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194 State Street · Brooklyn · BBL 3002760041 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE

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Where the penalty points come from

ComponentWhat it coversPoints
Housing codeHPD violations by class, complaints, emergency repairs, litigation, vacate orders, AEP0
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class18
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% 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 60. In ZIP 11201, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% 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.

$8,550 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

4 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (2) · Abandoned Bike (1) · Plumbing (1).

Filed construction activity

$89,000 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 (1910)
NoSix or more residential units (1)
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$3,617,000 $217,020
2026$3,459,000 $207,540
2027$3,013,000 $180,780

The city's market estimate has fallen 17% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
T&Y KitchenChineseNot yet graded—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

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

SubwayBorough Hall — 2 3 4 5 R · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial
Bergen St — F G · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Court St / Atlantic Av — B57 · 150 ft
Citi BikeSchermerhorn St & Court St · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 261 Zipporiah Mills. 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

194 State Street

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

4 311 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: $750,000 on 2003-09-22 (lender: Fluhing Savings Bank), covering 2 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
2003-09-22DEEDO $3,000,000 — from AQUINO, ESTRELLA; AQUINO, JUAN ORIOL to FONTANA, BENEDETTO; FONTANA, JOANN; FONTANA, VINCENZO $3,000,000
2003-09-22Mortgage $750,000 — from FONTANA, BENEDETTO; FONTANA, ANTONINO; FONTANA, JOANNA to FLUHING SAVINGS BANK $750,000

Ten-year activity

50250
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2018
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2020
2021
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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
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2019000505
2020022105
2021024006
2022031004
2023001001
2024000000
202510930022
2026011013
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The last 12 months — 5 records

DateRecord
2026-03-11Restaurant inspection: T&Y KITCHEN — grade N
2026-02-05311: Plumbing — Gas Hook-Up/Piping - Illegal Or Defective
2026-02-05DOB complaint, category ?
2025-12-01Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACE WITH PLUMBING WORK ON THE 1ST FLOOR. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.
2025-10-30Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACE WITH PLUMBING WORK ON THE 1ST FLOOR. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.

The full timeline

2026
2026-03-11Restaurant inspection: T&Y KITCHEN — grade N
2026-02-05311: Plumbing — Gas Hook-Up/Piping - Illegal Or Defective
2026-02-05DOB complaint, category ?
2025
2025-12-01Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACE WITH PLUMBING WORK ON THE 1ST FLOOR. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$18,000
2025-10-30Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACE WITH PLUMBING WORK ON THE 1ST FLOOR. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$18,000
2025-10-02311: Abandoned Bike — Chained to Public Property
2025-09-29DOB complaint, category ?
2025-09-12Permit Mechanical Systems — Permit Issued
2025-09-12Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2025-09-11Permit Plumbing — Signed-off
2025-09-11Permit Mechanical Systems — Permit Issued
2025-09-11Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2025-07-10Permit Plumbing — Signed-off
2025-06-10DOB complaint, category ?
2025-06-10ECB CLASS - 2 violation: AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED ACTIVE JOB SITE WITH 5 WORKERS WORKING UNDER PERMIT # B01156987-I1-GC. WITH NO APPROVED PLAN WHEN A$1,250
2025-06-10DOB complaint, category ?
2025-06-10DOB complaint, category ?
2025-06-10DOB complaint, category ?
2025-06-10ECB CLASS - 1 violation: NEW ELETRICAL WORK OBSERVED 6/10/205 AT 11: 30 AM ON 1ST FLOOR COMMERCIAL SPACE, CELLAR AND REAR YARD WITHOUT A PERMIT THROUGH OUT$1,250
2025-06-10ECB CLASS - 2 violation: AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED ACTIVE JOBSITE WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF DEBRIS ALL OVER 1ST FLOOR SCATTERED THRU OUTSIDE REAR YARD( EX$1,250
2025-06-10ECB CLASS - 1 violation: OBSERVED UNLICENSED ELECTRICAL WORK PERFOMED AT 1ST FLOOR COMMERCIAL SPACE, CELLAR AND REAR YARD, WITH UNPROTECTED/ UNCOVERED WIRI$4,800
2025-05-24311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2025-04-22311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2025-01-10Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACE WITH PLUMBING WORK ON THE 1ST FLOOR. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$18,000
2025-01-10Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACE WITH PARTITION AND MECHANICAL WORK ON THE 1ST FLOOR. MECHANICAL WORK FOR EXHAUST HOOD IN COMMERCIAL KITC$35,000
2023
2023-06-25311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2022
2022-05-05311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2022-03-08ECB CLASS - 2 violation: OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY THE DEPT OF BLDGS RECORDS. ILLEGAL OCCUPANCY NOTED: AT CELLAR LEVEL AS BEEN CONVERTED/OCCUPI$1,250
2022-03-08ECB CLASS - 2 violation: UNLICENSED PHYSICAL TREATMENT ESTABLISHMENT IN A C6 ZONE ON THE 1ST FL& CELLAR LEVELS AS PER ZR 12-10. NOTED: FEMALE MASSEUSE WHO $1,250
2022-03-08ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT. WORK NOTED AT 1ST FL ERECTED FULL HEIGHT PARTITIONSTO CREATE BATHROOM SHOWER STALL. INSTALLED WASTE & WATER LIN$1,250
2021
2021-10-20ECB CLASS - 3 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT.AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED INSTALLED NEW CANOPY AT FRONT OF STORE"FANG SPA BODY WORK"NO PERMIT POSTED AN
2021-10-04311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Adult Establishment
2021-10-04DOB complaint, category ?
2021-05-15311: Illegal Parking — Double Parked Blocking Traffic
2021-05-14311: Dirty Conditions — E1 Improper Disposal
2021-02-10311: Illegal Parking — Double Parked Blocking Traffic
2020
2020-11-13311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign/Awning/Marquee - Illegal/No Permit
2020-11-13DOB complaint, category ?
2020-09-25311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2020-09-25DOB complaint, category ?
2020-01-06Deed — from FONTANA, BENEDETTO; FONTANA, VINCENT; ANTONINO FONTANA TRUST DATED FEB 9 2016; BENEDETTO F to COURT AND STATE I LLC
2019
2019-12-27Deed — from FONTANA, BENEDETTO; FONTANA, VINCENT to FONTANA, VINCENT; FONTANA, BENEDETTO
2019-12-26Deed — from THE JOANN FONTANA TRUST, DATED MAY 28, 2; BENEDETTO FONTANA, TRUSTEE to FONTANA, BENEDETTO
2019-09-26Deed transfer (nominal price)
2019-06-03Deed transfer (nominal price)
2019-05-29Deed transfer (nominal price)
2016
2016-03-24Deed — from FONTANA, ANTONINO to FONTANA, BENEDETTO; FONTANA, ANTONINO; ANTONINO FONTANA TRUST
2016-02-09Deed transfer (nominal price)
2014
2014-06-23Deed — from FONTANA, JOANN to BENEDETTO FONTANA, TRUSTEE; THE JOANN FONTANA TRUST DATED MAY 28, 20; JOANN FONTANA, TRUST
2013
2013-02-20Rodent inspection: Passed
2011
2011-08-24Mortgage satisfied — from FONTANA, BENEDETTO; FONTANA, ANTONINO; FONTANA, JOANNA to FLUSHING PREFERRED FUNDING CORP.
2011-08-24TL&R — from FONTANA, BENEDETTO; FONTANA, JOANNA; FONTANA, ANTONINO to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB
2007
2007-03-08Deed — from FONTANA, JOANNA; FONTANA, BENEDETTO; FONTANA, ANTONINO to FONTANA, BENEDETTO; FONTANA, ANTONINO; FONTANA, VINCENT; FONTANA, JOANNA
2005
2005-03-04Mortgage assigned — from FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB to FLUSHING PREFERRED FUNDING CORP
2003
2003-09-22AL&R — from FONTANA, ANTONINO; FONTANA, BENEDETTO; FONTANA, JOANNA to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK
2003-09-22PAT — from FONTANA, ANTONINO to FONTANA, BENEDETTO
2003-09-22PAT — from AQUINO, ESTRELLA to AQUINO, JUAN ORIOL
2003-09-22DEEDO $3,000,000 — from AQUINO, ESTRELLA; AQUINO, JUAN ORIOL to FONTANA, BENEDETTO; FONTANA, JOANN; FONTANA, VINCENZO$3,000,000
2003-09-22Mortgage $750,000 — from FONTANA, BENEDETTO; FONTANA, ANTONINO; FONTANA, JOANNA to FLUHING SAVINGS BANK$750,000
2003-07-17DOB complaint, category ?
1987
1987-05-18Mortgage satisfied — from AQUINO, JUAN ORIOL; AQUINO, ESTRELLA to ALTSCHULLER, WILLIAMK
1977
1977-01-12Mortgage — from AQUINO JUAN O; AQUINO ESTRELLA to ALTSCHULER WILLIAM K
1977-01-12Deed — from ALTSCHULER WILLIAM K to AQUINO JUAN O; AQUINO ESTRELLA
1968
1968-06-11Deed — from ALTSCHULER SADIE to ALTSCHULER WILLIAM K

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