVOCABLE TRUST to MORROW, MATTHEW; MORROW, REGINA $530,000
2021-12-13RPTT&RET $490,000 — from KLEIN, WARREN Z to DMB DENTAL P.C. $490,000
2021-12-13Sold for $530,000 $530,000 $11,277
2021-12-07RPTT&RET $525,000 — from CAMPBELL, JOSEPH to LENIHAN, WILLIAM J.R.; BLACKWELL, JENNIFER ROSS $525,000
2021-11-12Sold for $525,000 $525,000 $11,170

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017006017
20180162110
20190775322
20206099125
202132512123
202205172226
20230062412
20240192113
20250069116
20260090110
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The full timeline

Construction 31Enforcement 55Housing & tenants 175Ownership & money 136Health & systems 17

Every one of the 414 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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