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8219 5 Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3060090003 · 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: Consumer Complaint (1) · Smoking or Vaping (1) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (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 (1921)
NoSix or more residential units (1)
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$1,101,000 $66,060
2026$1,129,000 $67,740
2027$1,185,000 $71,100

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

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Le Sajj RestaurantMiddle EasternBMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 1 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

Subway86 St — R · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / 83 St — B63 · 100 ft
Citi Bike4 Ave & 85 St · 950 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 127 McKinley Park
Middle: The Madeleine Brennan School. 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

8219 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: $415,294 on 2011-01-25 (lender: Northfield Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2011-01-25AL&R $622,500 — from 8219 REALTY INC. to NORTHFIELD BANK $622,500
2011-01-25Mortgage $415,295 — from 8219 REALTY INC. to NORTHFIELD BANK $415,295
2011-01-25Agreement $622,500 — from 8219 REALTY INC. to NORTHFIELD BANK $622,500
2003-09-03DEEDO $550,000 — from BESHARA, GARY to 8219 REALTY INCORPORATED $550,000
2003-09-03AL&R $340,000 — from 8219 REALTY CORPORATION to SI BANK AND TRUST $340,000
2003-09-03Mortgage $340,000 — from 8219 REALTY CORPORATION to SI BANK AND TRUST $340,000

Ten-year activity

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2018
2019
2020
2021
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2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201700000
201805016
201900000
202007007
202107007
20222102115
202307007
202410012
202502013
202611002
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The last 12 months — 3 records

DateRecord
2026-04-30311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign/Awning/Marquee - Illegal/No Permit
2026-04-30DOB complaint, category ?
2025-12-21311: Smoking or Vaping — Allowed in Smoke Free Area

The full timeline

2026
2026-04-30311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign/Awning/Marquee - Illegal/No Permit
2026-04-30DOB complaint, category ?
2025
2025-12-21311: Smoking or Vaping — Allowed in Smoke Free Area
2025-04-24Restaurant inspection: LE SAJJ RESTAURANT — grade B · mice evidence
2025-04-20311: Consumer Complaint — Tobacco Sales
2024
2024-07-17Restaurant inspection: LE SAJJ RESTAURANT
2024-06-27FDNY inspection (RISK)
2023
2023-08-25311: Outdoor Dining — Site Setup Condition
2023-07-05311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2023-05-19311: Outdoor Dining — Site Setup Condition
2023-03-31311: Outdoor Dining — Site Setup Condition
2023-03-22311: Sanitation Worker or Vehicle Complaint — Inappropriate Behavior
2023-03-22311: Sanitation Worker or Vehicle Complaint — Spilled Garbage
2023-02-10311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2022
2022-12-09311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2022-11-15Restaurant inspection: LE SAJJ RESTAURANT — grade A · mice evidence
2022-10-20311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2022-10-11311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2022-10-11311: Smoking — Smoking Violation
2022-09-03311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2022-08-26TL&R — from 8219 REALTY INC. to NORTHFIELD BANK
2022-08-26Mortgage satisfied — from 8219 REALTY INC. to SI BANK & TRUST
2022-07-15ECB CLASS - 2 violation: AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION OUTDOOR DINING STRUCTURE FASTEN/ATTACHED TO BUILDING NO PERMIT ON FILE, OBTAIN ALL PERMITS; OBTAIN PERMI$625
2022-07-12311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2022-07-12DOB complaint, category ?
2022-06-27311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2022-05-13311: Consumer Complaint — Stoop Line
2022-03-28311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2022-02-10311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2021
2021-12-21311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2021-10-01311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2021-07-05311: Outdoor Dining — Site Setup Condition
2021-05-01311: Outdoor Dining — Site Setup Condition
2021-03-29311: Outdoor Dining — Site Setup Condition
2021-02-27311: Outdoor Dining — Site Setup Condition
2021-01-28311: Outdoor Dining — Site Setup Condition
2020
2020-12-14311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2020-11-22311: Outdoor Dining — Site Setup Condition
2020-11-02311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2020-10-24311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2020-10-14311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2020-09-07311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-04-24311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Music
2018
2018-09-19Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-09-13311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-09-13311: Rodent — Condition Attracting Rodents
2018-09-11311: Dirty Conditions — E1 Improper Disposal
2018-07-18311: Smoking — Smoking Violation
2018-03-06311: Smoking — Smoking Violation
2016
2016-11-05311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2016-10-16311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2012
2012-10-10311: Building/Use — No Certificate Of Occupancy/Illegal/Contrary To CO
2012-10-10DOB complaint, category ?
2012-07-09311: Smoking — Smoking Violation
2012-06-03311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2012-06-03311: Noise Survey — People Created Noise
2011
2011-01-25TL&R — from SI BANK & TRUST
2011-01-25AL&R $622,500 — from 8219 REALTY INC. to NORTHFIELD BANK$622,500
2011-01-25Mortgage assigned — from SI BANK & TRUST to NORTHFIELD BANK
2011-01-25Mortgage $415,295 — from 8219 REALTY INC. to NORTHFIELD BANK$415,295
2011-01-25Agreement $622,500 — from 8219 REALTY INC. to NORTHFIELD BANK$622,500
2004
2004-10-26Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-10-15Job filed: REPLACE AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN EXISTING KITCHEN RANGEHOOD. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY. COOKING EQUIPMENTS WERE FILED IN 3004$2,000
2003
2003-09-03DEEDO $550,000 — from BESHARA, GARY to 8219 REALTY INCORPORATED$550,000
2003-09-03AL&R $340,000 — from 8219 REALTY CORPORATION to SI BANK AND TRUST$340,000
2003-09-03Mortgage $340,000 — from 8219 REALTY CORPORATION to SI BANK AND TRUST$340,000
2002
2002-06-11Job filed: NON ILLUMINATED NON ADVERTISING ACCESSORY AWNING READING- IL MEDITERRANEO RISTORANTE ITALIANO$3,000
2002-06-11Job filed: NON ILLUMINATED NON ADVERTISING ACCESSORY AWNING READING- IL MEDITERRANEO RISTORANTE ITALIANO$3,000
2002-02-11DOB complaint, category ?
2002-02-06DOB violation C:
2000
2000-07-18DOB complaint, category ?
1999
1999-06-22Permit SG — ISSUED
1998
1998-12-01Permit AL — ISSUED
1998-09-10ECB Non-Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ZONING RESOLUTION IN THAT SPECIAL PERMIT/VARIANCE ISSUED BY B.S.A HAS EXPIRED ON 04-11-93 AND HAS NOT BEEN
1997
1997-09-16Permit SG — ISSUED
1995
1995-08-25Permit EW — ISSUED
1995-08-25Permit PL — ISSUED
1995-06-28Permit AL — ISSUED
1995-06-28Permit PL — ISSUED
1990
1990-08-01DOB complaint, category ?
1985
1985-10-07Deed — from BESHARA, CHARLES; BESHARA, MARGARET to BESHARA, GARY
1985-10-07REL — from HAMILTON FEDL S&L ASSN to BESHARA, MARGARET; BESHARA, CHARLES
1972
1972-08-29Deed — from MEAGHER THOMAS A to BESHARA MARGARET; BESHARA CHARLES
1972-08-29Mortgage — from BESHARA MARGARET; BESHARA CHARLES to HAMILTON FEDL SAVS & LOAN ASSN OF BKLYN
1969
1969-10-15Deed — from STOREY WALTER F to MEAGHER THOMAS A
1969-10-06Deed — from DEEP WILLIAM; DEEP VALERIE to STOREY WALTER F
1969-10-06Mortgage — from STOREY WALTER F to DEEP WILLIAM; DEEP VALERIE

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