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178 Avenue U

401Records
11City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11223 · Neighborhood: Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
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401 recorded events, 1986–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 313 311 service requests, 34 DOB complaints, 14 DOB permits.

BoroughBrooklyn 11223
Built1931
Floors2
Res. units0
ClassK2
Owner (PLUTO)HAL ORENSTEIN
BBL3071200010
BIN3192469

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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.

$7,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

82 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (43) · Building/Use (9) · Plumbing (8) · Food Establishment (4) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (4) · Illegal Parking (3).

Filed construction activity

$28,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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$451,000 $202,950
2026$481,000 $216,450
2027$391,000 $175,950

The city's market estimate has fallen 13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Living RoomMiddle EasternA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

4 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Worker Hygiene, Food Protection, Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

Flood exposure

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

Hurricane evacuation zone 4 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

SubwayAvenue U — N · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Avenue U — F · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Avenue U / W 5 St — B3 · 250 ft
Bike facilityShared bike route mapped within 75 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 095 The Gravesend
Middle: I.S. 228 David A. Boody. 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

178 Avenue U

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

82 311 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: $70,000 on 1994-10-14 (lender: Lanza, Constantino and Lanza, Vincenza). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1994-10-14Mortgage $70,000 — from ORENSTEIN, CARMELA; ORENSTEIN, HAL to LANZA, VINCENZA; LANZA, CONSTANTINO $70,000

Ten-year activity

100500
2017
2018
2019
89
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201710607
20180011011
20192010113
20200089089
20210022022
20220456060
20232133036
20240025126
202500819
202603536172
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The full timeline

Construction 25Enforcement 52Housing & tenants 313Ownership & money 7Health & systems 4

Every one of the 401 recorded events, 1986–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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