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261 Avenue X

148Records
9City systems
0Open violations
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Brooklyn · ZIP 11223 · Neighborhood: Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
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148 recorded events, 1988–2026, from 9 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 113 311 service requests, 10 restaurant inspections, 7 DOB permits.

BoroughBrooklyn 11223
Built1931
Floors1
Res. units0
ClassK1
Owner (PLUTO)RECCHIA REALTY CORP
BBL3071730042
BIN3194400

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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

36 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Establishment (7) · Dirty Condition (6) · Noise (5) · Illegal Dumping (4) · Graffiti (3) · Illegal Parking (3).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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$1,873,000 $842,850
2026$1,699,000 $764,550
2027$2,022,000 $909,900

The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Knapp St Pizza IiPizzaGrade PendingMice evidence
The Black Rose LoungeLatin AmericanNot yet gradedMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 2 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), shared by 2 restaurants
7 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food, Letter Grading, Dishwashing/Utensils), shared by 2 restaurants · 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 2 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 X — F · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
86 St — N · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Avenue X / Shell Rd — B1 · 150 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini
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

261 Avenue X

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

36 311 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: $100,000 on 1991-03-15 (lender: Richmond County Savbank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1991-03-15Mortgage $100,000 — from RECCHIA REALTY CORP to RICHMOND COUNTY SAVBANK $100,000

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20170404
20180505
20190606
2020017017
20210819
2022013114
20230909
2024118221
20250358
2026013316
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The full timeline

Construction 13Enforcement 7Housing & tenants 113Ownership & money 2Health & systems 13

Every one of the 148 recorded events, 1988–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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