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4508 5 Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3007470039 · 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 11220, 69% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% 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

8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (5) · Illegal Parking (2) · Food Poisoning (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 (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$504,000 $226,800
2026$574,000 $258,300
2027$538,000 $242,100

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

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Tacos MatamorosMexicanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (1 with three or more people sick) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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

Subway45 St — R · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / 45 St — B63 · 50 ft
Citi Bike5 Ave & 44 St · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School. 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

4508 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

8 311 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: $1,000,000 on 1990-06-12 (lender: Hamilton Fed S&l Assn), 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
1990-06-12Mortgage $1,000,000 — from SUNBAY ENTERPRISES INC to HAMILTON FED S&L ASSN $1,000,000
1984-12-18Mortgage $350,000 — from SUNBAY ENTERPRISES,INC to CITIBANK, NA $350,000

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
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20180000
20192002
20200404
20211102
20220202
20232305
20240213
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20260314
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The last 12 months — 4 records

DateRecord
2026-08-03Restaurant inspection: TACOS MATAMOROS — grade A
2026-06-06311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-05-16311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-04-24311: Food Poisoning — 3 or More

The full timeline

2026
2026-08-03Restaurant inspection: TACOS MATAMOROS — grade A
2026-06-06311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-05-16311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-04-24311: Food Poisoning — 3 or More
2025
2025-03-23311: Illegal Parking — Double Parked Blocking Traffic
2025-03-18311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Horn
2025-01-15Restaurant inspection: TACOS MATAMOROS — grade B
2024
2024-05-23Restaurant inspection: TACOS MATAMOROS
2024-02-07311: Illegal Parking — Unauthorized Bus Layover
2024-01-09311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2023
2023-10-28311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2023-09-08FDNY inspection (OTHER)
2023-09-08FDNY inspection (RISK)
2023-07-29311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2023-07-24311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2022
2022-12-29311: Food Establishment — Food Temperature
2022-07-08311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2021
2021-12-23311: Vaccine Mandate Non-Compliance — Customer Proof of Vaccination Not Checked
2021-07-02FDNY inspection (RISK)
2020
2020-10-21311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Restaurant/Bar Not in Compliance
2020-10-04311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2020-09-28311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-07-08311: Outdoor Dining — Barrier Condition
2019
2019-07-10FDNY inspection (E-CIDS)
2019-07-10FDNY inspection (RISK)
2017
2017-05-31311: Consumer Complaint — Sidewalk Blocked
2016
2016-06-09311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2016-04-14311: Food Establishment — Food Spoiled
2016-04-07311: Food Establishment — Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food
2015
2015-09-13311: Food Establishment — Food Spoiled
2014
2014-08-25FDNY inspection (RISK)
2014-07-25311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2014-06-18311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2014-05-03311: Food Establishment — Food Spoiled
2014-02-12Permit EW — ISSUED
2014-02-06Job filed: MODIFICATION OF EXISTING KITCHEN FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$3,000
2014-02-06Job filed: MODIFICATION OF EXISTING KITCHEN FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$3,000
2013
2013-11-27311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2013-08-18311: Food Establishment — Food Contains Foreign Object
2012
2012-07-19311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2011
2011-12-25311: Food Establishment — Food Contains Foreign Object
2011-05-11311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2011-02-26ECB CLASS - 2 violation: NOTE PREMISES CHANGED UNDER JOB#300947894 ALT1 AND OCCUPIED W/O A VALID CERT OF OCCUPANCY REM: OBTAIN W/O A CERT OF OCCUPANCY REM:$500
2010
2010-12-10311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2010-12-10DOB complaint, category ?
2010-12-10DOB complaint, category ?
2010-10-15Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-09-08ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK DOES NOT CONFORM TO APPROVED CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS &/OR APPROVED AMENDMENTS FOR ALT 2 JOB#302201695 OF WHICH PERMIT EXPIRED $500
2010-09-03DOB complaint, category ?
2010-02-14311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2007
2007-08-06Mortgage assigned — from CC HIGHLANDER EQUITIES, LLC to BRANCA, ROSS
2006
2006-12-20Permit PL — ISSUED
2006-12-18Permit PL — ISSUED
2006-11-02Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-11-02Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-09-27Job filed: Propose to install fire suppresion system.No change in use,occupancy or egress.$6,000
2006-08-18Permit PL — ISSUED
2006-08-17DOB complaint, category ?
2006-08-11Permit EQ — ISSUED
2006-08-11Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-08-11Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-08-10Job filed: Propose here with interior renovation to existing drinking and eating establishment,use group 6 . Interior renovation of premiss as shown on plans. $60,000
2004
2004-03-17Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-03-10Job filed: Install fire suppression system, as shown on plan. No change in use, occupancy, or egress.$3,000
2004-03-10Job filed: Install fire suppression system, as shown on plan. No change in use, occupancy, or egress.$3,000
2003
2003-03-25ECB Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS FOR EVERY FLOOR. 1ST FLOORCOMMERICAL STORE DOES NOT HAVE A SECONDARY MEANS OF EGRESS F
2003-03-25ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT.COMMERICAL STORE AT GROUND LEVEL HAS PARTITION WALLSINSTALLED.ENTRANCE WAY HAS BEEN OPENED BETWEEN A BEARING WAL
2003-02-28DOB complaint, category ?
2003-02-28DOB complaint, category ?
2003-01-09DOB complaint, category ?
2003-01-09DOB complaint, category ?
1998
1998-06-25Mortgage assigned — from NORTH FORK BANK to CC HIGHLANDER EQUITIES LLC
1994
1994-12-29Mortgage assigned — from GUTT, JACOB J. to NIEVES, J.
1990
1990-06-12Mortgage $1,000,000 — from SUNBAY ENTERPRISES INC to HAMILTON FED S&L ASSN$1,000,000
1990-06-12Mortgage satisfied — from SUNBAY ENTERPRISES INC to CITIBANK NA
1990-02-05Mortgage assigned — from CITIBANK NA to U.S. SMALL BUS.ADMIN
1988
1988-06-08Mortgage satisfied — from MIF RLTY CORP; JJG RLTY CORP to CAPITAL BK
1984
1984-12-18Mortgage $350,000 — from SUNBAY ENTERPRISES,INC to CITIBANK, NA$350,000
1983
1983-03-16Mortgage satisfied — from JJG REALTY CORP to USLIANER, FRIEDA
1983-03-16Agreement — from GUTT, JACOB J to SUNBAY ENTERPRISES,INC
1983-03-16Mortgage assigned — from GUTT, JACOB J to CAPITAL BANK
1983-03-16Mortgage assigned — from CAPITAL BANK to GUTT, JACOB J
1983-03-16Deed — from JJG REALTY CORP to SUNBAY ENTERPRISES INC
1979
1979-11-07Mortgage — from MIF REALTY CORP; JJG REALTY CORP to CAPITAL BANK
1970
1970-11-20Mortgage — from JJG REALTY CORPN to USLIANER FRIEDA
1970-11-20Mortgage assigned — from USLIANER FRIEDA to SCHALLER GILDA; USLIANER FRIEDA
1970-11-20CERT — from JJG REALTY CORPN
1970-11-20Deed — from USLIANER FRIEDA to JJG REALTY CORPN

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