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1509 Mermaid Avenue

137Records
11City systems
0Open violations
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Brooklyn · ZIP 11224 · Neighborhood: Coney Island-Sea Gate
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137 recorded events, 1986–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 71 311 service requests, 19 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 12 DOB permits.

BoroughBrooklyn 11224
Built1988
Floors1
Res. units0
ClassK1
Owner (PLUTO)CANDILEJAS REALTY LLC
BBL3070220044
BIN3256857, 3425509

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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

29 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (8) · Dirty Condition (7) · Food Establishment (5) · Noise (2) · Industrial Waste (2) · Street Sign (1).

Filed construction activity

$99,250 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$299,000 $134,550
2026$244,000 $109,800
2027$280,000 $126,000

The city's market estimate has fallen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Mi Candilejas RestaurantLatin AmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick)
5 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Kitchen/Food Prep Area, Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Food Contains Foreign Object) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2013 (0 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

SubwayConey Island-Stillwell Av — D F N Q · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Mermaid Av / W 15 St — B74 · 50 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 90 Edna Cohen School
Middle: I.S. 303 Herbert S. Eisenberg. 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

1509 Mermaid Avenue

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

29 311 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: $1,085,000 on 2025-03-05 (lender: Velocity Commercial Capital, LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-03-05Deed $1,750,000 — from 1509 HOLDINGS LLC to CANDILEJAS REALTY LLC $1,750,000
2025-03-05Mortgage $1,085,000 — from CANDILEJAS REALTY LLC to VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, LLC $1,085,000
2025-02-24Sold for $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $875,000
2000-11-30Mortgage $130,000 — from 1509 MERMAID AVENUELLC to MERMAID FUNDING ASSOCIATES $130,000
1989-05-15Mortgage $80,000 — from CHABEL, ERNEST to TOBIAS, E JUDITH; LEVY, GLENDA $80,000
1986-04-08Mortgage $15,000 — from CHABEL, ERNEST to SCWARTZ, IRENE $15,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017001001
20186330012
2019002002
2020002002
2021003003
2022212027
202301170018
2024003014
20254464018
202602200123
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The full timeline

Construction 20Enforcement 20Housing & tenants 71Ownership & money 20Health & systems 6

Every one of the 137 recorded events, 1986–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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