A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 242. In ZIP 11213, 61% of residential buildings hold an A and
11% 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
32 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6 · winter 2024–25: 20 · winter 2025–26: 6). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
6
’23–24
20
’24–25
6
’25–26
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$625 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
What 311 hears from this address
44 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (16) · Illegal Parking (7) · Noise (6) · GENERAL (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · DOOR/WINDOW (2).
Filed construction activity
$275,274 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (29 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
No
Built before 1974 (2021)
No
Six or more residential units (1)
No
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
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
Registered owner(s)
FED HERKIMER GARDENS LLC
Head officer
STEPHEN MCCARTHY
Managing agent
WAVECREST MANANGEMENT TEAM
Last registered
2025-10-30
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
$22,485,296
$10,118,383
2026
$23,344,000
$10,504,800
2027
$24,227,000
$10,902,150
The city's market estimate has risen
8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 420C · HOSPITAL
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
Kingston-Throop Avs — C · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Utica Av — A C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Fulton St / Albany Av — B25 · 250 ft
Citi Bike
Albany Ave & Fulton St · 500 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.
44 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 16 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.
2025-01-30Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-01-30311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-01-25Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-01-25311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-01-19HPD class A: § 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES, BOTTOM
2025-01-17Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-01-17Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-01-17311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-01-17311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-01-14HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT PLASTER AT CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 8th STORY
2025-01-11Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-01-11311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024
2024-12-22Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-12-22311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-12-20Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-12-20311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-12-13Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-12-09Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-06-20311: Noise — Noise: Other Noise Sources (Use Comments) (NZZ)
2024-05-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BUZZER INTERCOM FROM BUILDING ENTRANCE TO RETURN BUZZER AT NORTH WALL IN T
2024-05-24HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING UNACCEPTABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC LOCKING DEVICE AT ENTRANCE AT LOBBY, 1st STORY
2024-05-24HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROVIDE HEAVY DUTY LOCK AND LATCH SET AT LOBBY, 1st STORY
2024-05-17Tenant complaint: GENERAL — VENTILATION SYSTEM
2024-05-17Tenant complaint: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2024-05-17Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
2024-05-17Tenant complaint: GENERAL — VENTILATION SYSTEM
2024-05-16HPD litigation: Tenant Action
2024-05-15311: Indoor Air Quality — Ventilation
2024-05-13HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MECHANICAL VENTELATION AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 206, 2nd
2024-05-13HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ACCEPATBLE HEAVY DUTY LOCK AND LATCH SET INSTALL AT VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2024-05-13HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING AN UNACCEPTABLE ELECTROMICAL MAGNECT LOCKING DEVICE INSTALLED AT VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUB
2024-03-11Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-03-11311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-03-10Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-03-10311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-02-27HPD class B: 28 RCNY § 25-171; & 67 (7)(B) MDL; NYC FIRE CODE § 703.1.3; NYC FIRE CODE § 703.2: ADJUST DOOR TO PREVENT GAPS BETWEEN THE TOP AND SIDE EDGE
2024-02-27HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE INTERCOM AT EAST WALL IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 206, 2nd STORY, 2nd APAR
2024-02-25Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-07-14Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2023-07-14Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2023-07-14311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2023-07-14311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2023-06-05Permit AL — ISSUED
2023-05-18311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2023-05-10Certificate of occupancy Renewal Without Change
2023-04-25Permit Sidewalk Shed — Signed-off
2023-04-25Permit Construction Fence — Signed-off
2023-04-11311: Missed Collection — Trash
2023-04-11311: Missed Collection — Trash
2023-03-16311: Missed Collection — Trash
2023-03-10Job filed: PROPOSE PLUMBING, SPRINKLER AND STANDPIPE SCOPE OF WORK FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NB # 321589713.$1,000
2023-02-21Certificate of occupancy Renewal With Change
2023-02-14Certificate of occupancy Initial
2023-01-05Permit Sprinklers — Signed-off
2023-01-05Permit Plumbing — Signed-off
2023-01-05Permit Standpipe — Signed-off
2023-01-03Deed — from FEDERATION HERKIMER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT to FEDERATION OF ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE NEW
2022
2022-12-22Deed transfer (nominal price)
2022-12-20311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2022-12-03ECB CLASS - 2 violation: AT TIME OF INSPECTION OF AN ACTIVE JOBSITE, I OBSERVED WORKERS DISMANTLING A SUPPORTED SCAFFOLD AT 2ND FLOOR SETBACK AT EXPOSURE#3$625
2022-12-03DOB complaint, category ?
2022-11-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-11-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-11-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-11-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-11-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-11-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-11-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-11-14Elevator permit: Furnish and install Two (2) new MRL elevators as per attached drawings - Plan # N1P706-Elev1 and N1P707-Elev2 . All work to comp$560,000
2022-11-14311: Non-Residential Heat — Inadequate or No Heat
2022-11-14311: General Construction/Plumbing — Site Conditions Endangering Workers
2022-11-14311: Non-Residential Heat — Inadequate or No Heat
2022-11-14ECB CLASS - 1 violation: NO CHAIN LINK FENCE DESIGN DRAWING@ 8 STORY NB SITE OBSERVE TEMPORARY CHAIN LINK FENCE IN PLACE ON SIDEWALK+ROADWAY POSTS NOT ANCH$500
2022-11-14DOB complaint, category ?
2022-11-09Job filed: PROPOSE MECHANICAL SCOPE OF WORK FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NB # 321589713.$1,000
2022-11-09Job filed: PROPOSE PLUMBING, SPRINKLER AND STANDPIPE SCOPE OF WORK FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NB # 321589713.$1,000
2022-11-08311: Non-Residential Heat — Inadequate or No Heat
2022-11-06Job filed: TENANT PROTECTION PLAN FOR NB AS PER DRAWINGS.$5,000
2022-10-21311: General Construction/Plumbing — Sidewalk Shed/Pipe Scafford - Inadequate Defective/None
2022-10-21DOB complaint, category ?
2022-10-16311: Sidewalk Condition — Blocked - Construction
2022-08-02ECB CLASS - 1 violation: A WORKER FELL FROM THE 3RD STEP FROM THE TOP OF A 10 FOOT LADDER WHILE INSTALLING SHEETROCK OVERHEAD. THE LACK OF A PROPER WORKING
2022-08-02DOB complaint, category ?
2022-07-20Job filed: INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PANELS ON EXISTING ROOF STRUCTURE. NO CHANGE IN EGRESS, USE OR OCCUPANCY.$146,774
2022-06-09Job filed: Suspended Hanging Scaffold Installation as per plans filed herewith. No change in use, egress or occupancy.$1,000
2022-06-01DOB complaint, category ?
2022-06-01ECB CLASS - 1 violation: WORK DOES NOT CONFORM TO APPROVED PLAN(SUSPENDED SCAFFOLD).NOTED:AT TIME OF INSPECTION OF AN ACTIVE JOB SITE.UPON REVIEWING THE SU$625
2022-05-23Permit NB — ISSUED
2022-05-09Elevator permit: Furnish and install Two (2) new MRL elevators as per attached drawings - Plan # N1P706-Elev1 and N1P707-Elev2 . All work to comp$560,000
2022-04-18ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO NOTIFY DEPT OF ACCIDENT/INCIDENT THAT RESULTED IN FATALITY OR INJURY.NOTE:WORKER INJURED WHEN WALKING ON 1ST FLOOR TRIP$1,250
2022-03-23Job filed: Suspended Hanging Scaffold Installation as per plans filed herewith. No change in use, egress or occupancy.$1,000
2022-03-21DOB complaint, category ?
2022-03-21ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO SAFEGUARD ALL PERSONS AND PROPERTY AFFECTED BY CONSTRUCTIONOPERATIONS-STOP ALL WORK ON GROUND/1ST FL. MAINTAIN 1ST LEVE$5,000
2022-03-21ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 33. OBSERVED OUTRIGGER BEAMS ERECTED ON SITE,NO APPROVED D.O.B DRAWINGS ONSITE N$1,250
2022-02-11Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 300PSF SIDEWALK SHED AND 150PSF OVERHEAD PROTECTION, ROOD PROTECTION & PLYWOOD CONSTRUCTION FENCE AS PER PLANS. ALL EQUIPMENTS SHALL C$10,000
2022-02-10CDEC — from FEDERATION HERKIMER GARDENS, LLC; FEDERATION HERKIMER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
2022-02-10MAPS — from HERKIMER GARDENS CONDOMINIUM
2022-02-10CDEC — from FEDERATION HERKIMER GARDENS, LLC; FEDERATION HERKIMER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
2022-02-10MAPS — from HERKIMER GARDENS CONDOMINIUM
2022-02-10Job filed: INSTALLATION OF PIPE SCAFFOLD ON GRADE, SHED, ROOF, AND ON TOP OF NEEDLE BEAM AT 491 HERKIMER STREET, BROOKLYN AS INDICATED ON PLANS. THERE WILL BE N$1,000
2022-02-02Elevator permit: Furnish and install Two (2) new MRL elevators as per attached drawings - Plan # N1P706-Elev1 and N1P707-Elev2 . All work to comp$560,000
2021
2021-11-29Job filed: INSTALLATION OF PIPE SCAFFOLD ON GRADE, SHED, ROOF, AND ON TOP OF NEEDLE BEAM AT 491 HERKIMER STREET, BROOKLYN AS INDICATED ON PLANS. THERE WILL BE N$6,000
2021-11-10Job filed: Proposed Temporary Shoring and Bracing works to install additional columns from cellar to 2nd floor as part of undergoing new 8-story construction und$12,000
2021-10-18Job filed: PROPOSE STRUCTURAL SCOPE OF WORK FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NB# 321589713$1,000
2021-10-15Job filed: INSTALLATION OF PIPE SCAFFOLD AT 491 HERKIMER STREET, BROOKLYN AS INDICATED ON PLANS. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN THE USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY UNDER T$6,000
2021-10-15Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 300PSF SIDEWALK SHED AND 150PSF OVERHEAD PROTECTION, ROOD PROTECTION & PLYWOOD CONSTRUCTION FENCE AS PER PLANS. ALL EQUIPMENTS SHALL C$10,000
2021-10-05DOB complaint, category ?
2021-10-04ECB CLASS - 1 violation: BC3314.8 SCAFFOLDS UTILIZED IN CONJUNCTION W/THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BLDG SHALL BE FUNCTIONED & MAINTAINED SO THAT THE SAFETY OF PUB$2,500
2021-10-04ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK DOES NOT CONFORM TO APPROVED CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS STOP ALL WORKON NEEDLE BEAMS PLATFORM CONFORM WORK TO APPROVED DRAWINGS A$625
2021-10-02DOB complaint, category ?
2021-10-02ECB CLASS - 2 violation: PERMIT HOLDER FAILED TO PROVIDE ACCESS AND/OR EXPOSE WORK ON ACTIVE JOB SITE.AT TIME OF INSPECTION:ACTIVE AHV PERMIT WITH 2 WORKER$1,250
2021-09-28Permit FO — ISSUED
2021-09-28Permit FO — ISSUED
2021-09-28Permit NB — ISSUED
2021-09-25311: AHV Inspection Unit — After Hours Work - With An AHV Permit
2021-09-25DOB complaint, category ?
2021-08-30Job filed: CONDO SUBDIVISION FOR LOT #62. THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF TWO (2) CONDO TAX LOTS. TAX LOT #1301 - 1302 FOR RESIDENTIAL AND PARKING. TAX LOT 1301 FOR RES
2021-08-25Elevator permit: INSTALLATION OF 6000 LB SINGLE CAR PERSONNEL/MATERIAL HOIST AS PER PLANS DURING CONSTRUCTION. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANC$8,500
2021-08-19Job filed: INSTALLATION OF PIPE SCAFFOLD AT 491 HERKIMER STREET, BROOKLYN AS INDICATED ON PLANS. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN THE USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY UNDER T$6,000
2021-08-13Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 6000 LB SINGLE CAR PERSONNEL/MATERIAL HOIST AS PER PLANS DURING CONSTRUCTION. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY UNDER THIS APPLICA$8,500
2021-08-12Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 300PSF SIDEWALK SHED AND 150PSF OVERHEAD PROTECTION, ROOD PROTECTION & PLYWOOD CONSTRUCTION FENCE AS PER PLANS. ALL EQUIPMENTS SHALL C$10,000
2021-08-03Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 300PSF SIDEWALK SHED AND 150PSF OVERHEAD PROTECTION, ROOD PROTECTION & PLYWOOD CONSTRUCTION FENCE AS PER PLANS. ALL EQUIPMENTS SHALL C$10,000
2021-07-21Elevator permit: INSTALLATION OF 6000 LB SINGLE CAR PERSONNEL/MATERIAL HOIST AS PER PLANS DURING CONSTRUCTION. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANC$8,500
2021-07-19Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 6000 LB SINGLE CAR PERSONNEL/MATERIAL HOIST AS PER PLANS DURING CONSTRUCTION. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY UNDER THIS APPLICA$8,500
2021-07-08Job filed: INSTALLATION OF PIPE SCAFFOLD ON GRADE, SHED, ROOF, AND ON TOP OF NEEDLE BEAM AT 491 HERKIMER STREET, BROOKLYN AS INDICATED ON PLANS. THERE WILL BE N$6,000
2021-06-30ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY W/ MANUFACTURES SPECIFICATIONS. NOTE:AT THE TIME OF MY INSPECTION OF A PROPOSED 8 STORY NEW BUILDING UNDER CONST$2,500
2021-06-30ECB CLASS - 1 violation: 3314.1 PARTIAL STOP WORK ORDER AN ALL INTERIOR SUPPORTED SCAFFOLD USE CELLAR,1ST AND 2ND FLOORS.NOTE AT THE TIME OF MY INSPECTION $2,500
2021-06-02DOB complaint, category ?
2021-04-27Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 300PSF SIDEWALK SHED AND 150PSF OVERHEAD PROTECTION, ROOD PROTECTION & PLYWOOD CONSTRUCTION FENCE AS PER PLANS. ALL EQUIPMENTS SHALL C$10,000
2021-01-27Job filed: PROPOSE STRUCTURAL SCOPE OF WORK FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NB# 321589713$1,000
2021-01-26DOB complaint, category ?
2020
2020-12-30DOB complaint, category ?
2020-12-23ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO SAFEGUARD ALL PERSONS & PROPERTY AFFECTED BY CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS. NOTE: AT TIME OF MY INSPECTION OF NEW BLDG W/PROP
2020-12-15Permit NB — ISSUED
2020-12-15Permit FO — ISSUED
2020-12-15Permit FO — ISSUED
2020-12-11DOB complaint, category ?
2020-10-14Permit FO — ISSUED
2020-10-14Permit FO — ISSUED
2020-10-14Permit NB — ISSUED
2020-10-07Job filed: Proposed: installation of temporary standpipe system in conjunction with NB application #321589713. No change of use, occupancy or egress.$2,500
2020-10-06Job filed: INSTALLATION OF CONSTRUCTION FENCE AS PER DRAWINGS.$5,000
2020-09-14Job filed: PROPOSE MECHANICAL SCOPE OF WORK FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NB # 321589713.$1,000
2020-06-30Job filed: SUBSEQUENT FILING FOR SUPPORT OF EXCAVATION WORKS
2020-06-01Job filed: PROPOSE TO INSTALL NEW CURB CUT 20.5 LF AS PER PLAN FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NB # 321589713$1,000
2020-04-10Job filed: PROPOSE PLUMBING, SPRINKLER AND STANDPIPE SCOPE OF WORK FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NB # 321589713.$1,000
2020-04-09Job filed: PROPOSE STRUCTURAL SCOPE OF WORK FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NB# 321589713$1,000
2020-04-03Job filed: PROPOSE MECHANICAL SCOPE OF WORK FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NB # 321589713.$1,000
2020-04-03Job filed: PROPOSE SUBSEQUENT FILING FOR FOUNDATION WORK AS PER PLAN.
2020-04-03Job filed: NB
2020-04-03Job filed: PROPOSE BUILDERS PAVEMENT PLAN. TOTAL STREET FRONTAGE IS 210 LINEAR FEET.
1997-04-11HPD class A: § 27-2098 ADM CODE FILE WITH THIS DEPARTMENT A REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR BUILDING.
1984
1984-04-09HPD class A: D26-20.08,20.09 ADM CODE FILE CERTIFICATION OF SATISFACTORY INSTALLATION OF SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH H.P.D. RULES AND REGUL