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4204 Avenue D · Brooklyn · BBL 3049760002 · 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 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

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

13 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (8) · Illegal Tree Damage (3) · Overgrown Tree/Branches (1) · Building/Use (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 (1933)
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$275,000 $123,750
2026$295,000 $132,750
2027$291,000 $130,950

The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
A B Caribbean Restaurant and BakeryOtherNot yet gradedMice 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 5 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

SubwayNewkirk Av-Little Haiti — 2 5 · 0.6 mi straight-line (about a 16-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Avenue D / E 42 St — B8 · 100 ft
Citi BikeCortelyou Rd & Albany Ave · 0.3 mi · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 109
Middle: Andries Hudde. 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

4204 Avenue D

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

13 311 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: $120,000 on 2005-05-05 (lender: Greenpoint Mortgage Funding, INC.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2005-05-05Mortgage $120,000 — from CHEN, MIN WEN to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. $120,000
2005-05-05AL&R $120,000 — from GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. to CHEN, MIN WEN $120,000
1999-01-27Mortgage $140,000 — from ZHANG, QIN LI to REPUBLIC CONSUMER LENDING GROUP INC $140,000
1989-08-18Mortgage $165,000 — from CHAN, SIN TUNG to BANK OF CHINA, CHINATOWN $165,000

Ten-year activity

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2024
2025
7
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20170101
20180000
20190000
20200000
20210101
20220000
20230101
20240404
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20262417
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The last 12 months — 7 records

DateRecord
2026-09-10311: Illegal Tree Damage — Trunk Damaged
2026-08-04Restaurant inspection: A B CARIBBEAN RESTAURANT AND BAKERY — grade N · mice evidence
2026-08-04311: Illegal Tree Damage — Trunk Damaged
2026-08-04311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2026-08-04DOB complaint, category ?
2026-07-25311: Illegal Tree Damage — Trunk Damaged
2026-05-15FDNY inspection (RISK)

The full timeline

2026
2026-09-10311: Illegal Tree Damage — Trunk Damaged
2026-08-04Restaurant inspection: A B CARIBBEAN RESTAURANT AND BAKERY — grade N · mice evidence
2026-08-04311: Illegal Tree Damage — Trunk Damaged
2026-08-04311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2026-08-04DOB complaint, category ?
2026-07-25311: Illegal Tree Damage — Trunk Damaged
2026-05-15FDNY inspection (RISK)
2025
2025-09-30311: Overgrown Tree/Branches — Hitting Power Lines
2025-03-29311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2025-02-14311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2025-01-08311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024
2024-11-05311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-08-14311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-03-10311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-01-25311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023
2023-12-29311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2021
2021-05-03311: Overgrown Tree/Branches — Hitting Building
2017
2017-08-11311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2015
2015-12-24311: Food Establishment — Food Spoiled
2014
2014-11-28TL&R — from CHEN, MIN WEN to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING INC.
2014-11-28Mortgage satisfied — from CHEN, MIN WEN to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING INC.
2014-03-10311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2014-02-21FDNY inspection (RISK)
2013
2013-12-05311: Damaged Tree — Tree Alive - in Poor Condition
2013-11-13Deed — from CHEN, MIN WEN to CHEN, MIN WEN; CHEN, YIHUA
2008
2008-07-23Mortgage satisfied — from ZHANG, QIN LI to REPUBLIC CONSUMER LENDING GROUP, INC.; HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION (USA)
2005
2005-05-05Mortgage $120,000 — from CHEN, MIN WEN to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC.$120,000
2005-05-05Deed — from ZHANG , QIN LI to CHEN , MIN WEN
2005-05-05AL&R $120,000 — from GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. to CHEN, MIN WEN$120,000
1999
1999-01-27Deed — from CHAN, SIN TUNG; CHAN, XUE YE HUANG to ZHANG, QIN LI
1999-01-27Mortgage $140,000 — from ZHANG, QIN LI to REPUBLIC CONSUMER LENDING GROUP INC$140,000
1999-01-27PAT — from CHAN, SIN TUNG to CHEN, YAN YUN
1997
1997-09-02Deed — from CHAN, SIN TUNG to CHAN, SIN TUNG; CHAN, XUE YE HUANG
1994
1994-10-05Mortgage satisfied — from CHAN, SIN TUNG to BANK OF CHINA
1989
1989-08-18PAT — from LUM, FONG SHEE to LIM, SOM SUEY
1989-08-18Mortgage $165,000 — from CHAN, SIN TUNG to BANK OF CHINA, CHINATOWN$165,000
1989-08-18Deed — from LUM, FONG SHEE to CHAN, SIN TUNG

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