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3205 Emmons Avenue

2,709Records
21City systems
171Open violations
370.2Penalty rate

2,709 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 21 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 940 311 service requests, 837 HPD complaints, 691 HPD housing violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11235
Built1961
Floors7
Res. units57
ClassD1
Owner (PLUTO)3205 EMMONS AVENUE, LLC
BBL3088070125
BIN3247935

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GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 370.2. In ZIP 11235, 80% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work

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Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations171 total — 41 class C (immediately hazardous), 109 class B, 21 class A. Oldest open since 2024-04-08.
Pending HPD litigation1 case(s) pending in housing court

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

128 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 64 · winter 2025–26: 56). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
64
’24–25
56
’25–26

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

$11,370 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

392 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (63) · Noise (44) · PAINT/PLASTER (40) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (34) · PLUMBING (27) · Illegal Parking (21).

Filed construction activity

$630,800 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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 (1961)
YesSix or more residential units (57)
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)3205 EMMONS AVENUE LLC
Head officerMARGARET BRUNN
Managing agentBRIAN GARLAND
Last registered2025-10-15

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$5,698,000 $2,564,100
2026$5,534,000 $2,490,300
2027$5,276,000 $2,374,200

The city's market estimate has fallen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)B — ENERGY STAR score 76/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 8)

Flood exposure

In the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary flood maps) — lenders typically require flood insurance here.

Hurricane evacuation zone 1 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.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2014 (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: Emmons Av / Brigham St — B4 B44 · 50 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 052 Sheepshead Bay
Middle: J.H.S. 014 Shell Bank. 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

3205 Emmons Avenue

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

392 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 63 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $8,450,000 on 2022-11-17 (lender: Signature Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2022-11-17Deed $11,853,303 — from HAMPTON REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to 3205 EMMONS AVENUE, LLC $11,853,303
2022-11-17Mortgage $8,450,000 — from 3205 EMMONS AVENUE, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $8,450,000
2022-11-17AL&R $8,450,000 — from 3205 EMMONS AVENUE, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $8,450,000
2022-11-07Sold for $11,853,303 $11,853,303 $207,953
2012-06-15Mortgage $46,981 — from HAMPTON REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA $46,981
2012-06-15Agreement $1,225,000 — from HAMPTON REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA $1,225,000
2005-11-07Mortgage $310,313 — from HAMPTON REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $310,313
2005-11-07AL&R $1,500,000 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to HAMPTON REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP $1,500,000
2005-11-07Agreement $1,500,000 — from HAMPTON REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $1,500,000
2001-11-08Mortgage $813,081 — from HAMPTON REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to EMIGRANT SAVINGS BANK $813,081
1994-08-12Mortgage $147,382 — from HAMPTON REALTY COMPANY; LEFRAK, SAMUEL J. to EMIGRANT SAVINGS BANK $147,382

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201762501059
20183213806149
201910510254
202000260127
20210312503131
202200346646
202304130118
20240321923227
20250534903357
202601056607583
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The full timeline

Construction 73Enforcement 51Housing & tenants 2,515Ownership & money 36Health & systems 34

Every one of the 2,709 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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