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2129 Knapp Street

340Records
12City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate

340 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 185 311 service requests, 48 DOB permits, 40 DOB violations.

BoroughBrooklyn 11229
Built1956
Floors1
Res. units0
ClassK2
Owner (PLUTO)BIG KNAPP, LLC
BBL3088220002
BIN3248258

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Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).

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

What 311 hears from this address

35 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Consumer Complaint (9) · Illegal Parking (6) · Food Establishment (4) · Noise (3) · Graffiti (2) · Dirty Condition (2).

Filed construction activity

$489,880 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (6 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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$3,692,000 $1,661,400
2026$2,973,000 $1,337,850
2027$3,121,000 $1,404,450

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

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Knapp Street Bagel CafeAmericanA—
Knapp Street PizzaPizzaAMice evidence
Lucky StarChineseA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

2 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (1 with three or more people sick), shared by 3 restaurants
4 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: No Permit or License, Food Contaminated, Food Worker Illness), shared by 3 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.

3 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: Gerritsen Av / Avenue V — B31 · 100 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 194 Raoul Wallenberg
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

2129 Knapp Street

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

35 311 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: $1,586,894 on 2010-09-28 (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
2022-04-13RPTT $64,169,888 — from STERLING BANCORP to WEBSTER BANK N.A. $64,169,888
2016-09-20Agreement $3,827,563 — from ELM APTS CO., LLC; BIG KNAPP, LLC; 3022 STORES CO., LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $3,827,563
2010-09-28AL&R $4,000,000 — from BIG KNAPP, LLC; ELM APTS CO., LLC; 3022 STORES CO., LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $4,000,000
2010-09-28Agreement $4,000,000 — from BIG KNAPP, LLC; 3022 STORES CO., LLC; ELM APTS CO., LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $4,000,000
2010-09-28Mortgage $1,586,894 — from 3022 STORES CO., LLC; BIG KNAPP, LLC; ELM APTS CO., LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $1,586,894
2010-09-28Agreement $897,899 — from BIG KNAPP, LLC., AS SUCCESSOR to M&R MANAGEMENT CO., INC. $897,899
2003-06-26Mortgage $1,000,000 — from KERR, BENJAMIN; KERR, EVELYN to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $1,000,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20175050010
201800100010
201901130014
202001371039
202100140014
202200111012
202300130316
202453150730
202520120216
2026006039
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The full timeline

Construction 69Enforcement 53Housing & tenants 186Ownership & money 16Health & systems 16

Every one of the 340 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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