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5501 1 Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3008280001 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE Print / save PDF

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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

6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

168 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Homeless Person Assistance (66) · Illegal Parking (41) · Encampment (30) · Noise (5) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (5) · Blocked Driveway (4).

Filed construction activity

$152,983,180 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (411 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.

What the city thinks it's worth

The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: HOSPITAL

Building systems

Restaurants in this building

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).

Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

3 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

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

5501 1 Avenue Copy address

168 311 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: $85,327,000 on 2003-05-21 (lender: Dormitory Authority Of The State Of New York), 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.

Ten-year activity

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Year	Construction	Enforcement	Housing & tenants	Ownership & money	Health & systems	Total
2017	94	98	11	0	28	231
2018	98	66	19	0	83	266
2019	26	37	17	0	22	102
2020	39	16	11	0	25	91
2021	112	0	42	0	45	199
2022	65	2	26	0	30	123
2023	89	8	138	0	27	262
2024	85	8	77	0	84	254
2025	109	4	50	2	70	235
2026	124	1	28	1	126	280

The last 12 months — 362 records

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