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2686 Pitkin Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3042310017 · 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 11208, 69% of residential buildings hold an A and 9% 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

5 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (2) · Food Establishment (2) · Sewer (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 (1930)
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$460,000 $27,600
2026$515,000 $30,900
2027$530,000 $31,800

The city's market estimate has risen 15% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Lee Good Taste 88ChineseAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 1 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: Food Contaminated, Letter Grading) · 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 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (0 in the last three years).

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

SubwayEuclid Av — A C · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Pitkin Av / Euclid Av — Q8 · 250 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin
Middle: 661, 662. 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

2686 Pitkin 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

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: $58,500 on 1991-01-02 (lender: Nielsen, Shirley). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2008-05-14Deed $430,000 — from 2686 PITKIN CORP. to LI, LING XIANG $430,000
1991-01-02Mortgage $58,500 — from LI, YUEH HUA to NIELSEN, SHIRLEY $58,500

Ten-year activity

1050
2017
2018
7
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Housing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20171001
20182002
20191067
20205005
20211001
20220202
20232013
20241001
20254026
20260022
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The last 12 months — 3 records

DateRecord
2026-09-08Restaurant inspection: LEE GOOD TASTE 88 — grade A
2026-03-23Restaurant inspection: LEE GOOD TASTE 88
2025-10-21311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading

The full timeline

2026
2026-09-08Restaurant inspection: LEE GOOD TASTE 88 — grade A
2026-03-23Restaurant inspection: LEE GOOD TASTE 88
2025
2025-10-21311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2025-09-17311: Food Establishment — Food Contaminated
2025-06-04Restaurant inspection: LEE GOOD TASTE 88 — grade B · mice evidence
2025-03-20311: Illegal Parking — Double Parked Blocking Traffic
2025-03-20311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Bike Lane
2025-01-08Restaurant inspection: LEE GOOD TASTE 88
2024
2024-03-25311: Sewer — Catch Basin Search (SC2)
2023
2023-12-21Restaurant inspection: LEE GOOD TASTE 88
2023-10-06311: Vendor Enforcement — Non-Food Vendor
2023-03-08311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2022
2022-10-13Deed — from LI, LING XIANG to LI, YUAN
2022-10-07Deed transfer (nominal price)
2021
2021-09-03311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020
2020-10-17311: Dirty Conditions — E3 Dirty Sidewalk
2020-08-26311: Other Enforcement — E3B Sidewalk Obstruction
2020-06-30311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2020-06-28311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2020-06-28311: Vacant Lot — 8 Request to Clean Vacant Lot
2019
2019-11-12311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2019-04-17Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2019-04-17Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2019-04-10Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2019-04-10Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2019-04-02Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2019-04-02Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2018
2018-12-21311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018-08-21311: Electronics Waste Appointment — Ewaste appointment
2017
2017-10-11311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2016
2016-05-26311: Food Establishment — Food Spoiled
2016-05-05311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2014
2014-06-05311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2012
2012-04-27Rodent inspection: Passed
2011
2011-11-16Rodent inspection: Passed
2011-11-15311: Rodent — Condition Attracting Rodents
2011-10-27311: Electrical — Con Edison Referral
2011-10-27DOB complaint, category ?
2011-07-23311: Missed Collection (All Materials) — 1 Missed Collection
2010
2010-02-14311: Sewer — Sewer Backup (Use Comments) (SA)
2010-02-13311: Sewer — Sewer Backup (Use Comments) (SA)
2008
2008-05-14Deed $430,000 — from 2686 PITKIN CORP. to LI, LING XIANG$430,000
2003
2003-07-02DOB complaint, category ?
2000
2000-12-08Mortgage satisfied — from LI, YUEH HUA to NIELSEN, SHIRLEY
2000-02-08Deed — from LI, YUEH HUA to 2686 PITKIN CORP
1998
1998-04-29DOB complaint, category ?
1996
1996-09-04Permit PL — ISSUED
1995
1995-12-12Permit EW — ISSUED
1995-06-19Permit PL — ISSUED
1995-05-31Permit EW — ISSUED
1995-05-11Permit PL — ISSUED
1995-04-06Permit EW — ISSUED
1991
1991-10-23Mortgage satisfied — from BEREZA, ANNIE to MULA, LAWRENCE
1991-01-02Deed — from NIELSEN, SHIRLEY to LI, YUEH HUA
1991-01-02Mortgage $58,500 — from LI, YUEH HUA to NIELSEN, SHIRLEY$58,500
1988
1988-09-16Deed — from BEREZA, ANNA T AKA; BEREZA, ANNIE to NIELSEN, SHIRLEY
1970
1970-10-28Mortgage assigned — from MULA LAWRENCE to PANAK ELIZABETH
1970-08-14Deed — from REA ANGELO R to BEREZA ANNIE
1970-08-14Mortgage — from BEREZA ANNIE to MULA LAWRENCE
1900
1900-01-01Air permit (CERTIFICATE TO OPERATE), fuel: ?

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