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471A 5 Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3010170003 · 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, AEP4
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class0
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE B

A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 85% 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 13.3. 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

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 (1921)
NoSix or more residential units (3)
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).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)PAK YING WONG IRREVOCABLE TRUST
Head officerCLIFFORD WONG
Managing agentClifford Wong
Last registered2025-06-30

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,999,000 $899,550
2026$2,399,000 $1,079,550
2027$2,840,000 $1,278,000

The city's market estimate has risen 42% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Far East Restaurant NYChineseAMice 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.

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

Subway4 Av-9 St — F G R · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / 11 St — B63 · 50 ft
Citi Bike10 St & 5 Ave · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 039 Henry Bristow. 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

471A 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

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: $100,000 on 1987-07-31 (lender: Green Point Savingsbank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1987-07-31Mortgage $100,000 — from WONG, PAK YING; WONG, LAN HEUNG to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK $100,000

Ten-year activity

530
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
4
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20170101
20180101
20190213
20200000
20210101
20221203
20230202
20241012
20251124
20260011
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The last 12 months — 1 records

DateRecord
2026-02-26Restaurant inspection: FAR EAST RESTAURANT NY — grade A

The full timeline

2026
2026-02-26Restaurant inspection: FAR EAST RESTAURANT NY — grade A
2025
2025-10-17Restaurant inspection: FAR EAST RESTAURANT NY — grade C · mice evidence
2025-06-12HPD 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
2025-05-22FDNY inspection (RISK)
2025-05-22Restaurant inspection: FAR EAST RESTAURANT NY
2024
2024-04-11FDNY inspection (RISK)
2024-04-02Restaurant inspection: FAR EAST RESTAURANT NY — grade A
2023
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
2023-03-29HPD 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
2022
2022-11-09HPD 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
2022-09-29FDNY inspection (RISK)
2022-03-08HPD 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
2021-04-16HPD 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
2019
2019-11-04Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-07-08311: Food Establishment — Kitchen/Food Prep Area
2019-02-25311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018
2018-10-25HPD 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
2017
2017-08-14311: Noise - Vehicle — Engine Idling
2016
2016-11-23HPD 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
2015
2015-10-13311: Water Conservation — Illegal Use Of Hose - Other (CCO)
2015-04-02FDNY inspection (RISK)
2009
2009-01-14DEED, LE — from PAK YING WONG REVOCABLE TRUST; LAN HEUNG WONG REVOCABLE TRUST; PAK YING WONG, AS TRUSTEE; to LAN HEUNG WONG BYPASS TRUST; PAK YING WONG IRREVOCABLE TRUST; CHI GUIN WONG, AS COTRUSTEE;
1999
1999-07-21Deed — from WONG, LAN HEUNG; WONG, PAK YING to WONG, LAN HEUNG/TR; OAJ YING WONG REVOCABLE TRUST; LAN HEUNG WONG REVOCABLE TRUST; WONG, P
1998
1998-04-21Mortgage assigned — from SMITH-HAVEN MORTGAGECORP to CITYSCAPE CORP
1994
1994-10-07Mortgage satisfied — from WONG, LAN HEUNG; WONG, PAK YING to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK
1987
1987-07-31Mortgage $100,000 — from WONG, PAK YING; WONG, LAN HEUNG to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK$100,000
1987-07-31Mortgage satisfied — from MARINO, JOAN to 471A RLTY CORP
1987-07-31Deed — from MARINO, JOAN to WONG, LAN HEUNG; WONG, PAK YING
1983
1983-09-09Mortgage assigned to STJERNFELT, ODD
1977
1977-07-15Mortgage assigned — from 471A REALTY CORP to STJERNFELT ROSE
1973
1973-01-03Mortgage — from MARINO JOAN to 471A REALTY CORP
1971
1971-11-08Deed — from 471 A REALTY CORP to MARINO JOAN
1971-11-08Mortgage — from MARINO JOAN to 471 A REALTY CORP

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