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646 Dean Street · Brooklyn · BBL 3011370040 · 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 class21
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% 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 70. In ZIP 11238, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and 10% 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.

$7,570 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

66 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (46) · Building/Use (5) · Illegal Parking (4) · General Construction/Plumbing (2) · Residential Disposal Complaint (1) · Consumer Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$77,000 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 (1910)
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$1,700,000 $765,000
2026$1,846,000 $830,700
2027$1,770,000 $796,500

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

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Babel LoftAmericanNot yet graded—

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

SubwayClinton-Washington Avs — C · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
7 Av — B Q · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Bergen St / Vanderbilt Av — B65 · 250 ft
Citi BikeBergen St & Vanderbilt Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: Public School 9 The Sarah Smith Garnet 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

646 Dean Street

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

66 311 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.

Ten-year activity

100500
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2020
2021
2022
2023
64
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017100001
2018007209
2019013004
2020002103
2021003003
20223480015
202326260135
2024220382264
2025004004
2026002002
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The last 12 months — 3 records

DateRecord
2026-09-09311: Illegal Dumping — Chronic Dumping
2026-06-28311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Horn
2025-10-22311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding

The full timeline

2026
2026-09-09311: Illegal Dumping — Chronic Dumping
2026-06-28311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Horn
2025
2025-10-22311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2025-04-14311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2025-04-14311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2025-01-15311: Illegal Parking — Double Parked Blocking Traffic
2024
2024-08-02311: Building/Use — No Certificate Of Occupancy/Illegal/Contrary To CO
2024-08-02DOB complaint, category ?
2024-05-28311: Illegal Parking — Double Parked Blocking Vehicle
2024-05-02311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2024-04-24CERT — from RIDGE ABSTRACT CORP
2024-04-18ZONE — from B&D SEHR, INC.
2024-03-26311: Building/Use — Illegal. Commercial Use In Resident Zone
2024-03-26DOB complaint, category ?
2024-03-22311: Industrial Waste — Grease In Sewer/Catch Basin (IDG)
2024-03-15ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK WITH OUT PERMIT: ELECTRICAL LINES FOR CELLING LIGHTS AND COFFEE MACHINE AND OUT LETS PLUMBING LINES FOR SINK FOR COFFEE BAR.,$1,250
2024-03-09Job filed: Establishment of a C of O memorializing occupancy & zoning uses reflective of the existing & proposed tenancies. Substantiation or establishment of fi$55,000
2024-02-24311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-02-24311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2024-02-24DOB complaint, category ?
2024-02-19311: Drinking — After Hours - Licensed Est
2024-02-19311: Building/Use — No Certificate Of Occupancy/Illegal/Contrary To CO
2024-02-19DOB complaint, category ?
2024-02-18311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-02-17311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-02-17311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-02-13ECB CLASS - 2 violation: AT 4TH FL. MECHANICAL ROOM OBSERVED OPEN ENDED GAS VALVE., REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE$310
2024-02-13ECB CLASS - 2 violation: OBSERVED THE 4TH & 1ST FLOOR AREA IS SET UP & ARRANGE AS AN EATING & DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT WITH A BAR WITH ALCOHOL, SEATING & COM$1,250
2024-02-13ECB CLASS - 3 violation: SPRINKLER BRANCH LINES ARE NOT PROPERLY SUPPORTED, REPAIR AND OR REPLACE$250
2024-02-13ECB CLASS - 3 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT; NOTED: OBSERVED PARTITION WALLS ERECTED AT 4TH FLOOR AREA CREATING KITCHEN AREA, 2 BATHROOM & MECHANICAL RO$250
2024-02-13ECB CLASS - 3 violation: A8 ELECTRICAL WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. FOR COMMERCIAL RANGE HOOD IN KITCHEN, FIXTURES RECEPTACLES, SWITCHES ON THE 4TH FLOOR. SUB PA$200
2024-02-13ECB CLASS - 2 violation: OBSERVED AT 4TH FLOOR LANDING SPRINKLER GAUGE READS ZERO WITH NO PRESSURE ON THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM., PROVIDE A SYSTEM OF AUTOMATIC $3,125
2024-02-13ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE AN AIR GAP AND VENTING FOR GREASE TRAP UNDER THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AT LOCATION OF 4A, REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE$310
2024-02-13ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER; NOTED: OBSERVED A STEP TREAD AT FRONT FIRE ESCAPE LADDER LEADING UP FROM TH$625
2024-02-13DOB complaint, category ?
2024-02-11311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2024-02-11311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-02-10311: Building/Use — No Certificate Of Occupancy/Illegal/Contrary To CO
2024-02-10311: Electrical — Electrical Wiring Defective/Exposed
2024-02-10311: Plumbing — Plumbing Work - Illegal/No Permit/Standpipe/Sprinkler
2024-02-10311: General Construction/Plumbing — Cons - Contrary/Beyond Approved Plans/Permits
2024-02-10311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Conversion Of Manufacturing/Industrial Space
2024-02-10DOB complaint, category ?
2024-02-10DOB complaint, category ?
2024-02-10DOB complaint, category ?
2024-02-10DOB complaint, category ?
2024-02-10DOB complaint, category ?
2024-02-02Restaurant inspection: BABEL LOFT — grade N
2024-02-02311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-02-02311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2024-02-01311: Consumer Complaint — Other Store (Non-Food)
2024-01-26311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-01-26311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-01-26311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2024-01-26311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2024-01-21311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-01-21311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2024-01-19311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-01-18311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-01-18311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-01-14311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-01-14311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-01-14311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-01-14311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-01-09Permit General Construction — Signed-off
2024-01-08Elevator permit: Convert Freight elevator to new Passenger Elevator per section 8.7.2.16.1. and replace Elevator in its entirety (except for car st$170,000
2024-01-01311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2024-01-01311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-01-01311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2024-01-01DOB complaint, category ?
2023
2023-12-10311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-12-02311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-12-02311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-12-02311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2023-12-02311: Noise - Residential — Loud Talking
2023-11-25311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2023-11-25311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2023-11-24311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2023-11-17311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2023-11-17311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-11-16311: Noise - Residential — Banging/Pounding
2023-11-16311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2023-11-16311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2023-11-14311: Residential Disposal Complaint — Waste Set Out Too Early or Too Late
2023-11-11311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-11-10311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-11-07Job filed: Alteration
2023-11-04311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-11-03311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2023-11-03311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-10-29311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-10-29311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-10-29311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2023-10-16Job filed: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION: MINOR WORK. REPLACEMENT OF OVERHEAD GARAGE DOOR WITH ALUM/GLASS STOREFRONT + BI-PARTING (BREAK-AWAY) DOORS (FUTURE RETAIL ENTRAN$22,000
2023-10-05FDNY inspection (10-35)
2023-09-30311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2023-07-27311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2023-07-09FDNY inspection (BATTERY)
2023-06-29FDNY inspection (SPECIAL-OTH)
2023-05-17Elevator permit: Convert Freight elevator to new Passenger Elevator per section 8.7.2.16.1. and replace Elevator in its entirety (except for car st$170,000
2023-05-09ECB CLASS - 2 violation: AT ROOF LEVEL CMU BLOCK AND I BEAM STRUCTURE ERECTED, NO PLANS OR PERMITS ISSUED FOR THIS WORK, OBTAIN ALL PERMITS$1,250
2023-04-22311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2023-04-22DOB complaint, category ?
2023-04-17311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2023-04-17DOB complaint, category ?
2022
2022-08-30Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2022-08-30Permit Structural — Permit Issued
2022-08-10DOB complaint, category ?
2022-07-22311: Bike/Roller/Skate Chronic — N/A
2022-06-13311: Bike/Roller/Skate Chronic — N/A
2022-06-13Job filed: Alteration
2022-06-08311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2022-06-08ECB CLASS - 1 violation: OBSERVED 3 WORKERS PERFORMING BRICK REPLACEMENT AT EXP 1 AND OBSERVED EXP 1 WALL PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED, 3 WINDOWS AND DOOR REPLACED$1,250
2022-06-08DOB complaint, category ?
2022-05-30311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2022-05-30DOB complaint, category ?
2022-03-09311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2022-02-02311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2022-01-28311: Bike/Roller/Skate Chronic — N/A
2022-01-28311: Illegal Parking — Double Parked Blocking Vehicle
2021
2021-11-23311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2021-03-27311: Street Condition — Pothole
2021-03-09311: Water System — Hydrant Running (WC3)
2020
2020-04-29EASE — from B&D SEHR CORP. to B&D SEHR CORP.
2020-02-13311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2020-02-13311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2019
2019-12-13311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2019-08-28311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2019-02-03311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2019-01-09DOB violation E:
2018
2018-12-18311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2018-11-17311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2018-11-06311: Curb Condition — Broken Curb
2018-11-01311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2018-09-14Deed — from TRI-GENERAL, INC. to B&D SEHR, INC.
2018-07-09Deed transfer (nominal price)
2018-03-16311: Street Sign - Missing — No Parking, Standing, Stopping
2018-03-16311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2018-03-05311: Street Sign - Missing — Construction
2017
2017-03-01Job filed: NO-WORK ALT-1 APPLICATION FOR NEW METES & BOUNDS FOR TAXLOT 40. IN CONJUNCTION WITH REAPPORTIONMENT APPLICATION 321259829. EXISTING ZONING LOT 66 $100
2015
2015-08-20FDNY inspection (OTHER)
2006
2006-02-06DOB violation E:
2002
2002-11-12Mortgage assigned — from NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK to FANNIE MAE
2002-11-12Mortgage assigned — from NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATION BANK to FANNIE MAE
1997
1997-02-03DOB complaint, category ?

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