106 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 69 311 service requests, 12 DOB permits, 10 DOB job filings.
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| Open HPD violations | 1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2005-08-11. |
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1 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 1).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$3,125 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
32 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (10) · Street Condition (5) · Graffiti (4) · Illegal Parking (4) · Food Establishment (2) · Snow or Ice (2).
$100,001 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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.
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $783,000 | $352,350 |
| 2026 | $847,000 | $381,150 |
| 2027 | $890,000 | $400,500 |
The city's market estimate has risen 14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Footprints Cafe | Caribbean | A | — |
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)
2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Facility Construction, Food Protection) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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.
4 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.
| Subway | Coney Island-Stillwell Av — D F N Q · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Surf Av / W 16 St — B36 · 150 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.
1521 Surf Avenue
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
32 311 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.
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 22 |
Every one of the 106 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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