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4605 Church Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3048830042 · 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, AEP2
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class4
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed8
GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 95% 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 46.7. In ZIP 11203, 76% 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 violations12 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 8 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 1991-07-03.
Pending HPD litigation1 case(s) pending in housing court

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

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

1 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Derelict Vehicles (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 (1931)
NoSix or more residential units (3)
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).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)4605 CHURCH AVENUE LLC
Head officerDAVID S SPINDER
Managing agentDAVID S SPINDER
Last registered2025-07-14

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$385,000 $173,250
2026$462,000 $207,900
2027$478,000 $215,100

The city's market estimate has risen 24% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Fried Chicken With the Sauce ExpressCaribbeanAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2018 (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

SubwayChurch Av — 2 5 · 0.8 mi straight-line (about a 21-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Church Av / E 48 St — B35 · 450 ft
Citi BikeChurch Ave & E 45 St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 135 Sheldon A. Brookner
Middle: The Middle School of Media, Law and Fine Arts. 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

4605 Church 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

1 311 service request 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: $67,233 on 1989-07-27 (lender: Green Point Savs Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1989-07-27Mortgage $67,233 — from RENAUD, CLAUDIUS to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK $67,233
1989-01-24Mortgage $40,000 — from RENAUD, CLAUDIUS to PHILLIP A WERBEL SELF-EM $40,000
1988-03-11Mortgage $40,000 — from RENAUD, CLAUDIUS to PHILLIP A WERBEL/SELF/RE $40,000
1987-08-17Mortgage $90,000 — from SPENCER, JUANITA to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK $90,000

Ten-year activity

50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
49
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20172013
20180314
20190112
202027110
20210314
2022544049
20231304
20241225
20251315
20260112
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The last 12 months — 3 records

DateRecord
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
2026-03-02Restaurant inspection: FRIED CHICKEN WITH THE SAUCE EXPRESS — grade A
2025-11-14DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

The full timeline

2026
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
2026-03-02Restaurant inspection: FRIED CHICKEN WITH THE SAUCE EXPRESS — grade A
2025
2025-11-14DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
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
2025-04-09Eviction executed (2L)
2025-04-09Eviction executed (2L 2ND FLOOR)
2025-01-22Restaurant inspection: FRIED CHICKEN WITH THE SAUCE EXPRESS
2024
2024-11-25Restaurant inspection: FRIED CHICKEN WITH THE SAUCE EXPRESS — grade B · mice evidence
2024-09-23DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2024-08-30311: Derelict Vehicles — Derelict Vehicles
2024-05-21Restaurant inspection: FRIED CHICKEN WITH THE SAUCE EXPRESS
2024-01-15Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023
2023-07-28311: Illegal Parking — Double Parked Blocking Traffic
2023-06-01Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-04-25DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
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
2022-10-28ECB CLASS - 1 violation: IN THE BASEMENT NEW INSTALLATION OF 1 METER PAN 2 MAIN DISCONNECT SWITCHES BRANCH WIRING ELECTRICAL RACEWAY PANEL BOX BRANCH WIRIN$8,000
2022-10-28ECB CLASS - 2 violation: ALSO THERE IS NO WATER GROUND ELECTRODE FROM THE MAIN ELECTRIC SWITCH TO THE WATER MAIN OPEN BOXES OPEN PANEL BOX AND LOOSE EXPOSE$4,000
2022-10-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL LIGHT FIXTURE AT CEILING IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT
2022-10-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL OUTLET AT WEST WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT
2022-10-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE IINOPERATIVE ELECTRICAL LIGHT FIXTURE AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2
2022-10-20Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-10-20311: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-10-19Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2022-10-19311: Electrical — Electrical Wiring Defective/Exposed
2022-10-19311: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2022-10-19DOB complaint, category ?
2022-10-12Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2022-10-12311: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2022-09-26Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-09-26311: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-09-21Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-09-21311: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-08-22Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-08-22Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — WIRING
2022-08-22Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2022-08-22Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-08-22Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2022-08-22Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2022-08-22Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-08-22Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2022-08-22Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-08-22Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-08-22Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2022-08-22Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2022-08-22Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-08-22311: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2022-08-22311: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2022-08-22311: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-08-22311: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2022-08-22311: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-08-22311: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2022-08-22311: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2022-08-22311: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2022-08-22311: ELECTRIC — WIRING
2022-08-22311: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-08-22311: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-08-22311: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-08-22311: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-02-16HPD litigation: Tenant Action
2022-02-01DOB complaint, category ?
2022-01-29Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-01-29311: Real Time Enforcement — Work Without A Permit - Occupied Multiple Dwelling
2022-01-29311: ELECTRIC — NO LIGHTING
2022-01-29DOB complaint, category ?
2021
2021-12-30Boiler inspection
2021-12-23Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-11-12311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2021-04-14311: Food Establishment — Food Worker Activity
2020
2020-12-31Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-12-31Boiler inspection
2020-12-17311: Real Time Enforcement — Work Without A Permit - Occupied Multiple Dwelling
2020-12-17DOB complaint, category ?
2020-12-17DOB complaint, category ?
2020-12-08311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-12-08311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-11-24HPD litigation: Tenant Action/Harrassment
2020-05-11311: Water System — Leak (Use Comments) (WA2)
2020-04-15Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019
2019-12-31Boiler inspection
2019-07-30311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2018
2018-12-28Boiler inspection
2018-12-05311: Water System — Leak (Use Comments) (WA2)
2018-11-13311: Water System — Leak (Use Comments) (WA2)
2018-09-27311: Sewer — Street Flooding (SJ)
2017
2017-11-30Boiler inspection
2017-10-19FDNY inspection (RISK)
2017-08-21FDNY inspection (RISK)
2016
2016-11-04HPD class I: SECTION27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE ?27-2097 AND IS THER
2015
2015-10-01DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2014 INSPECTION REPORT
2015-02-18HPD class I: SECTION27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE ?27-2097 AND IS THER
2013
2013-03-01DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2011 INSPECTION REPORT
2011
2011-11-12311: Food Establishment — Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food
2010
2010-11-13311: Food Establishment — Food Contaminated
2010-05-06311: Food Establishment — Milk Expired
2009
2009-01-01DOB violation LL6291:
2007
2007-06-28HPD class B: SECTION 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE
2007-06-28HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD TREAD NOSING 5TH FROM BOTTOM AT PUBLIC HALL STAI
2007-01-19DOB violation LL6291:
2005
2005-11-22Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-11-21Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-06-15DEED COR — from SPINDLER, DAVID to 4605 CHURCH AVENUE , LLC
2004
2004-11-24Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-04-05Deed — from SPINDLER, DAVID to 1431 NOSTRAND AVENUE, LLC.
2001
2001-12-19Deed — from ZAK, OSHRIE; SPINDLER, DAVID S to SPINDLER, DAVID S
2000
2000-06-08Mortgage satisfied — from SPENCER, JUANITA to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK
1997
1997-09-22Deed — from RENAUD, CLAUDIUS to ZAK, OSHRIE; SPINDLER, DAVID S
1991
1991-12-03HPD class C: SECTION 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM CELLAR DOOR LOCKED.
1991-07-03HPD 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
1991-07-03HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS ENTRANCE 2 STY FRONT APT
1991-07-03HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS ENTRANCE 2 STY REAR APT
1991-07-03HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. MAKE STATIONARY THE IRON LADDER LEADING TO SCUTTLE OPENING IN ROOF 2 STY PUBLIC HALL.
1989
1989-09-14DOB violation P:
1989-07-27Mortgage $67,233 — from RENAUD, CLAUDIUS to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK$67,233
1989-07-27Agreement — from PHILLIP A WERBEL SELF EM to RENAUD, CLAUDIUS
1989-07-27Agreement — from RENAUD, CLAUDIUS to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK
1989-01-24Mortgage $40,000 — from RENAUD, CLAUDIUS to PHILLIP A WERBEL SELF-EM$40,000
1988
1988-03-11Deed — from PHILLIP A WERBEL SELF-EM to RENAUD, CLAUDIUS
1988-03-11Mortgage $40,000 — from RENAUD, CLAUDIUS to PHILLIP A WERBEL/SELF/RE$40,000
1987
1987-09-25Deed — from SPENCER, JUANITA to PHILLIP A WERBEL SELF-EM
1987-09-25Mortgage satisfied — from BAUGH, DEBORAH; SPENCER, TAFFARE to CHERUBIN, MARIE; LASHLEY, GILLIAN; HENRY, PHYLLIS
1987-09-25Mortgage satisfied — from BAUGH, DEBRA; SPENCER, TAFFARE to CHERUBIM, MARIE; HENRY, PHYLLIS; LASHELY, GILLIAN
1987-08-17Mortgage $90,000 — from SPENCER, JUANITA to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK$90,000
1986
1986-12-05Deed — from SPENCER, SOLOMON; SPENCER, TAFFARE to SPENCER, JUANITA
1986-02-11Mortgage satisfied — from CHERUBIM, MARIA to POSNANSKY, BETTY
1984
1984-11-19Mortgage assigned — from CHERUBIM, MARIE to BERMAN, LARRY; VOYTICKY, FRANCIS J
1984-11-19Mortgage assigned — from LASHLEY, GILLIAN; HENRY, PHYLLIS A to VOYTICKY, FRANCIS J; BERMAN, LARRY
1984-11-19Deed — from BAUGH, DEBRA to SPENCER, SOLOMON
1984-01-20Mortgage assigned — from WOHLGEMUTH, JULIAN to GRIFFIN, MICHELE
1980
1980-08-19Mortgage assigned — from CHERUBIM MARIE to WOLLGEMUTH JULIAN
1980-04-04Deed — from CHERUBIM MARIE; LASHLEY GILLIAN; HERRY PHYLLIS to SPENCER TAFFARE; BAUGH DEBRA
1980-04-04Mortgage — from BAUGH DEBRA; SPENCER TAFFARE to LASHLEY GILLIAN; CHERUBIN MARIE; HERRY PHYLLIS
1978
1978-11-28Mortgage assigned — from PRIVOR HELEN to PRIVOR HARVEY
1974
1974-10-23Deed — from CHERUBIN MARIE to LIASHLEY GILLIAN; CHERUBIM MARIE; HENRY PHILLIS
1972
1972-06-13Deed — from POSNANSKY BETTY to CHERUBIM MARIE
1972-06-13Mortgage — from CHERUBIM MARIE to POSNANSKY BETTY

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