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553 Throop Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3018410001 · 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 class0
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11216, 38% of residential buildings hold an A and 19% 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

No 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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 (1899)
NoSix or more residential units (1)
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$796,000 $47,760
2026$955,000 $57,300
2027$947,000 $56,820

The city's market estimate has risen 19% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
A Fei Chinese RestaurantChineseA—

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

SubwayKingston-Throop Avs — C · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Nostrand Av — A C · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 13-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Halsey St / Throop Av — B26 · 150 ft
Citi BikePutnam Ave & Throop Ave · 700 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityPainted bike lane mapped within 75 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey. 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

553 Throop 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

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: $165,000 on 2006-01-23 (lender: North Fork Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2006-01-23Mortgage $165,000 — from THROOP ENTERPRISES LLC to NORTH FORK BANK $165,000
2006-01-23AL&R $165,000 — from NORTH FORK BANK to THROOP ENTERPRISES LLC $165,000
2005-10-12Deed $210,000 — from TROY, ANTHONY; TROY, JUNE; 533 THROOP AVENUE CORP. to THROOP ENTERPRISES LLC $210,000

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20172204
20181203
20190202
20200101
20210000
20220112
20230011
20240022
20250011
20260022
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The last 12 months — 2 records

DateRecord
2026-03-16Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-02-25Restaurant inspection: A FEI CHINESE RESTAURANT — grade A

The full timeline

2026
2026-03-16Rodent inspection: Passed
2026-02-25Restaurant inspection: A FEI CHINESE RESTAURANT — grade A
2025
2025-07-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2024
2024-07-08Restaurant inspection: A FEI CHINESE RESTAURANT — grade A
2024-06-21Rodent inspection: Passed
2023
2023-03-08Restaurant inspection: A FEI CHINESE RESTAURANT — grade A
2022
2022-12-22311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2022-10-04Rodent inspection: Passed
2020
2020-01-22311: Sanitation Condition — 12 Dead Animals
2019
2019-12-11311: Noise — Noise: Alarms (NR3)
2019-05-23311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018
2018-05-10311: Consumer Complaint — Exchange/Refund/Return
2018-05-10311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2018-03-12ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONERS ORDER CONTAINED IN SUMMONS/VILATION #35208592N ISSUED ON 05/31/2017 AND TO FILE A CERTIFI$1,250
2017
2017-05-31ECB CLASS - 2 violation: BC28-116.4/FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH BUILDING DEPT REQUIREMENT FOR PERMITSIGN-OFF.OBSERVED SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED INSTALLATION OF FI$800
2017-05-16311: Damaged Tree — Branch or Limb Has Fallen Down
2017-03-14311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2017-03-14DOB complaint, category ?
2016
2016-02-11Mortgage satisfied — from Throop Enterprises to NORTH FORK BANK; CAPITAL ONE, N.A.
2015
2015-10-09311: Food Establishment — Food Worker Illness
2015-06-25311: Food Establishment — Food Contaminated
2015-06-08311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2014
2014-06-23311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2012
2012-04-17311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2010
2010-09-25311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2010-02-15311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2006
2006-07-12Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-06-20Job filed: EST COST $3,000 INSTALLATION OF KITCHENFIRE SUPPRESSION SYS WITH NO CHA NGE TO BLDG USE,EGRES OR OCC$3,000
2006-01-23Mortgage $165,000 — from THROOP ENTERPRISES LLC to NORTH FORK BANK$165,000
2006-01-23AL&R $165,000 — from NORTH FORK BANK to THROOP ENTERPRISES LLC$165,000
2005
2005-10-12Mortgage satisfied — from 533 THROOP AVE CORP. to CITY OF NEW YORK
2005-10-12Deed $210,000 — from TROY, ANTHONY; TROY, JUNE; 533 THROOP AVENUE CORP. to THROOP ENTERPRISES LLC$210,000
1994
1994-06-01DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-08-16DOB violation LL6291:
1993-06-01DOB violation LL6291:
1988
1988-12-30Deed — from CITY OF NEW YORK to 533 THROOP AVENUE CORP
1979
1979-04-18Deed — from COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE OF THE CITY O FN; ADMINISTRATOR OF FINANCE OF THE CITY OF ; COMMIS to THE CITY OF NEWY ORK; CITY OF NY; THE CITY OFNEW YORK; THE CITY OF NEW YORK; THE CITY OF N
1973
1973-02-27Deed — from SMITH ALDA N; SMITH ARTURO H to 555 THROOP CORP
1973-02-01Deed — from DEASON REALTIES CORP to SMITH ALDA N; SMITH ARTURO H
1973-02-01Mortgage — from SMITH ALDA N; SMITH ARTURO H to DEASON REALTIES COPN
1967
1967-03-22Mortgage assigned — from DUPUY EMILE DEC to DUPUY MARIE E; DUPUY EUGENIE R
1967-03-22Mortgage assigned — from DUPUY EUGENE R DEC to DUPUY MARIE E

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