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331 Flatbush Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3011570006 · 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 class2
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 81% 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 6.7. In ZIP 11217, 60% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% 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

3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (2) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$130,700 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (1930)
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).

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,956,000 $880,200
2026$2,044,000 $919,800
2027$2,396,000 $1,078,200

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

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
GeidoJapaneseA—

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

Subway7 Av — B Q · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Grand Army Plaza — 2 3 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Flatbush Av / Park Pl — B41 · 50 ft
Citi Bike7 Ave & Park Pl · 200 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

331 Flatbush 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

3 311 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: $280,000 on 2004-12-03 (lender: Independence Community Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2004-12-03Mortgage $280,000 — from KAWACHI CORPORATION to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $280,000
1991-03-25Mortgage $55,000 — from KAWACHI CORP to SAKANA VLABUS RLTY LTD $55,000
1991-03-25Mortgage $61,040 — from KAWACHI CORP to AMERICAN S&L ASSN $61,040
1987-11-02Mortgage $96,178 — from SAKANA VLABUS REALTYLTD to AMERICAN SAVS &LOANASSN $96,178
1985-12-10Mortgage $50,000 — from SAKANA VLABUS RLTY LTD. to DIME SV BK/WILLIAMSBURGH $50,000
1983-12-19Mortgage $100,000 — from SAKANA-VLABUS RTY LTD to JALBERT, PHYLLIS $100,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201772009
201823117
201901001
202000000
202100000
202200000
202315118
202411114
202500022
202600202
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The last 12 months — 3 records

DateRecord
2026-03-19311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Car Service Company Complaint
2026-01-23311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2025-11-22Restaurant inspection: GEIDO — grade A

The full timeline

2026
2026-03-19311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Car Service Company Complaint
2026-01-23311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2025
2025-11-22Restaurant inspection: GEIDO — grade A
2025-01-23Restaurant inspection: GEIDO — grade A
2024
2024-09-23DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2024-05-22Restaurant inspection: GEIDO
2024-05-01311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2024-02-07Permit Mechanical Systems — Signed-off
2023
2023-12-26Job filed: INSTALL NEW SPLIT HVAC SYSTEM AND REMOVAL OF EXISTING BOILER AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANCY, OR EGRESS$25,000
2023-10-10311: Water System — No Water (WNW)
2023-06-30DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2023-06-30DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2023-06-20DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2023-06-20DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2023-04-25DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2023-01-25Restaurant inspection: GEIDO — grade A
2019
2019-11-08DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2017 INSPECTION REPORT
2018
2018-09-06DOB complaint, category ?
2018-07-25Permit EW — ISSUED
2018-05-31DOB violation C:
2018-05-05311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2018-04-06DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2016 INSPECTION REPORT
2018-02-06Permit PL — ISSUED
2018-01-11Rodent inspection: Passed
2017
2017-10-10Permit PL — ISSUED
2017-08-29Permit PL — ISSUED
2017-08-08Job filed: A2$52,200
2017-08-08Permit EW — ISSUED
2017-08-04Permit EW — ISSUED
2017-03-20Permit PL — ISSUED
2017-03-14DOB complaint, category ?
2017-02-24DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2015 INSPECTION REPORT
2017-01-31Permit EW — ISSUED
2016
2016-12-16Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION WITH REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION PARTITION WALLS, INSTALL AND REPLACE PLUMBING FIXTURE AND REPLACE ROOF SCUTTLE AS PER PLAN. NO CHANG$53,500
2015
2015-10-01DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2014 INSPECTION REPORT
2015-03-03DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2013 INSPECTION REPORT
2014
2014-09-20311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2014-07-01311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2013
2013-06-06Mortgage satisfied — from KAWACHI CORPORATION to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK; SOVEREIGN BANK, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO; SOVEREIGN BANK N.A. F
2013-06-06TL&R — from SOVERIGN BANK N.A. FORMALLY KNOWN AS; INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK; SOVEREIGN BANK, SUCCESS to KAWACHI CORPORATION
2012
2012-04-16311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2005
2005-07-08Mortgage satisfied — from KAWACHI CORPORATION; SAKANA -VLABUS REALTY LTD.; SAKANA-VLABUS REALTY LTD. to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH; JALBERT, PHYLLIS; AMERICAN SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCI
2004
2004-12-03Mortgage $280,000 — from KAWACHI CORPORATION to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK$280,000
2004-12-03AL&R — from KAWACHI CORPORATION to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
2004-02-13DOB violation LL6291:
2003
2003-06-24Tenant complaint: GENERAL — STAIRS
2003-06-24Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003-06-24Tenant complaint: NONCONST — RUBBISH
2002
2002-06-26Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-06-19Job filed: Upgrade exist. fire suppression system, as shown on plan. No change in use, occupancy, or egress.$2,000
1994
1994-01-20Mortgage satisfied — from KAWACHI CORPORATION to SAKANA VALBUS REALTYLTD
1992
1992-01-21Permit EW — ISSUED
1991
1991-06-18Permit EW — ISSUED
1991-04-02MISC — from AMERICAN SAVS &LOANASSN
1991-03-25Mortgage $55,000 — from KAWACHI CORP to SAKANA VLABUS RLTY LTD$55,000
1991-03-25Mortgage assigned — from KAWACHI CORPORATION to AMERICAN S&L ASSN
1991-03-25Deed — from SAKANA VLABUS RLTY LTD to KAWACHI CORP
1991-03-25Mortgage $61,040 — from KAWACHI CORP to AMERICAN S&L ASSN$61,040
1990
1990-12-26ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. RECENTLY ERECTED BOILER ROOM ENCLOSURE,ERECTED WITHOUT OBTAINING A PERMIT. REMEDY-FILE WITH THIS DEPT AND O
1990-12-21ECB Non-Hazardous violation: OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY 119933.EXISTING CO INDICATES APT. ON 2ND FLOOR. PRESENT USE IS OFFI
1990-12-21ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. BOILER ROOM ENCLOSURE ERECTED WITHOUT A PERMIT.REMEDY-FILE WITH THIS DEPT TO LEGALIZE THE CONSTRUCTED OF BO
1990-10-31DOB complaint, category ?
1990-10-25DOB complaint, category ?
1987
1987-11-02Mortgage $96,178 — from SAKANA VLABUS REALTYLTD to AMERICAN SAVS &LOANASSN$96,178
1987-11-02Mortgage assigned — from SAKANA VLABUS REALTYLTD to AMERICAN SAVS &LOANASSN
1987-11-02Mortgage assigned — from DIME SAVS BANK/WMSBURGH to AMERICAN SAVS &LOANASSN
1985
1985-12-10Mortgage assigned — from JALBERT, PHYLLIS to DIME SAVS BANK/WILLIAMSB
1985-12-10Mortgage assigned — from LUCA, FRED to LUCA, CINDERELLA
1985-12-10Mortgage satisfied — from KRAMER, ELLEN; LLOYD, LUCY to LUCA, FRED
1985-12-10Mortgage $50,000 — from SAKANA VLABUS RLTY LTD. to DIME SV BK/WILLIAMSBURGH$50,000
1985-12-10Agreement — from DIME SAVS BANK/WILLIAMSB to SAKANA VLABUS RLTY LTD
1984
1984-03-15Agreement — from LUCA, FRED to SAKANA-VLABUS RTY LTD
1983
1983-12-19Deed — from LLOYD, LUCY to KRAMER, ELLEN
1983-12-19Deed — from KRAMER, ELLEN to SAKANA VLABUS RTY LTD
1983-12-19Mortgage $100,000 — from SAKANA-VLABUS RTY LTD to JALBERT, PHYLLIS$100,000
1981
1981-03-31Deed — from KRAMER ELLEN; LLOYD LUCY to LLOYD LUCY
1980
1980-05-15Deed — from LUCA FRED to LLOYD LUCY; KRAMER ELLEN
1980-05-15Mortgage — from KRAMER ELLEN; LLOYD LUCY to LUCA FRED
1977
1977-12-12Deed — from O HARA ANTHONY J; O HARA MARGARET M to LUCA FRED

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