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 163.5. In ZIP 11211, 58% of residential buildings hold an A and
7% 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
Open HPD violations
8 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 1979-05-16.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
What 311 hears from this address
63 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (26) · Rodent (17) · Illegal Parking (10) · Outdoor Dining (3) · Food Establishment (2) · Overgrown Tree/Branches (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
Yes
Built before 1974 (1920)
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)
WALTER JR WITKOWSKI; WALTER WITKOWSKI
Managing agent
GREGORY WITKOWSKI
Last registered
2025-08-18
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
$1,139,000
$512,550
2026
$1,030,000
$463,500
2027
$1,232,000
$554,400
The city's market estimate has risen
8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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
Subway
Grand St — L · 500 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Grand St / Bushwick Av — Q54 Q59 · 600 ft
Citi Bike
Bushwick Ave & Powers St · 400 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.
63 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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.
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
43
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
1
18
0
19
2018
0
4
0
4
2019
0
11
0
11
2020
1
35
0
36
2021
5
33
0
38
2022
1
24
0
25
2023
2
18
1
21
2024
1
32
4
37
2025
0
42
1
43
2026
0
10
1
11
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HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2026-05-04HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2025-09-12HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORY
2025-09-12HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT CEILING , EAST, AND SOUTH WALL A
2025-09-12HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK AT CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORY
2025-09-12HPD class C: § 27-2044, 2041.1 HMC: §238 MDL and 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES AT BUI
2025-09-12HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL WALLS AND CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORY
2025-09-12HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF FURNIITURE AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT PUBLIC HALL, 2nd STORY
2025-09-12HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL WALLS AND CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2025-09-12HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL WALLS AND CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 2nd STORY
2025-09-12HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2025-09-12HPD class C: § 27-2044, 2041.1 HMC: §238 MDL and 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES IN THE
2025-07-02HPD class C: § 27-2044, 2041.1 HMC: §238 MDL and 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES IN THE
2025-07-02HPD class C: § 27-2044, 2041.1 HMC: §238 MDL and 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES AT BUI
2025-07-02HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC: POST, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND MAINTAIN A NOTICE IN A COMMON AREA OF THE BUILDING REGARDING THE PROCEDURES
2025-07-02HPD class A: § 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE AGE
2025-07-02HPD class A: § 27-2046.1 HMC: POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A COMMON
2025-07-02HPD class A: § 27-2045 ADM CODE POST A PROPER NOTICE OF SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR THE MAIL BOX MISS
2025-07-02HPD 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
2025-06-09HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2024-06-07311: Overgrown Tree/Branches — Blocking Street
2024-04-13Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-04-09HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2023-03-21HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2022-04-13311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2022-04-09311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2022-04-09311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Television
2022-03-08311: Food Establishment — Facility Construction
2022-02-23HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2022-02-08311: Food Establishment — Ventilation
2021
2021-12-18311: Real Time Enforcement — Work Without A Permit - Occupied Multiple Dwelling
2021-04-07HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2021-01-06Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2021-01-06311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020
2020-12-18Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-12-18311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-10-22311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2020-10-08311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2020-09-24311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2020-09-19311: Outdoor Dining — Barrier Condition
2020-09-03311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2016-12-26311: General Construction/Plumbing — Debris - Falling Or In Danger Of Falling
2016-12-26DOB complaint, category ?
2015
2015-10-30FDNY inspection (RISK)
2015-04-08311: Emergency Response Team (ERT) — After Hours Work - Illegal
2015-04-08DOB complaint, category ?
2015-02-12Permit PL — ISSUED
2015-01-22Permit EW — ISSUED
2015-01-21Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION OF AN EXIST. RETAIL STORE WITH SOME PLUMBING FIXTURES. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$45,000
2013
2013-09-12311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2013-01-25ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAIL TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER.NOTED:@CELLAR LVL SEWER WASTE DRAIN PIPE CLOGGED CAUSING WASTE WATER TO BACK UP UND$250
2013-01-18311: General Construction/Plumbing — Adjacent Buildings Not Protected
2013-01-18DOB complaint, category ?
2011
2011-07-05Deed — from WITKOWSI, WALTER to WITKOWSI, WALTER JR.; WITKOWSI, WALTER
2009
2009-12-31DOB violation LBLVIO:
2006
2006-11-13DOB complaint, category ?
1998
1998-03-13Deed — from WITKOWSKI, STANLEY/EST OF; WITKOWSKI, CAROLINE/ADMIN to WITKOWSKI, WALTER
1986
1986-09-03HPD 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
1986-09-03HPD class C: D26-17.10 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO H
1986-09-03HPD class A: D26-20.08 ADM CODE POST A PROPER NOTICE OF SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR THE MAIL BOX MISS
1986-09-03HPD class A: D26-12.01 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILING & WALLS VESTIBULE 1 STY.
1986-09-03HPD 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
1986-09-03HPD class B: D26-10.01 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF STORAGE TELEVISION EQUIPMENT CELLAR THRU OUT.
1986-09-03HPD class B: D26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD DOOR PANEL ENTRANCE DOOR TO VESTIBULE FROM STREET.
1979
1979-05-23HPD class A: D26-11.01, 11.03, 11.05 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE AND/OR RUBBISH AND MAINTAIN IN A CLEAN CONDITION THE CELLAR THROUGHOUT.
1979-05-23HPD class A: D26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDING CELLAR & BOILER ROOM THROUGHOUT.
1979-05-16HPD class B: D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF T V 1ST STY PUBLIC HALL REAR.
1979-05-16HPD class A: D26-12.01 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CLG 3 STY PUB HALL.
1979-05-16HPD class A: D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR WALL 1 STY PUB HALL.
1979-05-16HPD class B: D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF RUGS 2 STY PUB HALL.
1970
1970-06-09Deed — from DEVITA JOSEPH to SAVIANO FRANK
1970-06-09Deed — from WIEDENMAIER FRIEDA to DEVITA JOSEPH
1970-02-18Deed — from SAVIANO FRANK to WITKOWSKI STANLEY
1967
1967-11-03Mortgage — from DEVITA JOSEPH to WIEDENMAIER FRIEDA
1967-11-03Deed — from WIEDENMAIER FRIEDA to DEVITA JOSEPH