A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% 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 72.5. In ZIP 11221, 43% of residential buildings hold an A and
17% 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
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
2
’24–25
2
’25–26
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$12,400 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
What 311 hears from this address
5 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Building/Use (2) · Blocked Driveway (1).
Filed construction activity
$1,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (1 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 (1931)
No
Six or more residential units (4)
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)
868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC
Head officer
JOEL RUBINFELD
Managing agent
FRONTGATE MANAGEMENT INC.
Last registered
2025-08-26
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
$447,600
$201,420
2026
$537,000
$241,650
2027
$644,000
$289,800
The city's market estimate has risen
44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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
Myrtle Av — J M Z · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Myrtle-Willoughby Avs — G · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 12-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Marcus Garvey Blvd / De Kalb Av — B15 · 350 ft
Citi Bike
Pulaski St & Marcus Garvey Blvd · 550 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.
5 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,950,000 on
2025-12-09 (lender: Conventus LLC), covering 2 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.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2025-12-09
Agreement $3,000,000 — from 868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC to CONVENTUS LLC
$3,000,000
2025-12-09
Mortgage $1,950,000 — from 868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC to CONVENTUS LLC
$1,950,000
2024-09-27
Agreement $1,050,000 — from 868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC to CROWN INVEST INTERNATIONAL LLC
$1,050,000
2022-08-30
Agreement $1,050,000 — from 868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC to CROWN INVEST INTERNATIONAL LLC
$1,050,000
2019-03-27
Agreement $1,050,000 — from 868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC to CROWN INVEST INTERNATIONAL LLC
$1,050,000
2018-02-01
Agreement $1,050,000 — from 868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC to CROWN INVEST INTERNATIONAL LLC
$1,050,000
2017-08-11
Agreement $1,050,000 — from 868=870 DEKALB AVE LLC
$1,050,000
2015-09-09
CORRM $1,050,000 — from 868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC to CROWN INVEST INTERNATIONAL LLC
$1,050,000
2015-05-19
AL&R $1,050,000 — from 868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC to CROWN INVEST INTERNATIONAL LLC
$1,050,000
2015-05-19
Mortgage $1,050,000 — from 868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC to CROWN INVEST INTERNATIONAL LLC
$1,050,000
2015-05-19
Deed $1,450,000 — from ALBION TRADING LLC to 868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC
$1,450,000
2013-09-20
Deed $1,050,000 — from NETZ BONDS BROOKLYN LLC to ALBION TRADING LLC
$1,050,000
2011-04-01
Deed $600,000 — from NORTH PROPERTIES, INC. to NETZ BONDS BROOKLYN LLC
$600,000
2010-12-06
Deed $574,000 — from HEADLEY, AS REFEREE , GEORGE B to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A.
$574,000
2006-11-17
Agreement $1,100,000 — from MONCEY REALTY INC. to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK
$1,100,000
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
15
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
2
0
1
1
2
6
2018
0
1
1
1
2
5
2019
0
0
1
1
2
4
2020
0
0
2
0
1
3
2021
0
0
8
0
2
10
2022
0
0
2
1
2
5
2023
0
0
4
0
2
6
2024
0
1
4
2
2
9
2025
0
0
2
4
2
8
2026
0
11
3
0
1
15
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ECB CLASS - 1 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. PLUMBING WORK NOTED. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTIONOF APARTMENT 2R & 3F, I OBSERVED A 3 PCS BATHROOM, RESIDENTIA
2026-07-16
ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. ELECTRICAL WORK NOTE. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION OF APARTMENT 2R & 3F, I OBSERVED NEWLY INSTALLED ELECTRICAL
2026-07-16
DOB complaint, category ?
2026-07-16
ECB CLASS - 3 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. ALTERATION WORK NOTED. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION OF APARTMENT 2R & 3F, I OBSERVED ERECTED PARTITIONS FOR A
2026-07-14
ECB CLASS - 3 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. ALTERATION WORK NOTED. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION OF APARTMENT 2F, I OBSERVED ERECTED PARTITIONS FOR A BATHR
2026-07-14
ECB CLASS - 2 violation: RESIDENCE CONVERTED MAINTAINED OR OCCUPIED AS A DWELLING FOR MORE THAN THE LEGALLY NUMBER OF FAMILIES AUTHORIZED BY THE C OF O OR
2026-07-14
ECB CLASS - 1 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. PLUMBING WORK NOTED. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION OF APARTMENT 2F, I OBSERVED A 3 PCS BATHROOM, RESIDENTIAL SI
2026-07-14
ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING AND ALL PARTS THEREOF IN A CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER. FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM. FC 903.5 MAINTENANCE. ATOI,
2026-07-14
ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. ELECTRICAL WORK NOTE. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION OF APARTMENT 2F, I OBSERVED NEWLY INSTALLED ELECTRICAL LINE
2026-07-14
ECB CLASS - 3 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING AND ALL PARTS THEREOF IN A CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION, I OBSERVED CRACKS IN THE
2026-06-09
Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-01-15
Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2026-01-15
311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2026-01-08
311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2026-01-08
DOB complaint, category ?
2025-12-15
Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-12-09
Agreement $3,000,000 — from 868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC to CONVENTUS LLC
2025-12-09
Mortgage assigned — from CROWN INVEST INTERNATIONAL LLC to CONVENTUS LLC
2025-12-09
TL&R — from CROWN INVEST INTERNATIONAL LLC to 868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC
2025-12-09
Mortgage $1,950,000 — from 868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC to CONVENTUS LLC
2025-12-04
Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-11-16
311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
The full timeline
2026
2026-07-16ECB CLASS - 1 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. PLUMBING WORK NOTED. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTIONOF APARTMENT 2R & 3F, I OBSERVED A 3 PCS BATHROOM, RESIDENTIA$2,500
2026-07-16ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. ELECTRICAL WORK NOTE. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION OF APARTMENT 2R & 3F, I OBSERVED NEWLY INSTALLED ELECTRICAL$1,250
2026-07-16DOB complaint, category ?
2026-07-16ECB CLASS - 3 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. ALTERATION WORK NOTED. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION OF APARTMENT 2R & 3F, I OBSERVED ERECTED PARTITIONS FOR A $250
2026-07-14ECB CLASS - 3 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. ALTERATION WORK NOTED. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION OF APARTMENT 2F, I OBSERVED ERECTED PARTITIONS FOR A BATHR$280
2026-07-14ECB CLASS - 2 violation: RESIDENCE CONVERTED MAINTAINED OR OCCUPIED AS A DWELLING FOR MORE THAN THE LEGALLY NUMBER OF FAMILIES AUTHORIZED BY THE C OF O OR $2,530
2026-07-14ECB CLASS - 1 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. PLUMBING WORK NOTED. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION OF APARTMENT 2F, I OBSERVED A 3 PCS BATHROOM, RESIDENTIAL SI$2,530
2026-07-14ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING AND ALL PARTS THEREOF IN A CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER. FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM. FC 903.5 MAINTENANCE. ATOI,$1,280
2026-07-14ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. ELECTRICAL WORK NOTE. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION OF APARTMENT 2F, I OBSERVED NEWLY INSTALLED ELECTRICAL LINE$1,280
2026-07-14ECB CLASS - 3 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING AND ALL PARTS THEREOF IN A CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION, I OBSERVED CRACKS IN THE$500
2026-06-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-01-15Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2026-01-15311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2026-01-08311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2026-01-08DOB complaint, category ?
2025
2025-12-15Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-12-09Agreement $3,000,000 — from 868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC to CONVENTUS LLC$3,000,000
2025-12-09Mortgage assigned — from CROWN INVEST INTERNATIONAL LLC to CONVENTUS LLC
2025-12-09TL&R — from CROWN INVEST INTERNATIONAL LLC to 868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC
2025-12-09Mortgage $1,950,000 — from 868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC to CONVENTUS LLC$1,950,000
2025-12-04Rodent inspection: Passed
2025-11-16311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2025-06-02Rodent inspection: Passed
2024
2024-12-12Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-12-03Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-12-02311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2024-12-02DOB complaint, category ?
2024-11-30Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-11-30311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-09-27Agreement $1,050,000 — from 868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC to CROWN INVEST INTERNATIONAL LLC$1,050,000
2024-07-26DECL — from 868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC
2024-06-03Rodent inspection: Passed
2023
2023-12-07Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-12-06Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-06-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-02-11311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2023-02-11311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2018-02-01Agreement $1,050,000 — from 868-870 DEKALB AVE LLC to CROWN INVEST INTERNATIONAL LLC$1,050,000
2017
2017-11-01Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-10-13311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2017-08-11Agreement $1,050,000 — from 868=870 DEKALB AVE LLC$1,050,000
2017-04-24Permit EW — ISSUED
2017-03-30Job filed: REPLACE SPRINKLER PIPING IN BEDROOM AS PER PLAN @ APT 3F ON THE 3RD FLOOR IN ORDER TO REMOVE ECB VIOLATION:#35182071P & DOB VIOLATION: #V 093016CC$1,000
2017-02-08Rodent inspection: Passed
2016
2016-12-28DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2016-10-03311: Plumbing — Sprinkler System - Inadequate
2016-10-03DOB complaint, category ?
2016-10-01311: Miscellaneous Categories — Inspection Work Order (DOB)
2016-10-01DOB complaint, category ?
2016-09-30311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Shaking/Vibrating/Structural Stability
2016-09-30DOB complaint, category ?
2016-09-30ECB CLASS - 1 violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT...AT THE TIME 3:33PM OF MY INSPECTION ON 9/30/2016 AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS I OBSERVED SEVERAL FEET OF SPRINKLER PIP$1,600
2016-09-30DOB violation C: DAMAGED OBSERVED TO HAVE BEEN SUSTAINED TO SPRINKLER SYSTAM AND LOCALI ZED COLLAPSE OF CEILING AT APARTMENTS 3F,2F. RESIDENTIAL ENT
2014-09-23311: Animal Abuse — Other (complaint details)
2014-06-27Job filed: FILING FULL GUT REHAB OF THE EXISTING 3 STORY BUILDING WITH CELLAR. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS FILED UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$219,700
2014-06-27Job filed: FILING FULL GUT REHAB OF THE EXISTING 3 STORY BUILDING WITH CELLAR. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS FILED UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$219,700
2014-04-23Rodent inspection: Passed
2013
2013-11-20Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2013-11-20311: HEATING — HEAT
2013-11-12Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2013-11-12311: HEATING — HEAT
2013-09-20Deed $1,050,000 — from NETZ BONDS BROOKLYN LLC to ALBION TRADING LLC$1,050,000
2013-01-23311: HEATING — HEAT
2013-01-22Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2013-01-22Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2013-01-22311: HEATING — HEAT
2012
2012-10-18311: Rodent — Mouse Sighting
2012-10-08Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2012-10-08311: Rodent — Mouse Sighting
2012-10-08311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2012-09-20311: Rodent — Mouse Sighting
2011
2011-08-04Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2011-08-04Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2011-08-04311: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2011-08-04311: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2011-04-01Deed $600,000 — from NORTH PROPERTIES, INC. to NETZ BONDS BROOKLYN LLC$600,000
2010
2010-12-06Deed — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. to NORTH PROPERTIES, INC
2010-12-06Deed $574,000 — from HEADLEY, AS REFEREE , GEORGE B to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A.$574,000
2009-10-29HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REFIT APARTMENT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
2009-10-29HPD class B: § 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF ROACHES .. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM
2009-10-29HPD class B: § 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MICE ... IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SO
2009-10-29HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALLS AND CEILINGS IN THE ENTIRE APA
2009-10-29HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING LOCK AND LOCK ASSEMBLY AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR , 1st STORY
2009-10-29HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CONNECTION AT SINK DRAIN IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FR
2009-10-29HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS AT SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOU
2009-10-29HPD class B: § 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW A
2009-10-29HPD class B: § 27-2005,2007 ADMIN. CODE: FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. REMOVE OBSTRUCTING BARS OR GATES FROM WINDOW TO FIRE ESCAPE ... IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORT
2009-10-23Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2009-10-23Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009-10-23Tenant complaint: GENERAL — COOKING GAS
2008
2008-10-16HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS ... IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY
2008-10-16HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING DOOR LOCK AT ENTRANCE TO BUILDING
2008-10-16HPD class B: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2018.4 ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN ROACH IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY
2008-10-16HPD class B: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2018.4 ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY
2008-10-16HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY
2008-10-16HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3R
2008-10-16HPD class B: § 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW A