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216 DeKalb Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3021040026 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE

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This building is not graded (non-residential or no residential units on record) — the report below covers its full public record.

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

21 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Dirty Condition (4) · Air Quality (4) · Sidewalk Condition (3) · Noise (2) · Food Establishment (2) · Graffiti (1).

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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$136,000 $61,200
2026$141,000 $63,450
2027$147,000 $66,150

The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Good JoyChineseA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · 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

SubwayClinton-Washington Avs — G · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: De Kalb Av / Vanderbilt Av — B38 · 350 ft
Citi BikeDeKalb Ave & Vanderbilt Ave · 500 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. 020 Clinton Hill. 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

216 DeKalb Avenue

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

21 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

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: $100,000 on 1990-05-11 (lender: Chinatown Fed Savs Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1990-05-11Mortgage $100,000 — from WONG, HOW LOM to CHINATOWN FED SAVS BANK $100,000

Ten-year activity

1050
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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
9
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201703003
201801001
201900101
202003003
202102002
202206107
202308008
202417019
202506006
202616018
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The last 12 months — 9 records

DateRecord
2026-10-13311: Sidewalk Condition — Broken Sidewalk
2026-09-22311: Sidewalk Condition — Broken Sidewalk
2026-09-20311: Sidewalk Condition — Broken Sidewalk
2026-09-14311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2026-03-24311: Building/Use — No Certificate Of Occupancy/Illegal/Contrary To CO
2026-03-24DOB complaint, category ?
2026-01-28Restaurant inspection: GOOD JOY — grade A
2026-01-12311: Bike/Roller/Skate — N/A
2025-12-11311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage

The full timeline

2026
2026-10-13311: Sidewalk Condition — Broken Sidewalk
2026-09-22311: Sidewalk Condition — Broken Sidewalk
2026-09-20311: Sidewalk Condition — Broken Sidewalk
2026-09-14311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2026-03-24311: Building/Use — No Certificate Of Occupancy/Illegal/Contrary To CO
2026-03-24DOB complaint, category ?
2026-01-28Restaurant inspection: GOOD JOY — grade A
2026-01-12311: Bike/Roller/Skate — N/A
2025
2025-12-11311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2025-07-02311: Consumer Complaint — Bodega, Deli, or Convenience Store
2025-06-12311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2025-05-18311: Homeless Person Assistance — Non-Chronic
2025-05-05311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2025-04-17311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Restaurant (AD2)
2024
2024-10-07Restaurant inspection: GOOD JOY — grade A
2024-09-16311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2024-03-18311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2024-02-24311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Restaurant (AD2)
2024-01-21311: General Construction/Plumbing — Vent/Exhaust - Illegal/Improper
2024-01-21311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Restaurant (AD2)
2024-01-21DOB complaint, category ?
2024-01-14311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2024-01-12311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Restaurant (AD2)
2023
2023-12-13311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2023-10-30311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-09-12311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-05-20311: Obstruction — Trash or Recycling
2023-05-18311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2023-05-16311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-03-20311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2023-02-26311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2022
2022-12-08311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2022-10-08311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2022-09-26311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2022-07-21311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2022-06-05311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2022-04-16311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2022-03-04TLS — from CITY OF NEW YORK to BANK OF NEW YORK
2021
2021-10-07311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2021-06-17311: Dirty Conditions — E3 Dirty Sidewalk
2020
2020-09-30311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2020-05-30311: Sidewalk Condition — Sidewalk Collapsed
2020-03-13311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2019
2019-10-30TLS — from CITY OF NEW YORK to BANK OF NEW YORK
2018
2018-07-20311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2017
2017-10-13311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2017-09-15311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2017-06-29311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2016
2016-11-16311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2015
2015-07-23FDNY inspection (RISK)
2015-05-26311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2000
2000-12-29DOB violation LANDMK:
2000-12-29DOB violation LANDMK:
2000-05-03Mortgage satisfied — from WONG, HOW LOM to CHINATOWN FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
1999
1999-10-25Deed — from WONG, HOW LOM to CHOW, YUEN LING; CHOW, ELAINE
1990
1990-06-15DOB violation LANDMK:
1990-06-15DOB violation LANDMRK:
1990-05-11Mortgage $100,000 — from WONG, HOW LOM to CHINATOWN FED SAVS BANK$100,000
1987
1987-08-06Deed — from WONG, HOW LOM; LAM, CHUEN WAH to WONG, HOW LOM
1982
1982-11-05Deed — from LOPEZ, JUAN to LAM, CHUEN WAH; WONG, HOW LOM
1980
1980-04-22LDMK — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVAT; LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION; LANMARKS PRES
1978
1978-06-20Deed — from AYYAD HARB EID to LOPEZ JUAN
1977
1977-09-02Deed — from LATORRE FROILAN to AYYAD HARB EID; HUSEIN MOSA S

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