A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 93% 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 40. In ZIP 11225, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and
6% 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
35 total — 14 class C (immediately hazardous), 17 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 2000-03-21.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
4
’23–24
2
’24–25
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
34 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Establishment (10) · Food Poisoning (4) · HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · General Construction/Plumbing (3) · Building/Use (2) · Outdoor Dining (2).
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 (1925)
No
Six or more residential units (2)
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)
679 FLATBUSH GROUP INC
Head officer
YIAO LIN
Managing agent
YIAO LIN
Last registered
2020-10-12
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
$2,194,000
$131,640
2026
$2,557,000
$153,420
2027
$2,485,000
$149,100
The city's market estimate has risen
13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
4 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (1 with three or more people sick) 10 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food, Food Temperature) · 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
Parkside Av — Q · 700 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Prospect Park — B Q S · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Flatbush Av / Hawthorne St — B41 · 350 ft
Citi Bike
Parkside Ave & Flatbush Ave · 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.
34 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 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.
Sales, deeds & mortgages
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $950,000 on
2020-10-27 (lender: Cathay Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2020-10-27
AL&R $950,000 — from 679 FLATBUSH GROUP INC to CATHAY BANK
$950,000
2020-10-27
Mortgage $950,000 — from 679 FLATBUSH GROUP INC to CATHAY BANK
$950,000
2019-04-24
Deed $1,260,000 — from FALADE, OLUYEMI to 679 FLATBUSH GROUP INC
$1,260,000
2019-04-15
Sold for $1,260,000
$1,260,000
$630,000
1994-02-04
Mortgage $100,000 — from MEDRANO, MYRNA; GOMEZ, JUAN MEDRANO to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK
$100,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
39
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
0
0
0
2018
0
2
2
0
4
2019
5
22
12
0
39
2020
1
8
2
0
11
2021
0
3
0
0
3
2022
0
10
0
0
10
2023
4
22
0
1
27
2024
4
26
0
2
32
2025
0
6
0
2
8
2026
1
2
0
1
4
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311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2026-10-09
DOB complaint, category ?
2026-10-02
Restaurant inspection: EL CASTILLO DE JAGUA RAMIREZ
2026-02-10
311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2025-11-24
HPD 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
2025-10-31
311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
The full timeline
2026
2026-10-09311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2026-10-09DOB complaint, category ?
2026-10-02Restaurant inspection: EL CASTILLO DE JAGUA RAMIREZ
2026-02-10311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2025
2025-11-24HPD 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
2025-10-31311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2025-10-02311: Illegal Dumping — Removal Request
2025-09-18Restaurant inspection: EL CASTILLO DE JAGUA RAMIREZ — grade A
2025-06-02Restaurant inspection: EL CASTILLO DE JAGUA RAMIREZ
2025-05-24311: Food Establishment — Food Temperature
2025-05-19311: Water System — Hydrant Running (WC3)
2024-12-04HPD 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
2024-11-08311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2024-11-03311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2024-10-31Restaurant inspection: EL CASTILLO DE JAGUA RAMIREZ
2024-10-19311: Food Poisoning — 3 or More
2024-10-18311: Food Establishment — Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food
2024-10-04311: Food Establishment — Facility Construction
2024-10-04311: Food Establishment — Kitchen/Food Prep Area
2024-02-21311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2024-02-21311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-02-21Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-02-21DOB complaint, category ?
2024-01-29311: Plumbing — Gas Hook-Up/Piping - Illegal Or Defective
2024-01-29DOB complaint, category ?
2023
2023-12-26Restaurant inspection: EL CASTILLO DE JAGUA RAMIREZ — grade A
2023-12-20311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2023-12-20DOB complaint, category ?
2023-12-13311: Food Establishment — Food Temperature
2023-12-09311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2023-12-09DOB complaint, category ?
2023-11-28HPD 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
2023-11-02311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-11-02Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-10-05311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2023-10-02311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2023-10-02DOB complaint, category ?
2023-07-24311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2023-07-17311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2022-11-17HPD 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
2022-10-23311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2022-10-23Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2022-10-19311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2022-10-19Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2022-03-30311: Damaged Tree — Branch or Limb Has Fallen Down
2022-03-19311: Damaged Tree — Entire Tree Has Fallen Down
2022-03-16HPD 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
2019-03-14ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT.NOTED:AT 1ST FLOOR ERECTED REAR EXTENSION APPROX 7FT HEIGHT CREATING.BATHROOM INSTALLED WATER & WASTE LINES $1,250
2019-02-28311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign/Awning/Marquee - Illegal/No Permit
2010-09-22311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2010-09-22DOB complaint, category ?
2010-09-01TLS — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
2008
2008-07-15TLS — from CITY OF NEW YORK to BANK OF NEW YORK
2007
2007-11-19ECB Hazardous violation: SEC. 27-777(E) AIR EXHAUST DUCT INADEQUATELY LOCATED: NOTE EXHAUST DUCT ON ROOF OF 1 STORY REAR EXTENSION IS LOCATED APPROX. 3 FT $2,500
2007-11-14DOB complaint, category ?
2007-05-02Permit EW — ISSUED
2007-04-18Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY. NOCHANGE IN USE, EGRGRESS OR OCCUP ANCY.$3,000
2007-04-18Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY. NOCHANGE IN USE, EGRGRESS OR OCCUP ANCY.$3,000
2004
2004-09-27Mortgage satisfied — from GOMEZ, JUAN MEDRANO; MEDRANO, MYRNA to THE GREEN POINT SAVINGS BANK
2004-05-24HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REFIT MAKE OPERABLE LOWER SASH WINDOW IN NORTH ROOM, 2ND STORY APT 2.
2004-05-24HPD class C: § 27-2073 ADM CODE - PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT GAS RANGE KITCHEN, 2ND STORY APT 2.
2004-05-24HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADMIN. CODE: REMOVE THE DIRTY AND/OR LOOSE PAPER AND REPAPER OR PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ABSTRACT: REMOVE OLD
2004-05-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF - EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRE 2ND STY PUBLIC HALL.
2004-05-24HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADMIN. CODE: PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILINGS FRONT ROOM, 2ND ROOM FROM EAST & 2ND R
2004-05-24HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING OVEN HANDLES OF RANGE 2 STY APT. 1.
2004-05-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE - ELECTRICAL BURNERS OF RANGE KITCHEN 2 STY APT. 1.
2002
2002-10-17Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-09-26Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCC UPANCY$2,000
2002-09-26Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCC UPANCY$2,000
2002-08-23Permit PL — ISSUED
2002-08-22Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-06-12Job filed: PARTITION, PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL WORK IN EXISITNG 1ST FLOOR COMMERCIAL SPACE. ALL AS PER PLANS & APPLICATIONS FILED HEREWITH. THERE IS NO CHANG$40,000
2002-06-12Job filed: PARTITION, PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL WORK IN EXISITNG 1ST FLOOR COMMERCIAL SPACE. ALL AS PER PLANS & APPLICATIONS FILED HEREWITH. THERE IS NO CHANG$40,000
2002-04-03HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING KEY OPERATED DOUBLE CYLINDER LOCK INSTALLED METAL ENTRANCE DOOR STREET TO VESTIBULE AT P
2002-04-03HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC TILE AND PLASTER BOARD WALL AT BATH TUB IN THE
2002-04-03HPD class B: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2018.4 ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE AND ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3FL, 3rd STORY
2002-04-03HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3F
2002-04-03HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS WASH BASIN BATH ROOM AND SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3FL, 3rd STORY
2001
2001-08-29HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCAT
2001-08-29HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE FLUSHING APPARATUS AND MAINTAIN SAME SO AS TO FLUSH EFFECTIVELY THE WATER CLOSET , IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED
2001-08-29HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF NO ELECTRIC SERVICE ALL STORIES AT PUBLIC HALL
2000
2000-06-15HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR PLASTER CEILING IN THE 2nd BEDROOM FROM
2000-06-15HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR PLASTER CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED A
2000-05-10HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING AT KITCHEN, 3rd STORY, APARTMENT
2000-05-10HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING LOCK AT ENTRANCE DOOR FROM STREET TO VESTIBULE AT FRONT AREAWAY
2000-05-10HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER AT CLOSET AT KITCHEN, 3rd STORY, APARTMENT
2000-05-01HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING Baluster at balustrade AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS, 2nd STORY
2000-05-01HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF Water stained ceiling (kitchen) AT ENTIRE APARTMENT, 3rd STORY, APARTMENT
2000-05-01HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF Water stained ceiling (Northwest room)closet AT ENTIRE APARTMENT, 3rd STOR
2000-05-01HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE Heat riser vent valve AT KITCHEN, 3rd STORY, APARTMENT
2000-05-01HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE stair 5th up from bottom intermediate landing 2nd Sty public hall AT PUBLIC HALL
2000-05-01HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CONNECTION Waste pipe kitchen sink AT KITCHEN, 3rd STORY, APARTMENT
2000-03-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SHEETROCK CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3FL, 3r
2000-03-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF WATER STAINS AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3FL, 3rd STORY
2000-03-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SHEETROCK CEILING AT CLOSET IN THE 2nd BEDROOM FROM EAS
2000-03-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF WATER STAIN CEILING AT CLOSET IN THE 2nd BEDROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 3FL, 3rd S
1996
1996-10-10PAT — from GOMEZ, JUAN MEDRANO to LOPEZ, YVONNE
1996-10-10PAT — from FALADE, OLUYEMI to FALADE, OLUFEMI
1996-10-10PAT — from MEDRANO, MYRNA to LEWIS, ANDALCIO
1996-10-10Deed — from 697 FLATBUSH AVE CORP to GOMEZ, JUAN MEDRANO; MEDRANO, MYRNA
1996-10-10Deed — from GOMEZ, JUAN MEDRANO to FALADE, OLUYEMI
1995
1995-10-19DOB complaint, category ?
1994
1994-02-04Deed — from 679 FLATBUSH AVENUECORP to GOMEZ, JUAN MEDRANO; MEDRANO, MYRNA
1994-02-04Mortgage $100,000 — from MEDRANO, MYRNA; GOMEZ, JUAN MEDRANO to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK$100,000
1992
1992-08-06Deed — from GOMEZ, JUAN MEDRANO; MEDRANO, MYRNA to 697 FLATBUSH AVE CORP
1984
1984-04-16Mortgage satisfied — from 436 REALTY CORP to MAZZUCCO, ANNA
1981
1981-04-15Mortgage — from GOMEZ JUAN MEDRANO; MEDRANO MYRNA to 436 REALTY CORP
1981-04-15Deed — from 436 REALTY CORP. to GOMEZ JUAN MEDRANO; MEDRANO MYRNA
1974
1974-03-12Deed — from MAZZUCCO ANNA to 436 RLTY CORP
1974-03-12Mortgage — from 436 RLTY CORP to MAZZUCCO ANNA
1966
1966-07-29Mortgage assigned — from MENDELCORN HARRY to UNGER JULIUS I