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5501 8 Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3056790010 · 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 11220, 69% 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

14 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Encampment (4) · Illegal Dumping (2) · Graffiti (2) · Food Poisoning (1) · Homeless Person Assistance (1) · Illegal Parking (1).

Filed construction activity

$9,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1920)
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$1,738,000 $782,100
2026$1,998,000 $899,100
2027$2,000,000 $900,000

The city's market estimate has risen 15% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Kung Fu TeaCoffee/TeaAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick) · 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.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2011 (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

Subway8 Av — N · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 8 Av / 55 St — B70 · 100 ft
Citi Bike55 St & 7 Ave · 900 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 105 The Blythebourne
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

5501 8 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

14 311 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: $650,000 on 2003-08-27 (lender: Great Eastern Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2003-08-27AL&R $650,000 — from GREAT EASTERN BANK to NG, KONG MAN; NG, KELVIN KUONG CHONG $650,000
2003-08-27Mortgage $650,000 — from NG, KONG MAN; NG, KELVIN KUONG CHONG to GREAT EASTERN BANK $650,000
2003-04-02DEEDO $200,000 — from NG, SIU KAN; NG, LAP MUI to NG, KONG MAN; NG, KELVIN KUONG CHONG $200,000
1985-11-15Mortgage $100,000 — from CHAN, JUNG FAT; TIN, QUAI GEE to DI MEGLIO, SALVATORE $100,000

Ten-year activity

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2018
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2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201701102
2018418114
201900011
202000314
202100415
202200617
202300235
202400617
202500213
202601607
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The last 12 months — 7 records

DateRecord
2026-10-10311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign/Awning/Marquee - Illegal/No Permit
2026-10-10DOB complaint, category ?
2026-07-13311: Encampment — N/A
2026-07-12311: Encampment — N/A
2026-07-04311: Encampment — N/A
2026-07-04311: Encampment — N/A
2026-03-29311: Street Sign - Missing — Other/Unknown

The full timeline

2026
2026-10-10311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign/Awning/Marquee - Illegal/No Permit
2026-10-10DOB complaint, category ?
2026-07-13311: Encampment — N/A
2026-07-12311: Encampment — N/A
2026-07-04311: Encampment — N/A
2026-07-04311: Encampment — N/A
2026-03-29311: Street Sign - Missing — Other/Unknown
2025
2025-08-04Restaurant inspection: KUNG FU TEA — grade A
2025-04-25311: Mobile Food Vendor — Food Source/Protection
2025-02-14311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2024
2024-12-01311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2024-11-04311: Illegal Parking — Double Parked Blocking Traffic
2024-08-01311: Homeless Person Assistance
2024-07-03311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2024-04-09311: Illegal Dumping — Removal Request
2024-04-01311: Illegal Dumping — Removal Request
2024-01-03Boiler inspection
2023
2023-11-27Restaurant inspection: KUNG FU TEA — grade A
2023-10-09311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2023-07-25311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-05-18Restaurant inspection: KUNG FU TEA · mice evidence
2023-03-29Boiler inspection
2022
2022-12-13311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2022-08-04Boiler inspection
2022-07-03311: Water System — Hydrant Running (WC3)
2022-05-02311: Illegal Dumping — Removal Request
2022-03-05311: Broken Parking Meter — Out of Order
2022-01-26311: Mobile Food Vendor — Permit/License/Certificate
2022-01-26311: Mobile Food Vendor — Food Source/Protection
2021
2021-11-22311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2021-06-10311: Water System — Hydrant Running (WC3)
2021-06-05311: Broken Parking Meter — Out of Order
2021-04-05Boiler inspection
2021-01-05311: Broken Parking Meter — No Receipt
2020
2020-07-17Boiler inspection
2020-07-11311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2020-07-11311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-06-02311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2019
2019-07-11Boiler inspection
2018
2018-12-18Job filed: INSTALL NEW AWNING AS PER PLAN, NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS.$4,000
2018-12-18Job filed: INSTALL NEW AWNING AS PER PLAN, NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS.$5,000
2018-12-18Permit AL — ISSUED
2018-12-18Permit AL — ISSUED
2018-11-26311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign/Awning/Marquee - Illegal/No Permit
2018-11-26DOB complaint, category ?
2018-10-10311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2018-10-10311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Horn
2018-10-10311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2018-09-26311: Dirty Conditions — E3A Dirty Area/Alleyway
2018-09-02311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018-05-24311: Water System — No Water (WNW)
2018-04-13Boiler inspection
2018-02-28311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2017
2017-02-06311: Building/Use — Illegal. Commercial Use In Resident Zone
2017-02-06DOB complaint, category ?
2016
2016-08-26FDNY inspection (RISK)
2015
2015-06-01311: Sewer — Sewer Backup (Use Comments) (SA)
2015-04-02311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2014
2014-05-15DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT
2014-03-21311: Missed Collection (All Materials) — 1 Missed Collection
2014-01-15311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2013
2013-12-13Certificate of occupancy Final
2013-09-05311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2013-08-15Deed — from NG, KONG MAN; NG, KELVIN KUONG CHONG to PING ON GROUP LLC.
2013-06-13311: Plumbing — Plumbing Work - Illegal/No Permit/Standpipe/Sprinkler
2013-06-13DOB complaint, category ?
2013-03-25Permit PL — ISSUED
2013-03-07311: Street Condition — Pothole
2012
2012-10-26311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2012-09-25Permit EQ — ISSUED
2012-09-25Permit AL — ISSUED
2012-09-09DOB complaint, category ?
2012-08-20311: Dirty Conditions — E3 Dirty Sidewalk
2012-08-20311: Dirty Conditions — E4 18" Law
2012-03-26Permit AL — ISSUED
2012-03-26Permit PL — ISSUED
2012-03-26Permit EQ — ISSUED
2012-03-22311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2012-03-19311: Vending — In Prohibited Area
2012-03-19311: Air Quality — Air: Smoke, Other (Use Comments) (AA5)
2012-01-17311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2011
2011-11-11311: Dirty Conditions — E12 Illegal Dumping Surveillance
2011-10-26Job filed: SUBSEQUENT FILING FOR BOILER WORK TYPE.
2011-08-15311: Sewer — Sewer Backup (Use Comments) (SA)
2011-07-20Job filed: FILE JOB TO CONVERT 2ND RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL USE, INCLUDING RELOCATING OF STAIR CASE, PLUMBING JOB AND INTERIOR RENOVATION.$139,990
2011-04-01DOB violation C:
2011-03-30DOB complaint, category ?
2010
2010-12-02311: Other Enforcement — E6 Commercial Waste Disposal
2010-11-24311: General Construction/Plumbing — Safety Netting/Guard Rails - Damaged/Inadequate/None (6 Stories/75 Feet Or Less)
2010-11-24DOB complaint, category ?
2010-11-19Mortgage satisfied — from NG, KONG MAN; NG, KELVIN KUONG CHONG to CATHAY BANK
2010-11-18Permit EQ — ISSUED
2010-11-15Permit PL — ISSUED
2010-11-12Job filed: REMOVE AND REPLACE PARAPET WALL AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION. SIDEWALK SHED FILED UNDER SEPARATION APPLIC$4,675
2010-11-12Permit AL — ISSUED
2010-11-10Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED FILED FOR REMEDIAL REPAIRS AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION
2010-11-01Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-11-01Permit EQ — ISSUED
2010-10-13Job filed: REMOVE NON-BEARING PARTITION WALL & DOORS ON EXISTING CELLAR & 1ST FLOOR. REPLACE TEMPERED GLASS STOREFRONT WINDOW AND DOOR. NO CHANGE IN USE,$31,700
2010-08-16311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2010-08-16DOB complaint, category ?
2010-01-12311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2009
2009-01-01DOB violation LL6291:
2006
2006-01-06DOB violation LL6291:
2004
2004-06-07DOB complaint, category ?
2004-02-13DOB violation LL6291:
2003
2003-08-27AL&R $650,000 — from GREAT EASTERN BANK to NG, KONG MAN; NG, KELVIN KUONG CHONG$650,000
2003-08-27Mortgage $650,000 — from NG, KONG MAN; NG, KELVIN KUONG CHONG to GREAT EASTERN BANK$650,000
2003-08-27PAT — from NG, KONG MAN to NG, LAP MUI
2003-04-02DEEDO $200,000 — from NG, SIU KAN; NG, LAP MUI to NG, KONG MAN; NG, KELVIN KUONG CHONG$200,000
2003-03-19DOB violation LL6291:
2003-01-08Permit EW — ISSUED
2003-01-03Permit EQ — ISSUED
2002
2002-12-24Permit PL — ISSUED
2002-12-18Permit PL — ISSUED
2002-12-18Permit PL — ISSUED
2002-12-11Job filed: INSTALLATION TO BOILER FILED IN CONJUNCT ION WITH JOB #301415001 AS PER LANS FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE TO USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$5,000
2002-12-11Job filed: INSTALLATION TO BOILER FILED IN CONJUNCT ION WITH JOB #301415001 AS PER LANS FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE TO USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$5,000
2002-11-18Job filed: INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION FENCE FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH APPLICATION #301415001. NO CHANGE TO USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.
2002-11-13Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-11-13Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-11-13Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-10-31Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-10-28Job filed: INSTALLATION OF SPRINKLER HEADS AND NEW SPRINKLER WATER SERVICE AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH NO CHANGE TO USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY FILED UNDER THIS APPL$20,000
2002-10-23Job filed: MODIFICATION TO HVAC & PLUMING SYSTEM INVOLVING THE INSTALLATION OF AC UNIT(S) & PLUMING FIXTURES AS PER PLA N FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE IN US$13,000
2002-10-23Job filed: REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF NON LOAD BEARING PARTITIONS AND RELATED FINISHES AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH NO CHANGE TO USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY FILED UN$28,000
2002-10-23Job filed: REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF NON LOAD BEARING PARTITIONS AND RELATED FINISHES AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH NO CHANGE TO USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY FILED UN$28,000
2002-10-23Job filed: MODIFICATION TO HVAC & PLUMING SYSTEM INVOLVING THE INSTALLATION OF AC UNIT(S) & PLUMING FIXTURES AS PER PLA N FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE IN US$13,000
2002-10-09Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-10-09Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-09-20Job filed: REMOVAL AND INSTALLTION OF NON LOAD BEAR ING PARTITIONS AND RELATED FINI HES AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY UN DER$620,000
2002-09-20Job filed: MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING HVAC AND PLUMB ING SYSTEMS INVOLVING THE INSTA LATION OF DUCTWORK AND PLUMBING FIXTURES AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH. NO CHAN$120,000
2002-09-20Job filed: STRUCTURAL WORK AS PER PLANS FILED HEREW ITH. NO CHANGE TO USE EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$60,000
2002-09-20Job filed: REMOVAL AND INSTALLTION OF NON LOAD BEAR ING PARTITIONS AND RELATED FINI HES AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY UN DER$620,000
2002-09-20Job filed: MODIFICATION TO EXISTING SPRINKLER SYSTE M INCLLUDING THE INSTALLATION O SPRINKLER HEADS AS PER PLANS FILED HERE WITH. NO CHANGE TO USE EGRESS OR OCC$20,000
2002-01-11ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT WORK NOTED HAVING CONSTRUCTED A WALL APPROX 7 FTX10FT HIGH WITH ENTRANCE DOOR OPENINGS ALSO FLOORING WORK CO
2001
2001-12-10DOB complaint, category ?
1994
1994-06-01DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-08-16DOB violation LL6291:
1993-06-01DOB violation LL6291:
1987
1987-06-19Deed — from NG, WAI MAN LEONG; NG, SIU KEE to NG, LAP MUI; NG, SIU KAN
1986
1986-06-10Mortgage satisfied — from TIN, QUAI GEE; CHAN, JUNG FAT to DI MEGLIO, SALVATORE
1986-06-10Deed — from TIN, QUAI GEE; CHAN, JUNG FAT to NG, SIU KEE; NG, WAI MAN LEONG
1985
1985-11-15Mortgage satisfied — from BARON, BERNARD; BARON, LILLIAN to BAY RIDGE S&L ASSN
1985-11-15Deed — from DI MEGLIO, SALVATORE to TIN, QUAI GEE; CHAN, JUNG FAT
1985-11-15Mortgage $100,000 — from CHAN, JUNG FAT; TIN, QUAI GEE to DI MEGLIO, SALVATORE$100,000
1970
1970-05-18Deed — from BARON LILLIAN; BARON BERNARD to DI MEGLIO SALVATORE

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