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672 5 Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3006370051 · 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 class0
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11215, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% 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.

What 311 hears from this address

3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Outdoor Dining (2) · Unsanitary Pigeon Condition (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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1931)
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).

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,277,000 $76,620
2026$1,617,000 $97,020
2027$2,126,000 $127,560

The city's market estimate has risen 66% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
El ContinentalLatin AmericanAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 1 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.

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

SubwayProspect Av — R · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / 18 St — B63 · 200 ft
Citi Bike17 St & 5 Ave · 750 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityProtected bike path mapped within 75 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 295. 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

672 5 Avenue

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

3 311 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: $150,500 on 1996-01-11 (lender: Greenpoint 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
1996-01-11Mortgage $150,500 — from FIGUEROA, HUGO to GREENPOINT BANK $150,500

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20170000
20182013
20191315
20200314
20210112
20220224
20230314
20240123
20250134
20260022
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The last 12 months — 2 records

DateRecord
2026-03-17Boiler inspection
2026-02-09Boiler inspection — defects found

The full timeline

2026
2026-03-17Boiler inspection
2026-02-09Boiler inspection — defects found
2025
2025-10-18Restaurant inspection: EL CONTINENTAL — grade A · mice evidence
2025-04-18Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-04-15311: Unsanitary Pigeon Condition — Pigeon Odor
2025-02-19Boiler inspection
2024
2024-04-18Restaurant inspection: EL CONTINENTAL · mice evidence
2024-04-04Boiler inspection — defects found
2024-02-16311: Outdoor Dining — Site Setup Condition
2023
2023-12-12311: Outdoor Dining — Site Setup Condition
2023-06-20311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2023-05-22Boiler inspection
2023-04-11311: Water System — Hydrant Leaking (WC1)
2022
2022-10-21Restaurant inspection: EL CONTINENTAL — grade A · mice evidence
2022-05-19Boiler inspection
2022-02-10311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2022-02-10311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2021
2021-12-30311: Vaccine Mandate Non-Compliance — Customer Proof of Vaccination Not Checked
2021-06-02Boiler inspection
2020
2020-08-22311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-08-05311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-07-31311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not allowed to be open
2020-06-17Boiler inspection
2019
2019-11-08DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2017 INSPECTION REPORT
2019-09-05311: Sewer — Sewer Backup (Use Comments) (SA)
2019-08-29311: Bike/Roller/Skate Chronic — N/A
2019-06-27Boiler inspection
2019-03-06311: Noise — Noise: Jack Hammering (NC2)
2018
2018-07-10DOB complaint, category ?
2018-05-30Boiler inspection
2018-04-06DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2016 INSPECTION REPORT
2016
2016-02-15311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2015
2015-01-11311: Dirty Conditions — E3 Dirty Sidewalk
2014
2014-08-31311: Food Establishment — Food Preparation Location
2014-07-31311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2014-05-19311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2014-03-20311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2012
2012-03-09311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2005
2005-04-08Mortgage satisfied — from FIGUEROA, HUGO to GREENPOINT BANK
2005-04-08Mortgage satisfied — from FIGUEROA, HUGO to GREENPOINT BANK
2005-04-08TL&R — from FIGUEROA, HUGO to GREENPOINT BANK
2005-04-08TL&R — from FIGUEROA, HUGO to GREENPOINT BANK
2005-01-31DOB violation LL6291:
1997
1997-07-16Permit EW — ISSUED
1997-07-16Permit EW — ISSUED
1996
1996-04-10Permit EW — ISSUED
1996-03-08Permit PL — ISSUED
1996-02-29Permit AL — ISSUED
1996-01-11Mortgage satisfied — from GINSBERG, JOSEPH to FLATBUSH FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOC
1996-01-11Mortgage satisfied — from COLON, REYNERI to GINSBERG, JOSEPH
1996-01-11Mortgage $150,500 — from FIGUEROA, HUGO to GREENPOINT BANK$150,500
1996-01-11Deed — from COLON, ROSARIO MARIAEXCC; COLON, REY /LWT; COLON, REYNERI /AKA to FIGUEROA, HUGO
1996-01-11Mortgage assigned — from FIGUEROA, HUGO to GREENPOINT BANK
1996-01-11RTXL — from REYNERI, COLON/EST OF
1994
1994-06-01DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-08-16DOB violation LL6291:
1993-06-01DOB violation LL6291:
1973
1973-08-21Mortgage assigned — from GINSBERG JOSEPH (EXECUTOR OF) to GINSBERG SYLVIA; GINSBERG JOSEPH FOR; MANUFACTURES HANOVER TRUST CO TRUSTEE OF
1966
1966-01-25Mortgage — from COLON REYNERI to GINSBERG JOSEPH
1966-01-25Deed — from GINSBERG JOSEPH to COLON REYNERI

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