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2017 East 53 Street

99Records
11City systems
1Open violations
26.7Penalty rate

99 recorded events, 1997–2025, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 31 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 25 311 service requests, 12 ECB/OATH violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11234
Built1930
Floors2
Res. units2
ClassB2
Owner (PLUTO)WINCHESTER, LYDIA
BBL3085440035
BIN3242016

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 90% 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 26.7. In ZIP 11234, 92% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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C

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

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations1 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-11-24.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

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

9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: PLUMBING (2) · Illegal Parking (1) · Noise (1) · Dirty Condition (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · DOOR/WINDOW (1).

Filed construction activity

$384,600 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1930)
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).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)53 Equity holdings LLC
Head officerRivka Horowitz
Managing agent53 Equity holdings LLC
Last registered2024-11-19

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$783,000 $46,980
2026$683,000 $40,980
2027$898,000 $53,880

The city's market estimate has risen 15% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Flood exposure

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

Hurricane evacuation zone 2 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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2019 (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.

Getting around

BusNearest boarding stop: Flatbush Av / Avenue T — B2 · 350 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 207 Elizabeth G. Leary
Middle: J.H.S. 278 Marine Park. 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

2017 East 53 Street

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

9 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by 53 EQUITY HOLDINGS LLC — 2 buildings, 5 units. Grades across the portfolio: C1 · F1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
2017 East 53 Place BK3 F
2017 East 53 Street BK2 C

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $27,936 on 2024-03-29 (lender: Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2024-03-29Mortgage $27,936 — from STOUTE, QUASIE; WINCHESTER, LYDIA to SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPME $27,936
2022-12-29Agreement $851,778 — from STOUTE, QUASIE; WINCHESTER, LYDIA to FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS $851,779
2022-03-25Mortgage $49,500 — from WINCHESTER, LYDIA; STOUTE, QUASIE to U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION $49,500
2022-01-27Mortgage $130,720 — from STOUTE, QUASIE to SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPME $130,720
2019-03-29Deed $910,000 — from 2017 E 53 STREET LLC to WINCHESTER, LYDIA; STOUTE, QUASIE $910,000
2019-03-29Mortgage $893,517 — from STOUTE, QUASIE; WINCHESTER, LYDIA to MERS $893,517
2019-03-01Sold for $910,000 $910,000 $455,000
2018-04-03Deed $350,000 — from SYBLISS, DONOVAN to 2017 E 53 STREET, LLC $350,000
2018-04-03Mortgage $450,000 — from 2017 E 53 STREET, LLC to HAMPTON PARTNERS LLC $450,000
2018-03-26Sold for $350,000 $350,000 $175,000
2006-02-08Deed $560,000 — from COSTELLO, ANTHONY to SYBLISS, DONOVAN $560,000
2006-02-08Mortgage $432,000 — from SYBLISS, DONOVAN to MERS $432,000
2004-04-15Mortgage $294,000 — from COSTELLO, ANTHONY to MERS $294,000
2003-10-30Mortgage $210,000 — from COSTELLO, ANTHONY to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK $210,000
1997-07-01Mortgage $90,000 — from COSTELLO, ROSIE to FIRST NATIONAL BANKOF BOSTON $90,000

Ten-year activity

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The full timeline

Construction 5Enforcement 23Housing & tenants 38Ownership & money 33

Every one of the 99 recorded events, 1997–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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