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8505 21 Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3063470009 · 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 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

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

No 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

Filed construction activity

$1,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (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$1,649,000 $98,940
2026$1,729,000 $103,740
2027$1,667,000 $100,020

The city's market estimate has risen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Grotta Azzurra PizzeriaPizzaAMice 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).

Hurricane evacuation zone 4 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

SubwayBay Pkwy — D · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 86 St / 21 Av — B1 · 200 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 128 Bensonhurst
Middle: I.S. 281 Joseph B Cavallaro. 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

8505 21 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

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: $160,000 on 2006-07-17 (lender: Greenpoint Mortgage Funding INC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2006-07-17Mortgage $160,000 — from GUARRELLA, ANDREA; GUARRELLA, JOSEPHINE to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING INC $160,000
1989-09-20Mortgage $120,000 — from GUARRELLA, JOSEPHINE; GUARRELLA, ANDREA to MARRONE, JOSEPHINE; MARRONE, STEVE $120,000
1989-09-20Mortgage $215,000 — from GUARRELLA, JOSEPHINE; GUARRELLA, ANDREA to MALTZ, HOWARD $215,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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2019002103
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The last 12 months — 1 records

DateRecord
2025-12-23Restaurant inspection: GROTTA AZZURRA PIZZERIA — grade A · mice evidence

The full timeline

2025
2025-12-23Restaurant inspection: GROTTA AZZURRA PIZZERIA — grade A · mice evidence
2025-07-09Permit Sidewalk Shed — Signed-off
2025-02-26FDNY inspection (RISK)
2024
2024-08-26Restaurant inspection: GROTTA AZZURRA PIZZERIA — grade A
2024-07-25Permit Sidewalk Shed — Signed-off
2024-07-24Job filed: INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF$1,000
2023
2023-08-16FDNY inspection (RISK)
2023-04-27Restaurant inspection: GROTTA AZZURRA PIZZERIA — grade A
2021
2021-11-28311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-06-21311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-05-27311: Missed Collection (All Materials) — 1RG Missed Recycling Paper
2021-05-26TL&R — from GUARRELLA, ANDREA; GUARRELLA, JOSPEHINE to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING INC.; SUTHERLAND GRANTOR TRUST SERIES V
2021-05-26Mortgage satisfied — from GUARRELLA, ANDREA; GUARRELLA, JOSPEHINE to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING INC.; SUTHERLAND GRANTOR TRUST SERIES V
2021-04-02311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-03-30311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-03-26311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-03-18311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-03-15311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020
2020-02-18AALR — from GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. to SUTHERLAND GRANTOR TRUST SERIES V
2019
2019-12-18Mortgage assigned — from GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. to SUTHERLAND GRANTOR TRUST, SERIES V
2019-10-23311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-10-12311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2016
2016-03-14311: Damaged Tree — Tree Leaning/Uprooted
2015
2015-03-24311: Broken Parking Meter — Coin or Card Did Not Register
2015-03-07311: Street Condition — Defective Hardware
2014
2014-08-09311: Food Establishment — Food Preparation Location
2014-08-05311: Street Condition — Defective Hardware
2014-06-25311: Street Condition — Defective Hardware
2012
2012-09-26311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2011
2011-10-14311: Street Sign - Damaged — Other/Unknown
2009
2009-12-31DOB violation LBLVIO:
2009-01-01DOB violation LL6291:
2008
2008-01-03DOB violation LL6291:
2007
2007-01-19DOB violation LL6291:
2006
2006-07-17AL&R — from GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING INC to GUARRELLA, ANDREA; GUARRELLA, JOSEPHINE
2006-07-17Mortgage $160,000 — from GUARRELLA, ANDREA; GUARRELLA, JOSEPHINE to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING INC$160,000
2006-01-06DOB violation LL6291:
2005
2005-01-31DOB violation LL6291:
2003
2003-10-03Permit EW — ISSUED
2003-09-22Job filed: FIRE SUPPRESSION GAS SHUT OFF VALVE$3,000
2003-09-22Job filed: FIRE SUPPRESSION GAS SHUT OFF VALVE$3,000
2003-09-22Job filed: FIRE SUPPRESSION GAS SHUT OFF VALVE$3,000
2001
2001-02-27DOB violation LL6291:
1995
1995-03-06Mortgage satisfied — from GUARRELLA, JOSEPHINE; GUARRELLA, ANDREA to MARRONE, STEVE; MARRONE, JOSEPHINE
1993
1993-07-26Permit EW — ISSUED
1990
1990-01-04Mortgage satisfied — from MALTZ, ANNIE to BROOKLYN CHILD.AID S/T F; BROOKLYN TRUST CO/TR
1989
1989-09-20Mortgage $120,000 — from GUARRELLA, JOSEPHINE; GUARRELLA, ANDREA to MARRONE, JOSEPHINE; MARRONE, STEVE$120,000
1989-09-20Mortgage $215,000 — from GUARRELLA, JOSEPHINE; GUARRELLA, ANDREA to MALTZ, HOWARD$215,000
1989-09-20Deed — from MALTZ, HOWARD to GUARRELLA, JOSEPHINE; GUARRELLA, ANDREA
1987
1987-03-30Deed — from MALTZ, SAMUEL/EXEC/OF to MALTZ, HOWARD

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