21 Smith Street · Brooklyn · BBL 3001550004
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This building is not graded (non-residential or no residential units
on record) — the report below covers its full public record.
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: Illegal Parking (1) · Bus Stop Shelter Complaint (1) · Street Sign (1) · Rodent (1) · Consumer Complaint (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.
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$826,000
$371,700
2026
$865,000
$389,250
2027
$881,000
$396,450
The city's market estimate has risen
7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
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
Subway
Jay St-MetroTech — A C F R · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Hoyt St — 2 3 · 500 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Outbound only)
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Smith St / Livingston St — B61 B65 · 50 ft
Citi Bike
State St & Smith St · 650 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
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.
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.
Sales, deeds & mortgages
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $686,000 on
2004-10-14 (lender: The Chinese American Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2007-04-25
Agreement $620,900 — from J & J ON SMITH LLC to THE CHINESE AMERICAN BANK
$620,900
2004-10-14
Deed $980,000 — from CHOI, HWA SOOK; CHOI, BOO KWANG to J & J ON SMITH LLC
$980,000
2004-10-14
Mortgage $686,000 — from J & J ON SMITH LLC to THE CHINESE AMERICAN BANK
$686,000
2004-10-14
AL&R $686,000 — from THE CHINESE AMERICAN BANK to J & J ON SMITH LLC
$686,000
2004-07-03
Agreement $218,350 — from CHAN, KAREN K; CHAN, ERIC L to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
$218,350
2003-09-06
Mortgage $50,000 — from CHOI, HWA SOOK; CHOI, BOO KWANG to GREAT EASTERN BANK
$50,000
2002-04-10
Mortgage $466,000 — from CHOI, BOO KWANG; CHOI, HWA SOOK to GREAT EASTERN BANK
$466,000
Ten-year activity
1050
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
6
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
0
0
2018
0
0
0
0
2019
1
1
0
2
2020
0
0
0
0
2021
0
1
0
1
2022
0
1
0
1
2023
0
0
0
0
2024
0
4
2
6
2025
0
0
2
2
2026
0
1
1
2
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2026-08-05Restaurant inspection: SMITH DELI — grade A
2026-07-07311: Consumer Complaint — Restaurant
2025
2025-07-24Restaurant inspection: SMITH DELI — grade A
2025-06-23Restaurant inspection: SMITH DELI
2024
2024-11-08Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-10-24311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2024-08-05311: Street Sign - Damaged — Bus Stop
2024-08-04311: Bus Stop Shelter Complaint — Damaged Leg or Pole Bent
2024-05-15Restaurant inspection: SMITH DELI — grade A
2024-04-17311: Illegal Parking — Unauthorized Bus Layover
2022
2022-03-17311: Street Condition — Crash Cushion Defect
2021
2021-10-12311: Illegal Parking — Parking Permit Improper Use
2019
2019-12-10311: Food Establishment — Food Spoiled
2019-10-04FDNY inspection (RISK)
2014
2014-09-03Permit EW — ISSUED
2014-08-14Job filed: FILING FOR MODIFICATION OF KITCHEN RANGEHOOD FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. AS SHOWN ON PLAN. EXISTING FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AND SHUT-OFF VALVE WAS FILED $3,000
2012
2012-08-16Mortgage satisfied — from J & J ON SMITH LLC, A NEW YORK LLC to UNITED COMMERCIAL BANK; FDIC AS RECEIVER; EAST WEST BANK,; THE CHINESE AMERICAN BANK
2011
2011-11-21311: Consumer Complaint — Unlicensed
2007
2007-04-25AL&R — from J & J ON SMITH LLC to THE CHINESE AMERICAN BANK
2007-04-25Agreement $620,900 — from J & J ON SMITH LLC to THE CHINESE AMERICAN BANK$620,900
2005
2005-09-02Mortgage satisfied — from CHOI, HWA SOOK; CHOI, BOO KWANG to GREAT EASTERN BANK
2005-09-02TL&R — from CHOI, BOO KWANG; CHOI, HWA SOOK to GREAT EASTERN BANK
2005-08-11Mortgage satisfied — from CHOI, HWA SOOK; CHOI, BOO KWANG to GREAT EASTERN BANK
2005-07-08Permit EW — ISSUED
2005-06-30Job filed: MODIFY AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN EXISTING KITCHEN RANGEHOOD. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY. COOKING EQUIPMENTS AND GAS VALVE WERE $2,000
2004
2004-11-30Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-11-05Permit PL — ISSUED
2004-10-27Permit EQ — ISSUED
2004-10-27Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-10-27Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-10-14Deed $980,000 — from CHOI, HWA SOOK; CHOI, BOO KWANG to J & J ON SMITH LLC$980,000
2004-10-14Mortgage $686,000 — from J & J ON SMITH LLC to THE CHINESE AMERICAN BANK$686,000
2004-10-14AL&R $686,000 — from THE CHINESE AMERICAN BANK to J & J ON SMITH LLC$686,000
2004-10-13Job filed: INSTALL CONSTRUCTION WOOD FENCE AND ADD (EQ) WORK TYPE UNDER THIS APPLICATION.
2004-10-01Job filed: RENOVATION OF RESTAURANT, UG 6. INSTALL EQUIPMENT, PLUMBING FIXTURES, RANGE HOOD SYSTEMS ON CELLAR & FIRST FLOOR. INSTALL NEW FLOORING AND CEILING$78,000
2004-07-03Agreement $218,350 — from CHAN, KAREN K; CHAN, ERIC L to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK$218,350
2004-07-03SUBM — from CHAN, ERIC L; CHAN, KAREN K to DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D
2003
2003-09-06Mortgage $50,000 — from CHOI, HWA SOOK; CHOI, BOO KWANG to GREAT EASTERN BANK$50,000
2003-08-21DOB complaint, category ?
2002
2002-04-10Mortgage assigned — from CHOI, HWA SOOK; CHOI, BOO KWANG to GREAT EASTERN BANK
2002-04-10Deed — from NELIV REALTY CORP to CHOI, BOO KWANG; CHOI, HWA SOOK
2002-04-10Mortgage $466,000 — from CHOI, BOO KWANG; CHOI, HWA SOOK to GREAT EASTERN BANK$466,000
1998
1998-05-13Mortgage satisfied — from ROSENBERG, MIRIAM; NELIV REALTY CORP to GREENSTONE, LEONARD; GREENSTONE, DAVID M; ROBINSON, HELEN
1998-05-13Mortgage satisfied — from NELIV REALTY CORP to ROBINSON, HELEN; GREENSTONE, DAVID M; ROSENGBERG, MIRIAM; GREENSTONE, LEONARD
1998-05-13Mortgage satisfied — from NELIV REALTY CORP to GREENSTONE, DAVID M; ROSENBERG, MIRIAM; GREENSTONE, LEONARD; ROBINSON, HELEN
1998-05-13Mortgage satisfied — from NELIV REALTY CORP to ROBINSON, HELEN; GREENSTONE, LEONARD; ROSENBERG, MIRIAM; GREENSTONE, DAVID M
1993
1993-12-06DOB complaint, category ?
1978
1978-09-12Mortgage assigned — from ROSENBERG MIRIAM to ROSENBERG MIRIAM (AS TRUSTEE)
1978-05-03Mortgage — from NELIV REALTY CORP to GREENSTONE LEONARD; ROBINSON HELEN; ROSENBERG MIRIAM; GREENSTONE DAVID M
1978-05-03Deed — from ROSENBERG MIRIAM; GREENSTONE DAVID M; GREENSTONE LEONARD; ROBINSON HELEN to NELIV REALTY CORP
1967
1967-07-20Deed — from GREENSTONE STELLA to ROSENBERG MIRIAM; GREENSTONE DAVID M; GREENSTONE LEONARD