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 11223, 79% of residential buildings hold an A and
4% 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 violations
21 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 19 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2004-11-05.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
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
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
Yes
Built before 1974 (1931)
No
Six or more residential units (2)
No
421-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)
505 KINGS HIGHWAY LLC
Head officer
TOBY GINSBERG
Managing agent
FLAT MGT LLC
Last registered
2025-08-13
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$1,586,000
$95,160
2026
$1,936,000
$116,160
2027
$2,546,000
$152,760
The city's market estimate has risen
61% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 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
Subway
Kings Hwy — F · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Kings Hwy / McDonald Av — B82 B82-SBS · 350 ft · Select Bus Service
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.
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.
2023-06-20ECB CLASS - 2 violation: MAIN SEWER LEAKING IN CELLAR/OLD UNUSED OIL TANKS NOT LEGALLY ABANDONED/CHIMNEY BASE NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR INSPECTION/DISCHARGE PIPES
2023-06-20DOB complaint, category ?
2023-04-13Boiler inspection
2022
2022-08-19CTOR — from HAZAN, MICHELLE; HAZAN, JACK; HAZAN, MICHELLE; HAZAN, JACK to MARV-DAV LLC; MARV-DAV LLC; 505 KINGS HIGHWAY LLC; 505 KINGS HIGHWAY LLC; 509-511 KINGS HI
2022-08-19CTOR — from HAZAN, MICHELLE; HAZAN, JACK; HAZAN, MICHELLE; HAZAN, JACK to MARV-DAV LLC; MARV-DAV LLC; 505 KINGS HIGHWAY LLC; 505 KINGS HIGHWAY LLC; 509-511 KINGS HI
2022-08-18Boiler inspection
2021
2021-04-02Boiler inspection
2020
2020-07-27Boiler inspection
2020-04-01Deed — from GINSBERG, TRUSTEE, TOBY; SAFRAN FAMILY IRREV. TRUST DECLARED ON 1 to 505 KINGS HIGHWAY LLC
2020-04-01Deed — from GINSBERG, TRUSTEE, TOBY; SAFRAN FAMILY IRREVOCABLE TRUST to SAFRAN FAMILY IRREV. TRUST DECLARED ON 1; GINSBERG, TRUSTEE, TOBY
2004-11-05HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILINGS THROUGHOUT 2ND STORY APT. 2
2004-11-05HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CONNECTION DRAIN PIPE KITCHEN SINK 2ND STORY APT. 2
2004-11-05HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR WALL UNDER KITCHEN SINK, 2ND STORY REAR
2004-11-05HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE FLUSHING APPARATUS AND MAINTAIN SAME SO AS TO FLUSH EFFECTIVELY THE WATER CLOSET BATHROOM 2ND STORY APT. 2
2004-11-05HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS LOWER SASH CENTER ROOM EAST WINDOW
2004-11-05HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS KITCHEN SINK, 2ND STORY REAR APT. 2R.
2004-11-05HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR WALL UINDER KITCHEN SINK 2ND STORY APT.
2004-11-05HPD class B: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2018.4 ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE AND ROACHES THRU-OUT 2ND STORY APT. #2R.
2004-11-05HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS LOWER SASH EAST WINDOW, CENTER ROOM, 2ND STORY REAR APT. 2R.
2004-11-05HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING CENTER AND EAST ROOM, 2ND STORY
2004-11-05HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS COLD WATER KITCHEN, 2ND STORY APY. #2
2004-11-05HPD class B: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2018.4 ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE, 2ND STORY NORTH APT. #2.
2004-11-05HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADMIN. CODE: PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILING KITCHEN 2ND STORY APT #2R.
2004-11-05HPD class B: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2018.4 ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE 2ND STORY APT. 2 THROUGHOUT
2004-11-05HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING NORTH WEST ROOM 2 STY. REAR APT.
2004-11-05HPD class B: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2018.4 ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE AND ROACHES 2 STY. REAR APT. 2.
2004-11-05HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS LOWER SASH EAST WINDOW WEST ROOM,. 2ND STORY NORTH APT. #2
2004-11-05HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS KITCHEN 2ND STORY APT. 2
2004-11-05HPD class B: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2018.4 ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN ROACHES, THROUGHOUT 2ND STORY APT. 1-R
2004-11-05HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING EAST AND WEST ROOMS, 2ND STORY N
2004-11-05HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WINDOW SASHES SOUTH ROOM 2ND STORY APT. #2R.
2000
2000-08-11ECB Non-Hazardous violation: 36/ BUNHAM BOILER LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT.
2000-03-30PAT — from SAFRAN, MANIA to GINSBERG, TOBY
2000-03-30PAT — from SAFRAN, HERMAN to GINSBERG, TOBY
2000-03-30Deed — from SAFRAN, HERMAN; SAFRAN, MANIA to SAFRAN FAMILY IRREVOCABLE TRUST; GINSBERG, TOBY/TR; ROTHENBERG, SIMA/TR; SAFRAN, ABRAHAM P