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5414 8 Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3008260043 · 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

Open HPD violations30 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 18 class B, 9 class A. Oldest open since 2018-01-10.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

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

2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Dumping (1) · Non (1).

Filed construction activity

$3,050 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1920)
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$2,267,000 $136,020
2026$2,167,000 $130,020
2027$2,432,000 $145,920

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

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Gia Lam IiSoutheast AsianA—

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

Subway8 Av — N · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 8 Av / 55 St — B70 · 100 ft
Citi Bike55 St & 7 Ave · 750 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 094 The Henry Longfellow
Middle: J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing. 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

5414 8 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

2 311 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: $200,000 on 1991-02-05 (lender: Chinatown Fed Savs Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1991-02-05Mortgage $200,000 — from MIDA PROPERTIES CORP to CHINATOWN FED SAVS BANK $200,000
1987-04-21Mortgage $50,000 — from JOHNSEN, THORDIS to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK $50,000

Ten-year activity

100500
2017
66
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201700000
20184062066
201902608
202000000
202100101
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202300314
202400011
202500213
202600000
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The last 12 months — 2 records

DateRecord
2025-12-19311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Other (complaint details)
2025-12-18Restaurant inspection: GIA LAM II — grade A

The full timeline

2025
2025-12-19311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Other (complaint details)
2025-12-18Restaurant inspection: GIA LAM II — grade A
2025-04-06311: Illegal Dumping — Removal Request
2024
2024-05-06Restaurant inspection: GIA LAM II — grade B
2023
2023-12-04Restaurant inspection: GIA LAM II
2023-08-16311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-03-27311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2023-03-27311: Consumer Complaint — Restaurant
2021
2021-10-17311: Consumer Complaint — Retail Store
2019
2019-11-25311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2019-11-24311: Food Establishment — Food Worker Hygiene
2019-07-26311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2019-07-26311: Food Establishment — Food Contaminated
2019-05-10311: Building/Use — Illegal. Commercial Use In Resident Zone
2019-05-10DOB complaint, category ?
2019-03-19DOB complaint, category ?
2019-02-25311: Damaged Tree — Entire Tree Has Fallen Down
2018
2018-12-13Permit AL — ISSUED
2018-12-12Permit Sign — Signed-off
2018-12-10Job filed: A3$1,250
2018-12-10Job filed: INSTALL ILLUMINATED WALL SIGN (GIA LAM)$1,800
2018-06-13311: Street Condition — Pothole
2018-05-18HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADMIN. CODE: PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT CEILING AT VESTIBULE AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STO
2018-05-18HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADMIN. CODE: PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL WALLS AND CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORY
2018-05-18HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2018-03-20HPD class B: § 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW A
2018-03-20HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY
2018-03-20HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED A
2018-03-20HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY
2018-03-20HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY
2018-03-19311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2018-03-19Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2018-03-12HPD litigation: Heat and Hot Water
2018-03-09HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK AT CEILING AT 3RD STORY AT PUBLIC HALL
2018-03-09HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE AT ALL WALLS AND CEILING AT ALL STORIES AT PUBLIC HALL
2018-03-09HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT
2018-03-09HPD class B: § 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW A
2018-03-09HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADMIN. CODE: PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT ALL WALLS AND CEILINGS AT PUBLIC HALL
2018-03-09HPD class A: § 27-2005, 2006, 2037 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR AND ABATE UNSAFE ELECTRIC WIRING CONDITION CONSISTING OF AT CEILING AT ALL STORIES AT PUBLIC HALL
2018-03-09HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING CEILING LIGHT FIXTURE AT VESTIBULE AT 1ST STORY AT PUBLIC HALL
2018-03-09HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT CEILING AND ALL WALLS AT ALL STORIES AT
2018-03-09HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 5th ROOM FROM EAST AT
2018-03-09HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADMIN. CODE: PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT ALL WALLS ADN CEILING AT ALL STORIES AT PUBL
2018-03-04311: Food Establishment — Food Contains Foreign Object
2018-03-04311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2018-02-24311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2018-02-24311: SAFETY — SMOKE DETECTOR
2018-02-24311: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2018-02-24Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2018-02-24Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2018-02-24Tenant complaint: SAFETY — SMOKE DETECTOR
2018-02-11311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2018-02-11311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2018-02-11311: GENERAL — CABINET
2018-02-11311: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2018-02-11311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2018-02-11Tenant complaint: GENERAL — CABINET
2018-02-11Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2018-02-11Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2018-02-11Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2018-02-11Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2018-01-30HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2018-01-25HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3FL, 3rd STORY
2018-01-25HPD class B: § 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3FL, 3rd STORY
2018-01-25HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCAT
2018-01-25HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BASE CABINET AT THE SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3FL, 3rd STORY
2018-01-25HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CABINET AT THE SINK IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3FL, 3rd STORY
2018-01-25HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS AND REPAIR ALL DEFECTS IN THE DRAIN PIPE OF THE BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3FL, 3
2018-01-25HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC TILES ON THE EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED
2018-01-25HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PORCELAIN ENAMEL GLAZE AT THE BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM L
2018-01-25HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS FAUCET AT THE BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3FL, 3rd STORY
2018-01-10HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FLOOR CABINET AND COUNTER TOP AT SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd S
2018-01-10HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE TILE IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH A
2018-01-10HPD class B: § 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW A
2018-01-10HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR REPLACE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUT
2018-01-10HPD class B: § 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH A
2018-01-10HPD class B: § 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUT
2018-01-05311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2018-01-05311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2018-01-05311: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2018-01-05Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2018-01-05Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2018-01-05Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2016
2016-12-27311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2015
2015-09-14311: Consumer Complaint — Receipt Incomplete/Not Given
2015-04-09Permit EQ — ISSUED
2015-04-08Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED FILED FOR REMEDIAL REPAIRS AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION
2015-04-08Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED FILED FOR REMEDIAL REPAIRS AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION
2015-03-25311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2015-01-05311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2014
2014-06-23311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2014-05-06311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2013
2013-12-21311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2013-05-24Deed — from CHAN, YUK KING; DU WAI CHAN to CHAN, EDWARD; CHAN, YUK KING
2007
2007-06-15Permit EW — ISSUED
2007-06-05Job filed: INSTALL RANGEHOOD FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AS SHOWN ON PLAN NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS$3,000
2007-04-10Permit EW — ISSUED
2007-03-12Permit PL — ISSUED
2007-01-10Permit EW — ISSUED
2007-01-10Permit EQ — ISSUED
2007-01-02Job filed: PROPOSED INTERIOR RENOVATION WORK AT 1ST FLOOR, CELLAR AND REAR EXTENSION. INSTALL AIR CONDITION SYSTEM. STRUCTRE, PLUMBING AND PARTITION WORK AS PER $80,000
2001
2001-06-11Mortgage satisfied — from MIDA PROPERTIES CORP to CHINATOWN FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
2000
2000-02-28Permit EW — ISSUED
2000-01-26Job filed: APPLCATION FILED TO MODIFY FIRE SUPPRESS ION SYSTEM IN KITCHEN. NO CHANG IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY.$1,500
2000-01-26Job filed: APPLCATION FILED TO MODIFY FIRE SUPPRESS ION SYSTEM IN KITCHEN. NO CHANG IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY.$1,500
1995
1995-01-25Permit EW — ISSUED
1994
1994-07-21Deed — from MIDA PROPERTIES INC to CHAN, YUK KING; CHAN, DU WAI
1993
1993-08-16DOB violation LL6291:
1992
1992-05-20DOB violation ES:
1991
1991-02-05Mortgage $200,000 — from MIDA PROPERTIES CORP to CHINATOWN FED SAVS BANK$200,000
1991-02-05Deed — from MIDA PROPERTIES INC to MIDA PROPERTIES CORP
1990
1990-11-20Mortgage satisfied — from JOHNSEN, THORDIS to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK
1990-08-24Deed — from JOHNSEN, THORDIS to MIDA PROPERTIES INC
1988
1988-11-21ECB Non-Hazardous violation:
1987
1987-04-21Mortgage $50,000 — from JOHNSEN, THORDIS to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK$50,000
1987-04-21Mortgage satisfied — from JOHNSEN, THORDIS to TRATAROS, PARASCEVI
1986
1986-07-18Mortgage satisfied — from TRATAROS, PARASCEVI to BAY RIDGE SAVS BANK
1980
1980-06-06Deed — from TRATAROS PARASCCUI to JOHNSEN THORDIS
1980-06-06Mortgage — from JOHNSEN THORDIS to TRATAROS PARASCCUI

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