A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 85% 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 12.5. In ZIP 11237, 39% of residential buildings hold an A and
15% 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.
$625 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: Noise (3) · Food Poisoning (1) · Outdoor Dining (1).
Filed construction activity
$127,740 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (5 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)
17 WILSON AVENUE, BROOKLYN LLC
Head officer
ANGEL BETANCES
Managing agent
ANGEL BETANCES
Last registered
2025-06-26
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
$1,097,600
$493,920
2026
$912,000
$410,400
2027
$1,067,000
$480,150
The city's market estimate has fallen
3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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
Morgan Av — L · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Flushing Av / Wilson Av — B57 · 250 ft
Citi Bike
George St & Wilson Ave · 150 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.
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: $593,919 on
2018-02-28 (lender: Emigrant Funding Corporation), 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
2018-02-28
Mortgage $593,920 — from 17 WILSON AVENUE, BROOKLYN LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION
$593,920
2018-02-28
SPRD $1,225,000 — from 17 WILSON AVENUE, BROOKLYN LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION
$1,225,000
2018-02-28
AL&R $1,225,000 — from 17 WILSON AVENUE, BROOKLYN LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION
$1,225,000
2014-07-11
AL&R $660,000 — from BETANCES, MARIA; BETANCES, ANGEL to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION
$660,000
2014-07-11
Mortgage $660,000 — from BETANCES, MARIA; BETANCES, ANGEL to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION
$660,000
2005-11-09
Mortgage $300,000 — from BETANCES, ANGEL; BETANCES, MARIA to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS
$300,000
2002-03-04
Mortgage $150,000 — from BETANCES, ANGEL; BETANCES, MARIA to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
$150,000
2000-04-11
Mortgage $131,250 — from BETANCES, MARIA; BETANCES, ANGEL to DELTA FUNDING CORPORATION
$131,250
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
15
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
4
0
2
6
2018
5
0
1
6
3
15
2019
2
1
4
0
2
9
2020
0
1
4
0
2
7
2021
2
0
1
0
2
5
2022
2
0
3
0
3
8
2023
1
1
1
0
4
7
2024
0
0
3
0
4
7
2025
0
3
1
0
3
7
2026
0
0
3
0
5
8
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2025-02-19ECB CLASS - 2 violation: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR WORK WITHOUT PERMIT AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED A WOODEN AWNING STRUCTURE WITH A METAL ROOF ATTACHED TO TH$625
2025-02-10DOB complaint, category ?
2025-01-16Rodent inspection: Passed
2024
2024-12-09Restaurant inspection: YOUR WAY CAFE — grade B · mice evidence
2024-12-08311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2024-12-03Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-11-01Restaurant inspection: YOUR WAY CAFE · mice evidence
2024-07-16Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-01-29311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2024-01-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2023
2023-12-18Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-07-28Permit Plumbing — Signed-off
2023-07-10Boiler inspection
2023-07-06Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-06-21Restaurant inspection: YOUR WAY CAFE — grade A
2022-05-19Job filed: TO REPLACE EXISITNG ELECTRIC COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH NEW GAS COOKING EQUIPMENT, GAS PIPING, VALVE, METER AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SHUT-OFF VALVE.$12,500
2022-03-02HPD 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
2022-03-02HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2022-01-20Rodent inspection: Passed
2021
2021-07-21Rodent inspection: Passed
2021-07-12Permit Plumbing — Signed-off
2021-05-19311: Encampment — N/A
2021-04-30Boiler inspection
2021-04-01Job filed: TO REPLACE EXISITNG ELECTRIC COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH NEW GAS COOKING EQUIPMENT, GAS PIPING, VALVE, METER AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SHUT-OFF VALVE.$12,500
2020
2020-12-30Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-12-30311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-10-31HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2018-03-02TL&R — from EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION to 17 WILSON AVENUE, BROOKLYN LLC
2018-02-28Mortgage $593,920 — from 17 WILSON AVENUE, BROOKLYN LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION$593,920
2018-02-28SPRD $1,225,000 — from 17 WILSON AVENUE, BROOKLYN LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION$1,225,000
2018-02-28AL&R $1,225,000 — from 17 WILSON AVENUE, BROOKLYN LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION$1,225,000
2018-02-28Deed — from BETANCES, MARIA; BETANCES, ANGEL to 17 WILSON AVENUE, BROOKLYN LLC
2018-02-22Deed transfer (nominal price)
2018-01-16Job filed: TO REFURBISH EXISTING RESTAURANT, TO INSTALL NEW PLUMBING FIXTURES, COOKING EQUIPMENT, EXHAUST SYSTEM AND MECHANICAL SYSTEM$49,870
2018-01-16Job filed: TO REFURBISH EXISTING RESTAURANT, TO INSTALL NEW PLUMBING FIXTURES, COOKING EQUIPMENT, EXHAUST SYSTEM AND MECHANICAL SYSTEM$49,870
2018-01-12Boiler inspection
2018-01-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2017
2017-11-30Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-11-30HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2008-04-08Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2007
2007-05-24City emergency repair (OMO): as per rc #2007003354201 (i.a.t.l.), perform total lead analysis of 04 dust wipe sample(s) via environmental protection $17
2007-05-22City emergency repair (OMO): as per rc #2007003354201 (i.a.t.l.), perform total lead analysis of 04 dust wipe sample(s) via environmental protection $17
2007-05-14City emergency repair (OMO): as per rc #2007003354201 (i.a.t.l.), perform total lead analysis of 04 dust wipe sample(s) via environmental protection $17
2007-05-11City emergency repair (OMO): as per rc #2007003354201 (i.a.t.l.), perform total lead analysis of 04 dust wipe sample(s) via environmental protection $17
2007-04-20Tenant complaint: GENERAL — FLOOR
2007-04-20Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2007-04-20Tenant complaint: GENERAL — FLOOR
2007-04-20Tenant complaint: GENERAL — CABINET
2007-04-20Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2007-04-20Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2007-04-12City emergency repair (HWO): local law #1 violation : as per hpd's abatement requirement contracts and attached scope of work thoroughly remove all l$1,663
2007-02-22Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2007-02-22Tenant complaint: GENERAL — MOLD
2007-02-22Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — TOILET
2007-02-22Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2007-02-22Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED