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5517 Avenue N

57Records
6City systems
0Open violations
4Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11234 · Neighborhood: Flatlands
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57 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 6 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 24 311 service requests, 15 HPD complaints, 9 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.

BoroughBrooklyn 11234
Built1931
Floors3
Res. units2
ClassS2
Owner (PLUTO)POLITI, JOSEPHINE
BBL3078800003
BIN3220239

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 80% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 4. In ZIP 11234, 92% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

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

5 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (1) · Abandoned Vehicle (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · PAINT/PLASTER (1) · APPLIANCE (1).

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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1931)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$821,000 $49,260
2026$847,000 $50,820
2027$930,000 $55,800

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

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Palermo Pastry ShopBakery Products/DessertsBMice evidence
Palermo Pastry ShopNot yet graded—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

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

Hurricane evacuation zone 3 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

BusNearest boarding stop: Avenue N / E 56 St — B41 · 250 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 203 Floyd Bennett School
Middle: J.H.S. 078 Roy H. Mann. 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

5517 Avenue N

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

5 311 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.

Ten-year activity

1050
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
7
2026
Housing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20170000
20182002
20191001
20200000
20214004
20222002
20232024
20240022
20251124
20266107
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The full timeline

Enforcement 1Housing & tenants 39Ownership & money 10Health & systems 7

Every one of the 57 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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