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2705 Kings Highway

1,435Records
20City systems
137Open violations
31.6Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11210 · Neighborhood: Midwood
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1,435 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 506 311 service requests, 318 HPD complaints, 228 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11210
Built1950
Floors6
Res. units108
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)KINGSWAY GARDENS APTS. CORP.
BBL3076810010
BIN3211030

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GRADE B

A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 82% 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 31.6. In ZIP 11210, 88% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work

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

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations137 total — 16 class C (immediately hazardous), 90 class B, 31 class A. Oldest open since 2007-12-02.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

27 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6 · winter 2024–25: 11 · winter 2025–26: 9). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
11
’24–25
9
’25–26

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

$4,275 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

153 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (26) · Illegal Parking (22) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (16) · PAINT/PLASTER (13) · HEAT/HOT WATER (12) · PLUMBING (8).

Filed construction activity

$300,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (1950)
YesSix or more residential units (108)
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)KINGSWAY GARDENS APARTMENT CORP
Head officerVICTOR FEIN
Managing agentROKOWSKY MGMT.
Last registered2025-07-07

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$6,587,000 $2,964,150
2026$6,832,000 $3,074,400
2027$7,124,000 $3,205,800

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

Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $1,779,949 a year ($20.90 per sq ft), operating expenses $959,810 ($11.27 per sq ft), net operating income $820,139. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)A — ENERGY STAR score 100/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 10)

Flood exposure

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

Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2021 (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

SubwayAvenue M — Q · 0.7 mi straight-line (about an 18-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Kings Hwy — B Q · 0.7 mi straight-line (about an 18-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Kings Hwy / E 27 St — B7 B82 · 350 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 197 - The Kings Highway Academy
Middle: Andries Hudde. 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

2705 Kings Highway

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

153 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 12 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 ROKOWSKY MGMT. — 7 buildings, 671 units. Grades across the portfolio: A4 · B3. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
3215 Avenue H BK190 A
2705 Kings Highway BK108 B
150 Hawthorne Street BK100 B
2807 Kings Highway BK84 A
82-35 134 Street QN84 A
2607 Avenue O BK84 A
51 Morton Street MN21 B

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,100,000 on 2019-02-12 (lender: New York Community Bank), covering 3 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-05-28RPTT&RET $295,000 — from CASAS, NOEL A; CASAS, JANNETH P to HENRY, ANN V $295,000
2026-05-22RPTT&RET $230,000 — from LEWIS, CATHERINE to SINGER, CHAYA; SINGER, SHLOMO $230,000
2026-05-19Sold for $295,000 $295,000 $2,731
2026-04-21Sold for $230,000 $230,000 $2,130
2026-02-10RPTT&RET $165,000 — from SIMHA DAN, AS ADMINISTRATOR; THE ESTATE OF DAVID ABERGEL to THE ROSTWELL TRUST; ROMAN SOPRANO, TRUSTEE $165,000
2026-01-20Sold for $165,000 $165,000 $1,528
2025-05-23RPTT&RET $275,000 — from DIAMANT, SURVIVING SPOUSE, YELENA; DIAMANT, YELENA to THE ZISU FAMILY LIVING TRUST; ZISU, AS TRUSTEE, DANIEL $275,000
2025-05-22Sold for $275,000 $275,000 $2,546
2025-03-07RPTT&RET $185,000 — from BIRMAN, SERAFIMA to PIDDUBKO, SVITLANA $185,000
2025-03-07Sold for $185,000 $185,000 $1,713
2024-09-17RPTT&RET $300,000 — from LEBOVICH, IGOR to AMINJONOVA, NODIRA AMINJONOVNA $300,000
2024-09-16Sold for $300,000 $300,000 $2,778
2024-03-26RPTT&RET $200,000 — from RUDNITSKAYA, IRINA; LAYVAND, LEONID to SALIMOVA, FARIDA $200,000
2024-03-20Sold for $200,000 $200,000 $1,852
2024-03-06RPTT&RET $174,000 — from MORRIS ROKOWSKY MANAGEMENT to ALEV, HAYRIYE; ALEV, EMREN $174,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201705558169
201807109142132
2019019379469
202006683178
20213229863132
202214439259
2023265010270
202445508269
202511595268
20264118971202
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The full timeline

Construction 17Enforcement 172Housing & tenants 1,067Ownership & money 155Health & systems 24

Every one of the 1,435 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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