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255A Graham Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3027880025 · 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 11206, 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

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

2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Establishment (1) · Noise (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.

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$1,036,000 $62,160
2026$1,153,000 $69,180
2027$1,084,000 $65,040

The city's market estimate has risen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
La Nortena Taqueria Bar NO.2MexicanB—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Kitchen/Food Prep Area) · 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

SubwayGrand St — L · 900 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Graham Av / Grand St — B43 · 50 ft
Citi BikeGraham Ave & Grand St · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 018 Edward Bush. 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

255A Graham 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

2 311 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: $200,000 on 2004-11-18 (lender: National City Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2004-11-18Mortgage $200,000 — from SAQUINAULA, WILFRIDO to NATIONAL CITY BANK $200,000
2003-07-24Mortgage $147,000 — from SAQUINAULA, WILFRIDO to MERS $147,000
2003-07-24Deed $221,000 — from U.S. DEPARTMENT OF H.U.D. to SAQUINAULA, WILFRIDO $221,000
1997-05-19Mortgage $140,100 — from RODRIGUEZ, EVELYN to OLYMPIA MORTGAGE CORP $140,100

Ten-year activity

530
2017
2018
2019
2020
4
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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The last 12 months — 4 records

DateRecord
2026-09-18311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2026-09-15311: Food Establishment — Kitchen/Food Prep Area
2026-06-23Restaurant inspection: LA NORTENA TAQUERIA BAR NO.2
2026-06-17Rodent inspection: Passed

The full timeline

2026
2026-09-18311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2026-09-15311: Food Establishment — Kitchen/Food Prep Area
2026-06-23Restaurant inspection: LA NORTENA TAQUERIA BAR NO.2
2026-06-17Rodent inspection: Passed
2024
2024-12-11Restaurant inspection: LA NORTENA TAQUERIA BAR NO.2 — grade B
2024-05-16Restaurant inspection: LA NORTENA TAQUERIA BAR NO.2
2023
2023-09-28311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Building
2023-09-28DOB complaint, category ?
2022
2022-11-28Mortgage assigned — from MERS AS NOMINEE FOR BNY MORTGAGE COMPANY to PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
2022-09-28Mortgage satisfied — from SAQUINAULA, WILFRIDO to PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
2022-09-18311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2021
2021-07-29311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2021-07-29DOB complaint, category ?
2021-07-05311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2021-07-03311: Noise - Commercial — Car/Truck Music
2020
2020-08-26311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2013
2013-05-19311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2012
2012-07-16311: Food Establishment — Kitchen/Food Prep Area
2012-03-27Permit PL — ISSUED
2011
2011-08-12Permit EW — ISSUED
2011-08-01Job filed: INSTALL NEW FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS,OR OCCUPANCY. GAS FILED UNDER APPLICATION #320226527$3,000
2011-08-01Job filed: INSTALL NEW FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS,OR OCCUPANCY. GAS FILED UNDER APPLICATION #320226527$3,000
2011-08-01Job filed: INSTALL NEW FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS,OR OCCUPANCY. GAS FILED UNDER APPLICATION #320226527$3,000
2011-02-08311: HEATING — HEAT
2011-02-08311: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-WIRING
2011-02-08311: PAINT - PLASTER — CEILING
2011-02-08311: PLUMBING — WATER-LEAKS
2011-02-08311: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2011-02-08Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2011-02-08Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER-LEAKS
2011-02-08Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — WIRING
2011-02-08Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2011-02-08Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2011-01-03Permit PL — ISSUED
2010
2010-12-22Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-12-22Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-12-22Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-12-15Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-12-06Permit PL — ISSUED
2010-12-06Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-10-13Job filed: FILING APPLICATION FOR NEW EATING AND DRINKINGESTABLISHMENT AS PER EXISTING U.G.6 COMMERICIAL SPACE. NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$40,000
2010-10-13Job filed: FILING APPLICATION FOR NEW EATING AND DRINKINGESTABLISHMENT AS PER EXISTING U.G.6 COMMERICIAL SPACE. NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$40,000
2010-09-21Permit EW — ISSUED
2009
2009-09-18Job filed: LEGALIZATION OF EXISTING STORAGE AREA ON MEZZANINE SPACE IN 1ST FLOOR STORE. COMPLY WITH VIOLATION #34757704Y. MINOR PARTITION CHANGE IN 1ST FLOOR(ST$35,750
2009-09-18Job filed: LEGALIZATION OF EXISTING STORAGE AREA ON MEZZANINE SPACE IN 1ST FLOOR STORE. COMPLY WITH VIOLATION #34757704Y. MINOR PARTITION CHANGE IN 1ST FLOOR(ST$35,750
2009-08-13ECB CLASS - 1 violation: UNLAWFUL ACTS: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH AN ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER TO OBTAIN A PERMIT PER VIOLATION #34757704Y. VERTICAL 2 STORY E
2009-08-13ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION PER VIOLATION #34757704Y. NOTE: NO CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION NOTE ON FILE IN RELATION
2009-02-04ECB CLASS - 1 violation: WORK W.O PERMIT WORK NOTED: TWO STORY VERTICAL EXTENSION MADE OF CMU BLOCKS WITH WINDOWS ERECTED AT REAR OF EXISTING BLDG. REMEDY
2009-02-04ECB CLASS - 2 violation: SEC BC 1101.2 MISC VIOL: FAIL TO INSTALL STORM DRAIN SYSTEM WHERE REQURIED. NOTE: PVC PIPE LOCATED AT REAR OF ROOF PARAPET TERMINA$500
2009-02-04ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG WALL(S) OR APPURTENANCES. NOTED: NEW 2 STORY MASONRY EXTENSION ERECTED AT REAR W/REAR 1ST FL WINDOW INSTA$1,000
2008
2008-12-30DOB complaint, category ?
2007
2007-01-19DOB violation LL6291:
2006
2006-01-06DOB violation LL6291:
2004
2004-11-18Mortgage $200,000 — from SAQUINAULA, WILFRIDO to NATIONAL CITY BANK$200,000
2004-02-13DOB violation LL6291:
2003
2003-07-24Mortgage $147,000 — from SAQUINAULA, WILFRIDO to MERS$147,000
2003-07-24Deed $221,000 — from U.S. DEPARTMENT OF H.U.D. to SAQUINAULA, WILFRIDO$221,000
2003-03-19DOB violation LL6291:
2002
2002-06-24Deed — from WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE INC to HUD
2002-05-14Deed — from RODRIGUEZ, EVELYN/DEFS; LUDWIG, ARNOLD/REF to WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE INC; NORWEST MORTGAGE INC
2002-03-26DOB violation LL6291:
2001
2001-02-27DOB violation LL6291:
2000
2000-02-07DOB violation LL6291:
1999
1999-03-16DOB violation LL6291:
1998
1998-07-23Mortgage assigned — from OLYMPIA MORTGAGE CORP to NORWEST MORTGAGE INC
1997
1997-12-12Mortgage assigned — from OLYMPIA MORTGAGE CORP to NORWEST MORTGAGE INC
1997-05-19Deed — from PULGARIN, MYRIAN to RODRIGUEZ, EVELYN
1997-05-19Mortgage $140,100 — from RODRIGUEZ, EVELYN to OLYMPIA MORTGAGE CORP$140,100
1990
1990-12-24Deed — from ORTIZ, RAYMOND to POLGARIN, MIRIAM
1988
1988-10-27Deed — from FARANDA, REGINA; FARANDA, WALTER to ORTIZ, RAYMOND
1986
1986-06-12Deed — from HERNANDEZ, MARIA; HERNANDEZ, SANTIAGO to FARANDA, REGINA; FARANDA, WALTER
1973
1973-09-28Deed — from ALMODOVAR ESMERALDA; ALMODOVAR MARCIANO to HERNANDEZ MARIA; HERNANDEZ SANTIAGO
1973-09-28Mortgage — from HERNANDEZ SANTIAGO; HERNANDEZ MARIA to ALMODOVAR MARCIANO; ALMODOVAR ESMERALDA
1969
1969-11-20Deed — from TORRES VENANCIO to ALMODOVAR MARCIANO; ALMODOVAR ESMERALDA
1969-11-20Mortgage — from ALMODOVAR ESMERALDA; ALMODOVAR MARCIANO to TORRES VENANCIO

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