A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% 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 107. 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
Open HPD violations
1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2024-08-24.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
2 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
47 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Establishment (19) · Dumpster Complaint (6) · Rodent (5) · Outdoor Dining (3) · Illegal Parking (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2).
Filed construction activity
$76,500 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
Yes
Built before 1974 (1910)
No
Six or more residential units (2)
No
421-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)
SAM VLAHAVAS
Managing agent
BROWNSTONE MANAGEMENT LLC
Last registered
2025-07-10
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$3,795,000
$227,700
2026
$3,514,000
$210,840
2027
$3,302,000
$198,120
The city's market estimate has fallen
13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick) 19 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Letter Grading, Odor) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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
Subway
Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum — 2 3 · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Park Pl — S · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Washington Av / Sterling Pl — B45 · 150 ft
Citi Bike
St Johns Pl & Washington Ave · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
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.
47 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 of them about heat or hot water.
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.
2024-12-15Restaurant inspection: TOM'S RESTAURANT — grade B
2024-12-09Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-11-06311: Food Establishment — Odor
2024-09-30Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2024-09-27311: Dumpster Complaint — Small uncovered dumpster
2024-09-18Restaurant inspection: TOM'S RESTAURANT
2024-09-08311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2024-08-24HPD class A: § 27-2023 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE SUFFICIENT,PROPER AND SEPARATE METAL RECEPTACLES FOR THE DEPOSIT OF GARBAGE, RUBBISH AND OTHER WASTE MATERIAL
2024-07-17Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2024-05-20HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2FL, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM
2024-05-20HPD class C: § 27-2073 ADM CODE - PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2FL, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT
2024-05-19Tenant complaint: GENERAL — COOKING GAS
2024-05-19Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2019-07-19Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2019-06-27FDNY inspection (RISK)
2019-05-07Permit PL — ISSUED
2019-05-07Permit EW — ISSUED
2019-05-07Permit EW — ISSUED
2019-05-01DOB violation P: THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS INTENDS TO REVOKE ALL PLUMBING WORK UNDER PERMIT NUMBER 321576291 DUE TO MASTER PLUMBER LICENSE REVOCA
2017-05-18Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION OF 2ND FLOOR APARTMENT INCLUDING GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, MECHANICAL WORK AT 2ND AND 3RD FLOORS, AND REMOVAL OF STEAM BOILER LOCATE$36,500
2010-03-12ECB CLASS - 2 violation: 39Y2.56Y2.56Y13.70O2.81M7.41T7.71X10.16J10.16J10 ELEVATOR STOPS IN MOTION WHEN PULLED ON HATCH DOORS
2007
2007-01-19DOB violation LL6291:
2006
2006-01-06DOB violation LL6291:
2005
2005-09-01Deed — from VLAHAVAS, A/KA/ GUS; VLAHAVAS, CONSTANTIN to CONSTANTIN VLAHAVAS REVOCABLE TRUST U/T/; VLAHAVAS, AS TRUSTEE, CONSTANTIN
2000
2000-08-02Deed — from VLAHAVAS, STELLA to CONSTANTIN; VLAHAVAS, GUS
1998
1998-10-08PAT — from VLAHAVAS, THOMAS; VLAHAVAS, THEME COSTAS/AKA; VLAHAVAS, THEMESTOCLES to VLAHAVAS, CONSTANTIN; VLAHAVAS, STELLA; STAVRULA, STELLA
1998-10-08Deed — from VLAHAVAS, STELLA; VLAHAVAS, THOMAS to VLAHAVAS, STELLA
1997
1997-02-05Permit EW — ISSUED
1996
1996-05-09EASE — from VLAHAVA, GUS to NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY
1994
1994-07-25DOB violation LL6291:
1992
1992-07-23Permit EW — ISSUED
1967
1967-04-05Mortgage — from VIAHAVOS STELLA; VIAHAVOS THOMAS to HORNER ALBERT J
1967-04-05Deed — from HORNER ALBERT J to VIAHAVOS THOMAS; VIAHAVOS STELLA
1966
1966-12-09Agreement — from HORNER ALBERT J; HORNER ALBERT G; HORNER MARIE A LEGATEE OF; HORNER MARIE A LEG OF to VILAHAVAS STELLA; VILAHAVAS THOMAS; VLAHAVOS THOMAS; VLAHAVOS STELLA