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5120 13 Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3056550059 · 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 11219, 66% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% 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 (3) · Illegal Parking (2) · Sewer Maintenance (2) · Vendor Enforcement (1) · Non (1) · Dirty Condition (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 (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$1,628,000 $97,680
2026$1,651,000 $99,060
2027$1,760,000 $105,600

The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Spice Fifty TwoJewish/KosherA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

3 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Protection, Food Temperature, Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · 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

Subway55 St — D · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 13 Av / 50 St — B16 · 350 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: The SEEALL Academy
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

5120 13 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.

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
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20180101
20190000
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20230011
20240213
20250505
20261315
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The last 12 months — 5 records

DateRecord
2026-09-04311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-08-19311: Sewer Maintenance — Catch Basin Clogged
2026-08-06311: Sewer Maintenance — Catch Basin Clogged
2026-06-26DOB complaint, category ?
2026-02-11Restaurant inspection: SPICE FIFTY TWO — grade A

The full timeline

2026
2026-09-04311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-08-19311: Sewer Maintenance — Catch Basin Clogged
2026-08-06311: Sewer Maintenance — Catch Basin Clogged
2026-06-26DOB complaint, category ?
2026-02-11Restaurant inspection: SPICE FIFTY TWO — grade A
2025
2025-08-27311: Illegal Parking — Double Parked Blocking Traffic
2025-08-27311: Illegal Parking — Double Parked Blocking Traffic
2025-02-24311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2025-02-19311: Food Establishment — Food Temperature
2025-02-13311: Food Establishment — Food Protection
2024
2024-10-13311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Other (complaint details)
2024-10-13311: Vendor Enforcement — Food Vendor
2024-09-25Restaurant inspection: SPICE FIFTY TWO — grade A
2023
2023-03-21Restaurant inspection: SPICE FIFTY TWO — grade A
2020
2020-06-28311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2020-04-07311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2018
2018-04-27311: Illegal Parking — Double Parked Blocking Traffic
2017
2017-09-06311: Air Quality — Air: Smoke, Vehicular (AA4)
2017-09-05311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Horn
2016
2016-01-21311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2016-01-01311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Horn
2015
2015-07-15Permit EW — ISSUED
2015-07-08Rodent inspection: Passed
2015-06-29Job filed: HEREBY SUBMITTING APPLICATION TO INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AS PER PLANS IN EXISTING COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT. NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPAN$1,500
2015-06-17311: Rodent — Condition Attracting Rodents
2015-06-17311: Rodent — Condition Attracting Rodents
2012
2012-09-04311: Water System — Leak (Use Comments) (WA2)
2012-06-28311: Broken Parking Meter — Coin or Card Did Not Register
2012-06-07Job filed: HEREBY FILING THIS ALTERATION TO INSTALL DIRECT REPLACEMENT OF 4 MULTI-SPLIT AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSERS LOCATED ON THE ROOFTOP AND 2 AIR COOLED CONDE$20,000
2012-06-07Permit EW — ISSUED
2011
2011-11-08311: Broken Parking Meter — Out of Order
2010
2010-11-01311: Broken Parking Meter — Out of Order
2010-10-29Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-10-20Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM WITHIN EXISTING STAINLESS STEEL RANGEHOOD TO COMPLY WITH CURRENT FIRE DEPARTMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS. NO CHANGE IN U$3,000
2010-04-10311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2010-04-09311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2010-03-27311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2010-03-27DOB complaint, category ?
2010-03-08311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2009
2009-07-23DOB complaint, category ?
2009-06-05Deed — from THE ESTATE OF SAMUEL GUTTMAN; GUTTMAN, MOSHE to THE ESTATE OF SAMUEL GUTTMAN; GUTTMAN, MOSHE
2005
2005-01-31DOB violation LL6291:
2002
2002-03-26DOB violation LL6291:
2000
2000-02-07DOB violation LL6291:
1999
1999-03-16DOB violation LL6291:
1998
1998-10-08Deed — from GUTTMAN, SAMUEL/ADMIN; GUTTMAN, FRIEDA/ESTOF; POLLACK, FRIEDA to GUTTMAN, SAMUEL
1998-05-04DOB violation LL6291:
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-08-16DOB violation LL6291:
1993-04-08Permit EW — ISSUED
1993-04-08Permit EW — ISSUED
1988
1988-06-29Deed — from GUTTMAN, SAMUEL to GUTTMAN, FRIEDA
1984
1984-01-24Mortgage satisfied — from GUTTMAN, ESTHER; GUTTMAN, SAMUEL to DANDRELLIS, HELEN; DANDRELLIS, JAMES E
1974
1974-01-11Deed — from DANDRELLIS JAMES E; DANDRELLIS HELEN to GUTTMAN SAMUEL; GUTTMAN ESTHER
1974-01-11Mortgage — from GUTTMAN ESTHER; GUTTMAN SAMUEL to BROOKLYN JENAPO FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
1974-01-11Mortgage — from GUTTMAN ESTHER; GUTTMAN SAMUEL to DANDRELLIS JAMES E; DANDRELLIS HELEN
1971
1971-07-26Mortgage — from DANDRELLIS JAMES E; DANDRELLIS HELEN to BAY RIDGE SAVS LOAN ASSOC
1971-07-26Deed — from SCWERMAN MINNIE DECEASED to DANDRELLIS HELEN; DANDRELLIS JAMES E
1969
1969-10-21Deed — from MINDORAC PROPERTIES INC to SCHERMAN MINNIE DECEASED

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