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554 Vanderbilt Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3011370048 · 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 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.

What 311 hears from this address

6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Bike Rack (2) · Noise (2) · Illegal Tree Damage (1) · Abandoned Bike (1).

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 (1879)
NoSix or more residential units (5)
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$2,882,400 $1,297,080
2026$3,064,000 $1,378,800
2027$3,517,000 $1,582,650

The city's market estimate has risen 22% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Wayward FareItalianNot 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: Vanderbilt Av / Dean St — B69 · 100 ft
Citi BikeBergen St & Vanderbilt Ave · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityPainted bike lane mapped within 75 ft
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

554 Vanderbilt 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

6 311 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: $114,208 on 2021-09-29 (lender: Teachers Federal Credit Union). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2021-09-29AL&R $2,200,000 — from 554 VANDERBILT AVENUE LLC to TEACHERS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION $2,200,000
2021-09-29Agreement $2,200,000 — from 554 VANDERBILT AVENUE LLC to TEACHERS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION $2,200,000
2021-09-29Mortgage $114,208 — from 554 VANDERBILT AVENUE LLC to TEACHERS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION $114,208
2016-04-27Mortgage $661,297 — from 554 VANDERBILT AVENUE LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $661,297
2016-04-27Agreement $2,350,000 — from 554 VANDERBILT AVENUE LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $2,350,000
2016-04-27AL&R $2,350,000 — from 554 VANDERBILT AVENUE LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $2,350,000
2014-03-14AL&R $1,762,000 — from STAMENIS, NIKOLAS to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $1,762,000
2014-03-14Mortgage $1,762,000 — from STAMENIS, NIKOLAS to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $1,762,000
2010-03-02Mortgage $220,000 — from STAMENIS, NIKOLAS to MITSINIKOS, JOHN $220,000
2010-03-02Agreement $1,130,000 — from STAMENIS, NIKOLAS to MITSINIKOS, JOHN $1,130,000
2008-05-22Mortgage $50,000 — from STAMENIS, NIKOLAS to MITSINIKOS ASSOCIATES; MITSINIKOS, JOHN $50,000
2007-12-17Agreement $1,080,000 — from STAMENIS, NIKOLAS to MITSINIKOS, JOHN; A/K/A MITSINIKOS ASSOCIATES $1,080,000
2007-12-17Mortgage $320,000 — from STAMENIS, NIKOLAS to MITSINIKOS, JOHN; A/K/A MITSINIKOS ASSOCIATES $320,000
2006-04-05Mortgage $760,000 — from STAMENIS, NIKOLAS to MITSINKOS, JOHN $760,000
2006-04-05AL&R $760,000 — from MITSINKOS, JOHN to STAMENIS, NIKOLAS $760,000

Ten-year activity

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2022
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2026
Housing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20171012
20181023
20192013
20204015
202155111
20220011
20232013
20240011
20254026
20262013
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The last 12 months — 4 records

DateRecord
2026-07-03Restaurant inspection: WAYWARD FARE
2026-04-21311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2026-04-21311: Noise — Noise: Manufacturing Noise (NK1)
2025-12-01Restaurant inspection: WAYWARD FARE — grade N

The full timeline

2026
2026-07-03Restaurant inspection: WAYWARD FARE
2026-04-21311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2026-04-21311: Noise — Noise: Manufacturing Noise (NK1)
2025
2025-12-01Restaurant inspection: WAYWARD FARE — grade N
2025-07-28Boiler inspection
2025-06-06311: Abandoned Bike — Chained to Public Property
2025-06-05311: Bike Rack — Abandoned Bike
2025-06-05311: Illegal Tree Damage — Bicycle Chained to Tree
2025-05-30311: Bike Rack — Abandoned Bike
2024
2024-12-17Boiler inspection
2023
2023-09-14311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2023-05-31Boiler inspection
2023-03-06311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2022
2022-09-28Boiler inspection
2021
2021-12-17311: Water System — Dirty Water (WE)
2021-11-30Boiler inspection
2021-09-29AL&R $2,200,000 — from 554 VANDERBILT AVENUE LLC to TEACHERS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION$2,200,000
2021-09-29Agreement $2,200,000 — from 554 VANDERBILT AVENUE LLC to TEACHERS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION$2,200,000
2021-09-29Mortgage $114,208 — from 554 VANDERBILT AVENUE LLC to TEACHERS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION$114,208
2021-09-29Mortgage assigned — from THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH; DIME COMMUNITY BANK to TEACHERS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
2021-09-27TL&R — from 554 VANDERBILT AVENUE LLC to DIME COMMUNITY BANK; THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH
2021-05-01311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-04-26311: Derelict Bicycle — 14B Derelict Bicycle
2021-01-23311: Noise — Noise: Jack Hammering (NC2)
2021-01-20311: Noise - Residential — Banging/Pounding
2020
2020-12-21Boiler inspection
2020-09-17311: Litter Basket / Request — 10 Litter Basket / Request
2020-08-13311: Damaged Tree — Entire Tree Has Fallen Down
2020-07-15311: Missed Collection (All Materials) — 1 Missed Collection
2020-02-10311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2019
2019-12-15311: Street Sign - Dangling — Other/Unknown
2019-11-30311: Derelict Bicycle — 14B Derelict Bicycle
2019-11-01Boiler inspection
2018
2018-11-13Boiler inspection
2018-08-31311: Street Condition — Line/Marking - Faded
2018-02-22Rodent inspection: Passed
2017
2017-12-01Boiler inspection
2017-04-27311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2016
2016-04-27Mortgage $661,297 — from 554 VANDERBILT AVENUE LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH$661,297
2016-04-27Agreement $2,350,000 — from 554 VANDERBILT AVENUE LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH$2,350,000
2016-04-27Deed — from STAMENIS, NIKOLAS to 554 VANDERBILT AVENUE LLC
2016-04-27AL&R $2,350,000 — from 554 VANDERBILT AVENUE LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH$2,350,000
2016-04-27TL&R — from THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH to STAMENIS, NIKOLAS
2016-04-19Deed transfer (nominal price)
2014
2014-05-27311: Water System — Leak (Use Comments) (WA2)
2014-03-14TL&R — from MITSINIKOS, JOHN to STAMENIS, NIKOLAS
2014-03-14Mortgage satisfied — from STAMENIS, NIKOLAS to MITSINIKOS, JOHN
2014-03-14AL&R $1,762,000 — from STAMENIS, NIKOLAS to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH$1,762,000
2014-03-14Mortgage $1,762,000 — from STAMENIS, NIKOLAS to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH$1,762,000
2012
2012-11-16DOB violation LANDMK:
2011
2011-07-14311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2010
2010-12-13LDMK — from PROSPECT HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT
2010-07-28311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Shaking/Vibrating/Structural Stability
2010-07-28DOB complaint, category ?
2010-03-02PAT — from MITSINIKOS, JOHN to FRANK, ESQ., ROBERT G
2010-03-02Mortgage $220,000 — from STAMENIS, NIKOLAS to MITSINIKOS, JOHN$220,000
2010-03-02Agreement $1,130,000 — from STAMENIS, NIKOLAS to MITSINIKOS, JOHN$1,130,000
2009
2009-09-21DOB complaint, category ?
2009-09-20DOB violation C:
2009-07-20DOB complaint, category ?
2009-07-18DOB complaint, category ?
2009-05-23DOB complaint, category ?
2009-01-14Permit EW — ISSUED
2008
2008-10-29Job filed: PROPOSED (5) BOILERS & (5) HOT WATER HEATERS, THIS APPLICATION IS IN CONJUCTION WITH ALTERATION TYPE I, NO. #302158750 NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANC$15,000
2008-10-29Job filed: PROPOSED (5) BOILERS & (5) HOT WATER HEATERS, THIS APPLICATION IS IN CONJUCTION WITH ALTERATION TYPE I, NO. #302158750 NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANC$15,000
2008-10-02Permit PL — ISSUED
2008-10-02Permit EW — ISSUED
2008-09-29Permit PL — ISSUED
2008-09-05DOB complaint, category ?
2008-08-04Permit EW — ISSUED
2008-07-16Job filed: INSTALLATION OF FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. GAS VALVE WAS FILED UNDER APPL # 302158750$2,000
2008-05-22Mortgage $50,000 — from STAMENIS, NIKOLAS to MITSINIKOS ASSOCIATES; MITSINIKOS, JOHN$50,000
2007
2007-12-17Agreement $1,080,000 — from STAMENIS, NIKOLAS to MITSINIKOS, JOHN; A/K/A MITSINIKOS ASSOCIATES$1,080,000
2007-12-17Mortgage $320,000 — from STAMENIS, NIKOLAS to MITSINIKOS, JOHN; A/K/A MITSINIKOS ASSOCIATES$320,000
2007-07-23Permit AL — ISSUED
2007-07-23Permit AL — ISSUED
2007-07-10Permit PL — ISSUED
2007-07-10Permit EW — ISSUED
2007-05-01Permit PL — ISSUED
2007-04-13DOB complaint, category ?
2007-01-04Permit EQ — ISSUED
2006
2006-11-13Permit AL — ISSUED
2006-11-09Permit EQ — ISSUED
2006-11-03Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 20' SIDEWALK SHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACADE INSPECTION.T HE SIDEWALK SHED WILL COMPLY WITH LL33/91 & PPN 9/99 THE SIDEWALK SHED WI
2006-10-20DOB complaint, category ?
2006-10-20DOB complaint, category ?
2006-06-29Job filed: BNP 06-660 20 FT FRONTAGE,BPP FILINGALT. 1 # 302158750
2006-06-29Job filed: BNP 06-660 20 FT FRONTAGE,BPP FILINGALT. 1 # 302158750
2006-06-07Job filed: EST COST $14,000 INSTALL SPR SYS FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALT TYPE 1 30 2158750,NO CHANGE IN USE,EGRES OR OCC$14,000
2006-05-10Job filed: PROPOSED NEW 3-STORY ADDITION ON AN EXISTING 3-STORY BUILDING. AS PER DR AWINGS FILED.$325,000
2006-05-10Job filed: PROPOSED NEW 3-STORY ADDITION ON AN EXISTING 3-STORY BUILDING. AS PER DR AWINGS FILED.$325,000
2006-04-05Mortgage $760,000 — from STAMENIS, NIKOLAS to MITSINKOS, JOHN$760,000
2006-04-05AL&R $760,000 — from MITSINKOS, JOHN to STAMENIS, NIKOLAS$760,000
2006-04-05Deed $765,000 — from AJITSINGH, BHAGMAN to STAMENIS, NIKOLAS$765,000
2001
2001-04-27Deed — from AJITSINGH, MORALLI; AJITSINGH, BHAGMAN to AJITSINGH, BHAGMAN
1977
1977-05-04Deed — from WILSON MILDRED DECD ADMINISTRATRIX OF to AJITSINGH BHAGMAN; AJITSINGH MORALLI

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