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2659 West 36 Street

1,517Records
20City systems
71Open violations
10.2Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11224 · Neighborhood: Coney Island-Sea Gate
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1,517 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 483 311 service requests, 294 HPD complaints, 280 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11224
Built1965
Floors13
Res. units157
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)NYC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP.
BBL3069620011
BIN3188214, 3340254, 3340255, 3340256, 3340257, 3340258, 3340259, 3340260, 3340261, 3340262, 3340263, 3340264, 3346261

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GRADE B

A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 67% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 10.2. In ZIP 11224, 81% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations71 total — 20 class C (immediately hazardous), 43 class B, 8 class A. Oldest open since 2001-07-21.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

30 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 18 · winter 2025–26: 12). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

18
’24–25
12
’25–26

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

$13,155 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

55 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (15) · Water System (6) · Dirty Condition (5) · Derelict Vehicles (5) · Illegal Parking (5) · Noise (2).

Filed construction activity

$20,361,001 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (56 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 (1965)
YesSix or more residential units (157)
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)SAM BURT HOUSES, INC
Head officerDionne Brown
Managing agentVintage Real Estate Services
Last registered2024-12-17

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$10,669,000 $4,801,050
2026$12,985,000 $5,843,250
2027$13,710,000 $6,169,500

The city's market estimate has risen 29% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: MITCHELL-LAMA

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2021 estimate: gross income $2,657,697 a year ($20.22 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,196,095 ($9.10 per sq ft), net operating income $1,461,602. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 39/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 7)

Flood exposure

In the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary flood maps) — lenders typically require flood insurance here.

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

In the city's stormwater flood map only under the extreme-storm scenario (3.66 in/hr cloudburst with 2080 sea levels) — an Ida-scale event.

7 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2014 (1 in the last three years).

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

BusNearest boarding stop: Bayview Av / W 36 St — B36 B74 · 200 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 188 Michael E. Berdy
Middle: P.S. 099 Isaac Asimov. 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

2659 West 36 Street

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

55 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 15 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 VINTAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES — 20 buildings, 1,972 units. Grades across the portfolio: A10 · B8 · C1 · D1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
3020 Avenue Y BK357 B
661 East 181 Street BX281 C
140 Cadman Plaza West BK250 A
485 Lenox Avenue MN160 A
1950 Hutchinson Rvr Py E BX158 B
2659 West 36 Street BK157 B
323 2 Avenue MN105 B
1250 Ocean Parkway BK95 A
420 East 58 Street MN75 A
1200 Gravesend Neck Road BK69 B
720 East 31 Street BK62 A
332 West 86 Street MN45 A
344 West 23 Street MN44 A
162 West 22 Street MN42 A
140 West 10 Street MN38 A
249 East 52 Street MN15 A
671-05 Burns Street QN5 B
67-107 Burns Street QN5 B
67-109 Burns Street QN5 B
142 West 10 Street MN4 D

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $11,100,000 on 2017-07-14 (lender: New York City Housing Development Corporation). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2017-07-14Mortgage $11,100,000 — from SAM BURT HOUSES, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR $11,100,000
2014-12-22Mortgage $2,250,000 — from SAM BURT HOUSES, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR $2,250,000
2014-12-22Mortgage $2,187,341 — from SAM BURT HOUSES, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR $2,187,341
2014-12-22Mortgage $5,312,659 — from SAM BURT HOUSES, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR $5,312,659
2014-11-18Mortgage $1,121,876 — from SAM BURT HOUSES, INC. to NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPOR $1,121,876
1993-07-21Mortgage $626,610 — from SAM BURT HOUSES INC to NYC HPD $626,610

Ten-year activity

2001000
2017
136
2018
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2021
2022
2023
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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017206511381
201830275029136
201961210403125
202069430563
202101410345
202224540464
202305200227
202407260336
202505490256
202622300337
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The full timeline

Construction 154Enforcement 192Housing & tenants 1,090Ownership & money 18Health & systems 63

Every one of the 1,517 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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