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8434 17 Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3063250058 · 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, AEP123.2
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class0
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE F

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 410.7. In ZIP 11214, 75% 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

Open HPD violations5 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2025-07-11.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’24–25
2
’25–26

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

13 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (5) · Building/Use (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Abandoned Vehicle (2) · Noise (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 (1925)
NoSix or more residential units (3)
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).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)YUCHU WONG
Last registered2025-08-04

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,656,000 $99,360
2026$1,490,000 $89,400
2027$1,298,000 $77,880

The city's market estimate has fallen 22% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

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

Subway18 Av — D · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 86 St / 17 Av — B1 · 300 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 204 Vince Lombardi
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

8434 17 Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

13 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 of them about heat or hot water.

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: $200,000 on 2007-05-14 (lender: HSBC Mortgage Corporation USA). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2016-08-24Deed $130,000 — from WONG, WING TAT; WONG, YU CHU to WONG, TING TING JUDY; WONG, LEE LEE; WONG, YU CHU; WONG, KAM SHING $130,000
2016-08-12Sold for $130,000 $130,000 $43,333
2007-05-14Mortgage $200,000 — from WONG, YU CHU; WONG, WING TAT to HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION USA $200,000
2006-12-08Deed $862,000 — from TUSI, JEANETTE; TUSI, DOMINICK to WONG, YU CHU; WONG, WING TAT $862,000
2006-12-08Mortgage $220,000 — from WONG, WING TAT; WONG, YU CHU to MERS $220,000

Ten-year activity

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2021
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2023
2024
58
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2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & money
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyTotal
20170101
20180505
20190101
20200202
20210202
20220213
20231315
20240246
2025256058
20261203
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The last 12 months — 21 records

DateRecord
2026-04-14Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2026-01-26311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2026-01-26DOB complaint, category ?
2025-12-05311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2025-12-05DOB complaint, category ?
2025-11-23HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATED DOUBLE CYLINDER LOCK INSTALLED AT METAL GATE AT BUILDING WE
2025-11-23HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF SCALDING HOT WATER ABOVE 130 DEGREES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT BS
2025-11-23HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 HMC: REMOVE THE ILLEGAL DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCKING DEVICE AT DOOR , IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 1, 1st BSM
2025-11-23HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATED DOUBLE CYLINDER LOCK INSTALLED AT METAL GATE AT BUILDING FR
2025-11-22HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF DOOR SEALED SHUT AT NORTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 1, 1st B
2025-11-22HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 HMC: REMOVE THE ILLEGAL DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCKING DEVICE AT DOOR , IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 1, 1st BSM
2025-11-22HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF SCALDING HOT WATER ABOVE 130 DEGREES AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTI
2025-11-22HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATED DOUBLE CYLINDER LOCK INSTALLED AT METAL GATES AT BUILDING F
2025-11-22HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATED DOUBLE CYLINDER LOCK INSTALLED AT METAL GATE AT BUILDING WE
2025-11-22HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 1, 1st BSMT-APT FROM NORTH AT
2025-11-21311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-11-21Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-11-20Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2025-11-20Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2025-11-20Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2025-11-20Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY

The full timeline

2026
2026-04-14Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2026-01-26311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2026-01-26DOB complaint, category ?
2025
2025-12-05311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2025-12-05DOB complaint, category ?
2025-11-23HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATED DOUBLE CYLINDER LOCK INSTALLED AT METAL GATE AT BUILDING WE
2025-11-23HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF SCALDING HOT WATER ABOVE 130 DEGREES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT BS
2025-11-23HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 HMC: REMOVE THE ILLEGAL DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCKING DEVICE AT DOOR , IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 1, 1st BSM
2025-11-23HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATED DOUBLE CYLINDER LOCK INSTALLED AT METAL GATE AT BUILDING FR
2025-11-22HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF DOOR SEALED SHUT AT NORTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 1, 1st B
2025-11-22HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 HMC: REMOVE THE ILLEGAL DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCKING DEVICE AT DOOR , IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 1, 1st BSM
2025-11-22HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF SCALDING HOT WATER ABOVE 130 DEGREES AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTI
2025-11-22HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATED DOUBLE CYLINDER LOCK INSTALLED AT METAL GATES AT BUILDING F
2025-11-22HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATED DOUBLE CYLINDER LOCK INSTALLED AT METAL GATE AT BUILDING WE
2025-11-22HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 1, 1st BSMT-APT FROM NORTH AT
2025-11-21311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-11-21Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-11-20Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2025-11-20Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2025-11-20Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2025-11-20Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2025-10-10311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2025-10-08311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2025-10-08DOB complaint, category ?
2025-10-07311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2025-10-07311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2025-10-07311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2025-10-06311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2025-10-06311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2025-08-13Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2025-08-13Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2025-08-13Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2025-08-13Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2025-08-13Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2025-08-13Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2025-08-13Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2025-08-13Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — OUTLET/SWITCH
2025-08-05Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-08-05Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-07-11HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING AND WEST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM
2025-07-11HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT BSMT-APT BSMT, 1st BSMT-APT FROM SO
2025-07-11HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT BSMT-APT BSMT, 1st BSMT-APT FROM SOUTH
2025-07-11HPD class B: § 27-2024 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF COLD WATER FOR THE FIXTURES AT WASH BASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT BSMT-APT BSMT, 1st BSMT-A
2025-07-11HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT BSM
2025-07-11HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE NORTH WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST L
2025-07-11HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MIS
2025-07-11HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2006, 2037 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR AND ABATE UNSAFE ELECTRIC WIRING CONDITION CONSISTING OF EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRES AT CEILING IN T
2025-07-11HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. REMOVE OBSTRUCTING BARS OR UNLAWFUL GATES FROM AT LEAST 1 WINDOW OR PROVIDE APPROVED TYPE GA
2025-07-11HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT BSMT-APT BSMT, 1st
2025-07-11HPD class B: § 27-2024 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HOT WATER FOR THE FIXTURES AT WASH BASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT BSMT-APT BSMT, 1st BSMT-AP
2025-07-08Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — OUTLET/SWITCH
2025-07-08Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2025-07-08Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2025-07-08Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2025-07-08Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2025-07-08Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2025-07-07HPD litigation: Tenant Action
2025-06-06HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2025-05-30311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2025-01-18311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-01-18Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024
2024-11-26HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2024-08-16Deed — from WONG, YU CHU to YU CHU WONG IRREVOCABLE TRUST; LEE LEE WONG AS TRUSTEE
2024-07-03Deed — from WONG, TING TING JUDY; WONG, YU CHU; WONG, LEE LEE; WONG, KAM SHING to WONG, YU CHU
2024-05-31Deed transfer (nominal price)
2024-05-13Deed transfer (nominal price)
2024-04-03HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2023
2023-12-26311: Noise - Vehicle — Engine Idling
2023-11-20Mortgage satisfied — from WONG, YU CHU; WONG, WING TAT to CITIZENS BANK, N.A.
2023-08-17311: Building/Use — Zoning - Non-Conforming/Illegal Vehicle Storage
2023-08-17DOB complaint, category ?
2023-03-20HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2022
2022-08-31Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-06-27Mortgage assigned — from HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION (USA) to CITIZENS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
2022-02-22HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2021
2021-04-21Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-04-06HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2020
2020-09-30311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2020-09-26311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2019
2019-10-21311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2018
2018-10-12HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2018-09-04311: Sidewalk Condition — Sidewalk Violation
2018-08-07311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2018-07-03311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2018-02-04311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2017
2017-11-15HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2016
2016-11-01HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2016-08-24Deed $130,000 — from WONG, WING TAT; WONG, YU CHU to WONG, TING TING JUDY; WONG, LEE LEE; WONG, YU CHU; WONG, KAM SHING$130,000
2016-08-12Sold for $130,000$130,000
2015
2015-10-06HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2015-02-06HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2013
2013-11-06Mortgage satisfied — from WONG, WING TAT; WONG, YU CHU to MERS AS NOMINEE FOR HSBC MORTGAGE CORPOR
2011
2011-12-07Rodent inspection: Passed
2010
2010-05-05DOB complaint, category ?
2009
2009-11-09DOB complaint, category ?
2009-08-07ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK DOES NOT CONFORM TO APPROVED CONST DOCUMENTS AND OR APPROVED AMENDMENTS FOR ALT 2 JOB 320034057 OF WHICH PERMIT IS ACTIVE AND$250
2009-08-07ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER DEFECT NOTED AT FRONT YARD OF PROPERLY BELOW MAIN STAIRWAY UPTO 1ST FL FOUND A
2009-08-06DOB complaint, category ?
2009-06-17Permit AL — ISSUED
2009-06-17Job filed: THIS JOB IS FILED TO FACADE RENOVATION.$10,000
2009-06-17Job filed: THIS JOB IS FILED TO FACADE RENOVATION.$10,000
2009-06-17Job filed: THIS JOB IS FILED TO FACADE RENOVATION.$10,000
2009-05-14DOB complaint, category ?
2007
2007-05-14Mortgage $200,000 — from WONG, YU CHU; WONG, WING TAT to HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION USA$200,000
2006
2006-12-08Deed $862,000 — from TUSI, JEANETTE; TUSI, DOMINICK to WONG, YU CHU; WONG, WING TAT$862,000
2006-12-08Mortgage $220,000 — from WONG, WING TAT; WONG, YU CHU to MERS$220,000
1991
1991-10-16Permit EW — ISSUED
1991-10-16Permit EW — ISSUED
1991-10-16Permit EW — ISSUED
1986
1986-07-28Deed — from TUSI, DOMINICK; TUSI, JEANETTE; STIVALA, CONCETTA; STIVALA, NICHOLAS to TUSI, JEANETTE; TUSI, DOMINICK

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