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This building is not graded (non-residential or no residential units
on record) — the report below covers its full public record.
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
2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (1) · Building/Use (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.
Registered with HPD — the names behind the building
Registered owner(s)
5109 FOSTER AVENUE LLC
Head officer
JACK ISRAEL
Managing agent
SOLOMON ISRAEL
Last registered
2025-09-10
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
$678,000
$305,100
2026
$681,000
$306,450
2027
$805,000
$362,250
The city's market estimate has risen
19% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since
2011 (0 in the last three years).
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 — B Q · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Avenue P — F · 0.6 mi straight-line (about a 15-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Coney Island Av / Avenue P — B68 · 350 ft
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.
2 311 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: $70,000 on
2005-01-14 (lender: HSBC Mortgage Corporation (USA)). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2017-01-06
Deed $1,025,000 — from GHENT LLC to 5109 FOSTER AVENUE LLC
$1,025,000
2016-12-22
Sold for $1,025,000
$1,025,000
$512,500
2005-01-14
Mortgage $70,000 — from GHENT, LLC to HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION (USA)
$70,000
2004-03-29
Mortgage $670,000 — from GHENT, LLC to TORRES, ERNEST
$670,000
2004-03-29
Deed $820,000 — from TORRES, ERNEST to GHENT, LLC
$820,000
1994-04-15
Mortgage $150,000 — from TORRES, ERNEST to NIGRO, LILLIAN
$150,000
1985-06-28
Mortgage $170,000 — from TORRES, ERNEST; TORRES, TERRY to CARR, DONNA; CARR, RONALD
$170,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
22
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
1
2
1
4
2018
0
21
0
1
22
2019
0
0
0
1
1
2020
0
3
0
1
4
2021
0
0
0
1
1
2022
0
3
0
1
4
2023
0
0
0
1
1
2024
0
0
0
1
1
2025
0
1
0
1
2
2026
1
1
0
1
3
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2022-11-17HPD 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
2022-10-26Boiler inspection
2022-06-12311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2022-02-07311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2021
2021-12-10Boiler inspection
2020
2020-12-11Boiler inspection
2020-09-05311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-05-17311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2020-05-17311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019
2019-10-29Boiler inspection
2018
2018-12-03Boiler inspection
2018-09-10311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018-07-13311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Talking
2018-07-12311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Talking
2018-03-26HPD litigation: Heat and Hot Water
2018-02-07HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK AT CEILING AROUND SKYLIGHT IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2FL, 2nd STORY, 1s
2018-02-07HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK AT CEILING AROUND SKYLIGHT IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2FL, 1st STORY, 1st
2018-02-07HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING AND WALLS IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM E
2018-02-07HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING AND SOUTH WALL UNDER SINK IN
2018-02-07HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE COVER PLATE AT ELECTRICAL OUTLET AT SOUTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2FL, 2nd STORY
2018-02-07HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL SWITCH AT EAST WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT
2018-02-07HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2FL, 2nd STORY, 1st APART
2008-04-28TL&R — from HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION to GHENT LLC
2008-04-28Mortgage satisfied — from GHENT LLC to HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
2006
2006-10-25ECB Hazardous violation: USE OR INSTALLATION OF PLUMBING MATERIAL OR EQUIPMENT WHICH DO NOT COMPLY W/ RS 16. NOTED THAT COOKING EQUIPMENT IN REAR OF RESTAU$400
2006-10-16DOB complaint, category ?
2005
2005-04-04Permit EW — ISSUED
2005-03-29Job filed: REPLACE AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN EXISTING KITCHEN RANGEHOOD. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY. COOKING EQUIPMENTS AND GAS SHUT-OFF V$2,000
2005-03-29Job filed: REPLACE AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN EXISTING KITCHEN RANGEHOOD. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY. COOKING EQUIPMENTS AND GAS SHUT-OFF V$2,000
2005-01-31DOB violation LL6291:
2005-01-14AL&R — from HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION (USA) to GHENT, LLC
2005-01-14Mortgage $70,000 — from GHENT, LLC to HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION (USA)$70,000
2004
2004-10-20Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-10-15Job filed: REPLACE AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN EXISTING KITCHEN RANGEHOOD. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY. COOKING EQUIPMENTS AND GAS SHUT-OFF V$2,000
2004-09-03Permit PL — ISSUED
2004-08-02Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-08-02Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-06-08Job filed: CONVERT EXT'G USE GROUP (6) STORE INTO A BAKERY & CAFE. NO CHANGE IN THE USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANY.$60,000
2004-03-29Mortgage $670,000 — from GHENT, LLC to TORRES, ERNEST$670,000
2004-03-29Deed $820,000 — from TORRES, ERNEST to GHENT, LLC$820,000
1997
1997-04-17Mortgage satisfied — from TORRES, ERNEST to NIGRO, LILLIAN
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1994
1994-04-15Mortgage $150,000 — from TORRES, ERNEST to NIGRO, LILLIAN$150,000
1994-04-15Mortgage satisfied — from TORRES, ERNEST; TORRES, TERRY to CARR, RONALD; CARR, DONALD
1993
1993-08-16DOB violation LL6291:
1993-03-09Deed — from TORRES, TERRY; TORRES, ERNEST; TORRES, THERESA AKA to TORRES, ERNEST
1985
1985-07-24Mortgage satisfied — from CARR, RONALD; CARR, BARBARA to METROPOLITAN S&L ASSN
1985-06-28Mortgage $170,000 — from TORRES, ERNEST; TORRES, TERRY to CARR, DONNA; CARR, RONALD$170,000
1985-06-28Deed — from CARR, RONALD; CARR, DONNA to TORRES, ERNEST; TORRES, TERRY
1983
1983-07-07Deed — from CARR, RONALD to CARR, DONNA; CARR, RONALD
1982
1982-08-26Deed — from CARR, BARBARA; CARR, RONALD to CARR, RONALD