Building report

537 Ralph Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3014700011 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE Print / save PDF

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Where the penalty points come from

Open with the city right now

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

39 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 7 · winter 2024–25: 18 · winter 2025–26: 14). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

55 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (20) · Noise (16) · PLUMBING (7) · Derelict Vehicles (4) · Rodent (2) · Snow or Ice (1).

Filed construction activity

$16,152,455 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (31 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

0 of 3 signals present. None of the common signals are present — stabilization is unlikely (though never impossible). 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

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

What the city thinks it's worth

The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: NYC HOUSING AUTH

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.

3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2018 (0 in the last three years).

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

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

537 Ralph Avenue Copy address

55 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 20 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by FAIRSTEAD MANAGEMENT — 207 buildings, 6,649 units. Grades across the portfolio: A51 · B80 · C51 · D16 · F6. See the whole portfolio

showing 60 of 207 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $34,000,000 on 2023-12-14 (lender: New York City Housing Authority), covering 154 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

Ten-year activity

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Year	Construction	Enforcement	Housing & tenants	Ownership & money	Health & systems	Total
2017	1	0	2	0	0	3
2018	0	0	4	0	0	4
2019	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	0	0	4	0	0	4
2022	4	0	7	0	0	11
2023	3	0	22	17	0	42
2024	25	0	40	0	5	70
2025	17	4	39	0	0	60
2026	17	0	26	0	0	43

The last 12 months — 51 records

The full timeline

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