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221 Church Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3053350034 · 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 11218, 71% 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

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

10 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Establishment (5) · Noise (2) · Standing Water (1) · Illegal Posting (1) · Homeless Person Assistance (1).

Filed construction activity

$11,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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

YesBuilt before 1974 (1931)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
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$2,020,000 $121,200
2026$2,085,000 $125,100
2027$1,872,000 $112,320

The city's market estimate has fallen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Halal XpressChineseBMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

5 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Food Spoiled, 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).

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

SubwayChurch Av — F G · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Church Av / E 3 St — B35 · 100 ft
Citi BikeE 3 St & Church Ave · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 130 The Parkside
Middle: J.H.S. 223 The Montauk. 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

221 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

10 311 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: $171,306 on 2022-01-21 (lender: Maspeth Federal Savings & Loan Association). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2022-01-21AL&R $750,000 — from 221 CHURCH AVENUE LLC to MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI $750,000
2022-01-21Agreement $750,000 — from MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI to 221 CHURCH AVENUE LLC $750,000
2022-01-21Mortgage $171,306 — from 221 CHURCH AVENUE LLC to MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI $171,306
2016-12-13AL&R $650,000 — from 221 CHURCH AVENUE LLC to CROSS RIVER BANK $650,000
2016-12-13Agreement $350,000 — from 221 CHURCH AVENUE LLC to CROSS RIVER BANK $350,000
2016-12-13Mortgage $250,487 — from 221 CHURCH AVENUE LLC to CROSS RIVER BANK $250,487
2011-01-27AL&R $435,000 — from 221 CHURCH AVENUE LLC to CROSS RIVER BANK $435,000
2011-01-27Mortgage $435,000 — from 221 CHURCH AVENUE LLC to CROSS RIVER BANK $435,000
2003-06-12DEEDO $375,000 — from ROMANOFF, DAVID; SPOKNY, MIRIAM to BARDI, NAZILA $375,000
2003-05-22Mortgage $396,500 — from SIONY, YEHODA to WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC. $396,500
2003-05-22Deed $395,182 — from BARDI, NAZILA to SIONY, YEHODA $395,182

Ten-year activity

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2022
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2024
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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017001023
20185030311
2019003025
2020002002
2021000022
20220126211
20230640313
2024011035
2025012014
20260070310
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The last 12 months — 10 records

DateRecord
2026-08-11311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2026-07-13311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2026-07-09Restaurant inspection: HALAL XPRESS · mice evidence
2026-07-08311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2026-06-02311: Homeless Person Assistance — Non-Chronic
2026-05-02311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2026-04-15311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2026-04-15311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2026-03-02Boiler inspection
2026-03-02Boiler inspection

The full timeline

2026
2026-08-11311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2026-07-13311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2026-07-09Restaurant inspection: HALAL XPRESS · mice evidence
2026-07-08311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2026-06-02311: Homeless Person Assistance — Non-Chronic
2026-05-02311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2026-04-15311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2026-04-15311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2026-03-02Boiler inspection
2026-03-02Boiler inspection
2025
2025-10-01311: Illegal Posting — Poster or Sign
2025-04-30FDNY inspection (RISK)
2025-04-30311: Food Establishment — Food Spoiled
2025-01-27Restaurant inspection: HALAL XPRESS — grade B · mice evidence
2024
2024-12-12Restaurant inspection: HALAL XPRESS
2024-08-05311: Standing Water — Other - Explain Below
2024-04-24FDNY inspection (RISK)
2024-04-08Boiler inspection
2024-04-08Boiler inspection
2023
2023-09-28Restaurant inspection: HALAL XPRESS — grade A
2023-09-18311: Broken Parking Meter — Out of Order
2023-06-30DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2023-06-30DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2023-05-19311: Food Establishment — Food Contaminated
2023-04-03Boiler inspection
2023-04-03Boiler inspection
2023-01-12311: General Construction/Plumbing — Failure to Comply with Vacate Order
2023-01-12DOB complaint, category ?
2023-01-06311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2023-01-03DOB complaint, category ?
2023-01-01DOB violation C: BUILDING RENDERED NON COMPLIANT DUE TO VEHICLE INTO BUILDING. THE FIRST FLOOR COMMERCIAL SPACE HAS DAMAGE TO THE ENTIRE STOREF
2023-01-01DOB complaint, category ?
2022
2022-12-30311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2022-08-15FDNY inspection (RISK)
2022-08-04311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2022-05-28Boiler inspection
2022-05-28Boiler inspection
2022-01-24TL&R — from 221 CHURCH AVENUE LLC to NEWREZ LLC; SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING
2022-01-21Mortgage assigned — from NEWREZ LLC DMA SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVI to MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI
2022-01-21AL&R $750,000 — from 221 CHURCH AVENUE LLC to MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI$750,000
2022-01-21Agreement $750,000 — from MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI to 221 CHURCH AVENUE LLC$750,000
2022-01-21Mortgage assigned — from CROSS RIVER BANK to NEWREZ LLC DMA SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVI
2022-01-21Mortgage $171,306 — from 221 CHURCH AVENUE LLC to MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI$171,306
2021
2021-06-15Boiler inspection
2021-06-15Boiler inspection
2020
2020-08-07311: Food Establishment — Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food
2020-06-22311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2019
2019-09-01311: Food Establishment — Food Contains Foreign Object
2019-08-21Boiler inspection
2019-08-21Boiler inspection
2019-04-27311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2019-01-01311: Food Establishment — Handwashing
2018
2018-10-15Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-10-11311: Rodent — Condition Attracting Rodents
2018-08-21Boiler inspection
2018-08-21Boiler inspection
2018-07-12311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018-02-22Permit EW — ISSUED
2018-02-09Job filed: INSTALLATION OF NEW FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, COOKING EQUIPMENT AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SHUT-OFF VALVE FILED UNDER APP # 321705632$3,000
2018-02-09Job filed: INSTALLATION OF NEW FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, COOKING EQUIPMENT AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SHUT-OFF VALVE FILED UNDER APP # 321705632$3,000
2018-01-26Job filed: APPLICATION FILED REPLACE GAS LINE FROM CELLAR TO 1ST FL. REPLACE NON RESIDENTIAL COOKING EQUIPMENTS AND INSTALL 3 NEW NON RESIDENTIAL COOKING EQUIPM$5,000
2018-01-26Permit PL — ISSUED
2018-01-24311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2017
2017-09-15Boiler inspection
2017-09-15Boiler inspection
2017-01-09311: Snow — E9 Snow / Icy Sidewalk
2016
2016-12-13AL&R $650,000 — from 221 CHURCH AVENUE LLC to CROSS RIVER BANK$650,000
2016-12-13Agreement $350,000 — from 221 CHURCH AVENUE LLC to CROSS RIVER BANK$350,000
2016-12-13Mortgage $250,487 — from 221 CHURCH AVENUE LLC to CROSS RIVER BANK$250,487
2016-12-13TL&R — from BRIDGEHAMPTON NATIONAL BANK to 221 CHURCH AVENUE, LLC
2016-12-13AALR — from CROSS RIVER BANK to BRIDGEHAMPTON NATIONAL BANK
2016-12-13Mortgage assigned — from BRIDGEHAMPTON NATIONAL BANK to CROSS RIVER BANK
2016-12-13Mortgage assigned — from CROSS RIVER BANK to BRIDGEHAMPTON NATIONAL BANK
2016-07-24311: Food Establishment — Dishwashing/Utensils
2016-03-03311: Homeless Person Assistance — Status Call
2016-01-14311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2015
2015-11-05311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2015-03-20FDNY inspection (RISK)
2015-03-06311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2013
2013-09-05311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2013-02-22Rodent inspection: Passed
2013-01-07311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2012
2012-05-18311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Restaurant (AD2)
2012-05-02311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Restaurant (AD2)
2011
2011-12-13DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT
2011-12-13DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT
2011-11-16DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2011-11-14DOB complaint, category ?
2011-11-10DOB complaint, category ?
2011-10-19ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY W/THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTAINED IN NOTICE OF VIOLATION #32065417L ISSUED ON 2/6/09. FOR WORK W/O A PERMIT @$2,400
2011-10-19ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY W/THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTAINED IN NOTICE OF VIOLATION #34921604Z ISSUED ON 8/16/11. FOR NO APPROVED EGRESS$2,400
2011-08-16ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE UNOBSTRUCTED EXIT PASSAGEWAY FIRE ESCAPE FROM FLRS 003-002 DISCHARGE INTO REAR YARD.FROM WHICH THERE IS NO APPR$1,200
2011-08-16ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE HOUSEKEEPING PER SEC REQUIREMENTS @ REAR YARD,PREMISE HAS ACCUMULATED APPROX 7 TO 10 CUBIC YARDS OF D$400
2011-08-16ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY W/THE COMM'S ORDER CONTAINED IN NOV#32065417L ISSUEDON 02/06/2009.(STATUS=IN VIOLATION NO COMPLIANCE RECORDED).F$2,400
2011-06-14ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO FILE CERT OF CORRECTION FOR NOV#34881147Z FOR SUBDIVIDING APT INTO SROS REM: FILE CERT OF CORRECTION$4,000
2011-04-18ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY W/THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER TO - FILE A C/C - FOR ECBNOV #34881147Z, ISSUED 12.10.10 FOR: OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO T
2011-03-09DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2011-02-09Mortgage satisfied — from SIONY, YEHODA to WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC.
2011-01-27AL&R $435,000 — from 221 CHURCH AVENUE LLC to CROSS RIVER BANK$435,000
2011-01-27Mortgage $435,000 — from 221 CHURCH AVENUE LLC to CROSS RIVER BANK$435,000
2010
2010-12-20311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2010-12-10ECB CLASS - 1 violation: OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY BLDG DEPT RECORDS DOB RECORDS INDICATES PREMISES TO BE LEGAL OCCUPIED AS 3 STYS 2 CLASS A UN
2010-12-10ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN A CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER. AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED AT REAR OF PREMISES FIRE ESCAPES FOR 2ND & 3RD$500
2010-11-30311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2010-11-30DOB complaint, category ?
2010-06-15Permit PL — ISSUED
2010-06-02311: Sidewalk Condition — Blocked - Construction
2010-03-10311: Street Condition — Pothole
2009
2009-12-31DOB violation LBLVIO:
2009-12-31DOB violation LBLVIO:
2009-02-06ECB CLASS - 3 violation: B354, 36.$200
2009-02-06ECB CLASS - 1 violation: B101. INSTALLATION OF NEW GAS FIRED BOILERS AND WATER HEATER ON THE 2ND AND 3RD FLR W/O PLANS OR PERMITS ON FILE W/ THE NYC DOB.$1,600
2009-02-06ECB CLASS - 3 violation: B354,36.$200
2009-01-01DOB violation LL6291:
2009-01-01DOB violation LL6291:
2008
2008-12-13DOB complaint, category ?
2008-10-17Permit EW — ISSUED
2008-10-14Job filed: INSTALL AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN EXISTING KITCHEN RANGE HOOD. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$3,000
2008-09-25Permit EW — ISSUED
2008-09-25Permit EW — ISSUED
2008-09-25Permit PL — ISSUED
2008-09-03Job filed: ALTERATION TYPE II IS BEING FILED HEREWITH TO COVERT EXISTING USE GROUP 6 COMMERCIAL SPACE INTO A RESTAURANT, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF NON-RESIDE$20,000
2008-09-03Job filed: ALTERATION TYPE II IS BEING FILED HEREWITH TO COVERT EXISTING USE GROUP 6 COMMERCIAL SPACE INTO A RESTAURANT, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF NON-RESIDE$20,000
2008-09-03Job filed: ALTERATION TYPE II IS BEING FILED HEREWITH TO COVERT EXISTING USE GROUP 6 COMMERCIAL SPACE INTO A RESTAURANT, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF NON-RESIDE$20,000
2008-08-01Deed — from FRENCH OPEN LLC to 221 CHURCH AVENUE LLC
2005
2005-03-22Deed — from SIONY, YEHODA to FRENCH OPEN LLC
2003
2003-10-07Permit PL — ISSUED
2003-09-26Permit EW — ISSUED
2003-06-12DEEDO $375,000 — from ROMANOFF, DAVID; SPOKNY, MIRIAM to BARDI, NAZILA$375,000
2003-05-22Mortgage $396,500 — from SIONY, YEHODA to WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC.$396,500
2003-05-22Deed $395,182 — from BARDI, NAZILA to SIONY, YEHODA$395,182
2003-05-14Permit EW — ISSUED
2003-03-26Job filed: Propose to renovate apartment on Second and Third Floors. Install New Plumbing fixtures ,floor beams and partitions as per plans. No $40,000
2003-03-04DOB complaint, category ?
2003-03-04ECB Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO CARRY OUT DEMOLITION OPERATIONS IN A SAFE AND PROPER MANOR AT 2ND AND 3RD FLOORS REMOVAL OF FIRE PROTECTION FROM WALLS
2003-03-04ECB Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT PERMIT. WORK NOTED: AT 2ND AND 3RD FLOOR MAJOR INTERIOR DEMOLITION WORK APPROXIMATELY 50% COMPLETED. NOTE: 3RD FLOOR

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