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56 7 Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3009480047 · 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, AEP3
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 78% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 3.8. In ZIP 11217, 60% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

Among 46,798 6-24-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

No 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

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 (1875)
YesSix or more residential units (8)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)DAVID SURGAN
Last registered2025-07-08

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,958,000 $1,331,100
2026$3,197,000 $1,438,650
2027$2,558,000 $1,151,100

The city's market estimate has fallen 14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Birch CoffeeCoffee/TeaA—

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.

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

Subway7 Av — B Q · 700 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Grand Army Plaza — 2 3 · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 7 Av / Lincoln Pl — B67 B69 · 150 ft
Citi BikeBerkeley Pl & 7 Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 282 Park Slope. 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

56 7 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

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: $108,750 on 1983-09-01 (lender: Greater New York Savngs). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1983-09-01Mortgage $108,750 — from ORDURE EQUITIES to GREATER NEW YORK SAVNGS $108,750

Ten-year activity

20100
2017
2018
2019
13
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20170213
20180011
20190235
2020010313
20210213
20220718
20230325
20240123
20251113
20260022
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The last 12 months — 4 records

DateRecord
2026-04-07Restaurant inspection: BIRCH COFFEE — grade A
2026-01-09Restaurant inspection: BIRCH COFFEE
2025-12-16Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-12-16Boiler inspection

The full timeline

2026
2026-04-07Restaurant inspection: BIRCH COFFEE — grade A
2026-01-09Restaurant inspection: BIRCH COFFEE
2025
2025-12-16Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-12-16Boiler inspection
2025-09-19FDNY inspection (RISK)
2024
2024-12-16Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-11-18Boiler inspection
2024-07-01Restaurant inspection: BIRCH COFFEE — grade A
2023
2023-12-15Boiler inspection
2023-12-05Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-11-20HPD 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
2023-04-21Restaurant inspection: BIRCH COFFEE — grade A
2023-02-06311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2022
2022-12-19Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-12-14Boiler inspection
2022-11-30311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2022-09-21311: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-09-21Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-03-03311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2022-02-27Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-02-18HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2021
2021-12-27Boiler inspection
2021-08-28311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-04-05HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2020
2020-11-26Boiler inspection
2020-11-17Rodent inspection: Passed
2020-11-08311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-10-19311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2020-09-22Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
2020-07-13311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2020-06-12311: Other Enforcement — E2A Storage Of Receptacles
2020-05-19311: Other Enforcement — E2A Storage Of Receptacles
2020-05-15311: Other Enforcement — E2A Storage Of Receptacles
2020-05-05311: Other Enforcement — E2A Storage Of Receptacles
2020-05-01311: Other Enforcement — E2A Storage Of Receptacles
2020-02-26311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-02-24311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019
2019-12-13Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2019-12-03Boiler inspection
2019-11-07311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2019-10-23Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2019-07-22311: Sewer — Sewer Backup (Use Comments) (SA)
2018
2018-11-27Boiler inspection
2017
2017-11-16Boiler inspection
2017-07-27311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2017-02-27311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2016
2016-08-06311: Street Condition — Cave-in
2016-08-03311: Water System — Leak (Use Comments) (WA2)
2016-06-02311: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2016-06-02311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2016-06-02311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2016-06-02311: GENERAL — CABINET
2016-06-02Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2016-06-02Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2016-06-02Tenant complaint: GENERAL — CABINET
2016-06-02Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2016-01-13311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2009
2009-03-16TL&R — from ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA to SURGAN, DAVID
2009-03-16Mortgage satisfied — from SURGAN, DAVID to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
2006
2006-09-14DOB violation C: FAILURE TO POSTED CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND USE NOTE: THERE IS NO C ERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY POSTED IN PUBLIC HALL
2006-09-01Tenant complaint: NONCONST — CARBON MONOXIDE
2006-09-01DOB complaint, category ?
2006-08-07DOB complaint, category ?
2006-07-21Tenant complaint: NONCONST — CARBON MONOXIDE
2006-07-21Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2006-07-21DOB complaint, category ?
2006-07-21DOB complaint, category ?
2006-01-31Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2006-01-31Tenant complaint: NONCONST — SMOKE DETECTOR
2006-01-31Tenant complaint: NONCONST — CARBON MONOXIDE
2004
2004-07-26Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — SPRINKER CERT
1999
1999-06-03Mortgage assigned — from SURGAN, DAVID to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
1999-06-03Agreement — from ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI to SURGAN, DAVID
1998
1998-05-04DOB violation LL6291:
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-08-16DOB violation LL6291:
1990
1990-10-23Agreement — from GREATER NEW YORK SAVS BK to SURGAN, DAVID
1990-07-03Deed — from ORDURE EQUITIES to SURGAN, DAVID
1983
1983-09-01Mortgage $108,750 — from ORDURE EQUITIES to GREATER NEW YORK SAVNGS$108,750
1983-09-01Mortgage satisfied — from ORDURE EQUITIES to BUENO REALTY CORP
1979
1979-01-16Deed — from BUENO REALTY CORP to ORDURE EQUITIES
1979-01-16Mortgage — from ORDURE EQUITIES to BUENO REALTY CORP
1973
1973-09-04LDMK — from CITY OF NEW YORK; CITY OF NY LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISS; CITY OF NY; CITY OF N Y LANDMA
1971
1971-10-18Mortgage assigned — from WEISS MEYER to LOMAZOW JACOB M TRUSTEE OF; BUENO PENSION TRUST
1970
1970-07-01Mortgage assigned — from DREZNER IDA DECEASED; WEISS IDA to WEISS MEYER

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