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7214 5 Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3059090043 · 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 11209, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% 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

3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (2) · Illegal Fireworks (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 (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$1,335,000 $80,100
2026$1,298,000 $77,880
2027$1,190,000 $71,400

The city's market estimate has fallen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Brooklyn BaklavaBakery Products/DessertsGrade Pending—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

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

Subway77 St — R · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / 72 St — B63 · 50 ft
Citi BikeBay Ridge Pkwy & 5 Ave · 650 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington
Middle: P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington. 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

7214 5 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

3 311 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: $75,000 on 1993-02-19 (lender: Gnerre, Fedele and Gnerre, Gelsomina). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1993-02-19Mortgage $75,000 — from RAPA, DOMENICO; RAPA, RAFFAELA to GNERRE, GELSOMINA; GNERRE, FEDELE $75,000
1983-05-17Mortgage $35,500 — from GNERRE, GELSOMINA; GNERRE, FEDELE to NIELSEN, MARTINE; NIELSEN, GILBERT $35,500

Ten-year activity

1050
2017
2018
2019
7
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Housing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20171102
20184015
20190112
20205117
20212013
20220011
20230011
20241012
20250011
20262035
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The last 12 months — 5 records

DateRecord
2026-09-18Restaurant inspection: BROOKLYN BAKLAVA — grade Z
2026-09-14Restaurant inspection: BROOKLYN BAKLAVA
2026-07-09Boiler inspection
2026-02-19311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2026-02-19311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking

The full timeline

2026
2026-09-18Restaurant inspection: BROOKLYN BAKLAVA — grade Z
2026-09-14Restaurant inspection: BROOKLYN BAKLAVA
2026-07-09Boiler inspection
2026-02-19311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2026-02-19311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2025
2025-07-24Boiler inspection
2024
2024-09-17Boiler inspection
2024-04-12311: Illegal Fireworks — N/A
2023
2023-09-22Boiler inspection
2022
2022-11-01Boiler inspection
2021
2021-05-11311: Consumer Complaint — Retail Store
2021-05-11311: Food Establishment — Permit/License/Certificate
2021-05-04Boiler inspection
2020
2020-09-27311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-09-16311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-09-11311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-05-27311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-05-22311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-01-15Deed — from RAPA, RAFFAELA; EMINIA RAPA, TRUSTEE; ANNA RAPA DASILVA, TRUSTEE to RAPA, FRANK
2020-01-09Boiler inspection
2019
2019-08-06Deed transfer (nominal price)
2019-02-11Boiler inspection
2018
2018-06-04311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-03-23311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-03-15311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-02-27Boiler inspection
2018-02-22311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2017
2017-10-23311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2017-07-05DEED, LE — from RAPA, RAFFAELA; RAPA (DECEASED), DOMENICO to ERMINIA RAPA, AS TRUSTEE; RAFFAELA RAPA TRUST; ANNA RAPA- DA SILVA, AS TRUSTEE
2015
2015-12-10FDNY inspection (RISK)
2014
2014-09-29311: Dirty Conditions — E1 Improper Disposal
2014-09-16311: Dirty Conditions — E1 Improper Disposal
2009
2009-01-01DOB violation LL6291:
2008
2008-10-14Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2008-02-19Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — TOILET
2008-02-19Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2008-01-20Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2008-01-20Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — TOILET
2008-01-20Tenant complaint: GENERAL — DOORS
2008-01-20Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2008-01-03Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — REFRIGERATOR
2008-01-03Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — TOILET
2008-01-03Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2008-01-03Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2008-01-03DOB violation LL6291:
2006
2006-04-04Tenant complaint: GENERAL — CABINET
2006-04-04Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2006-04-04Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2006-04-04Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
1997
1997-02-10DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-02-23Mortgage satisfied — from GNERRE, GELSOMINA; GNERRE, FEDELE to NIELSEN, GILBERT; NIELSEN, MARTINE
1993-02-19Mortgage $75,000 — from RAPA, DOMENICO; RAPA, RAFFAELA to GNERRE, GELSOMINA; GNERRE, FEDELE$75,000
1993-02-11Deed — from GNERRE, FEDELE; GNERRE, GELSOMINA to RAPA, RAFFAELA; RAPA, DOMENICO
1983
1983-05-17Deed — from NIELSEN, MARTINE; NIELSEN, GILBERT to GNERRE, FEDELE; GNERRE, GELSOMINA
1983-05-17Mortgage $35,500 — from GNERRE, GELSOMINA; GNERRE, FEDELE to NIELSEN, MARTINE; NIELSEN, GILBERT$35,500
1983-05-17Mortgage satisfied — from NIELSEN, GILBERT; NIELSEN, MARTINE to DRESS RLTY CORP
1980
1980-05-29Deed — from DRESS REALTY CORP to NIELSEN MARTINE; NIELSEN GILBERT
1980-05-29Mortgage — from NIELSEN MARTINE; NIELSEN GILBERT to DRESS REALTY CORP
1976
1976-07-07Deed — from D'ANTONI MARY to DRESS RLTY CORP
1969
1969-06-02Deed — from ASHKENAZY PAULINE to D'ANTONI MARY

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