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1509 Mermaid Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3070220044 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE

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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

29 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (8) · Dirty Condition (7) · Food Establishment (5) · Noise (2) · Industrial Waste (2) · Street Sign (1).

Filed construction activity

$99,250 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$299,000 $134,550
2026$244,000 $109,800
2027$280,000 $126,000

The city's market estimate has fallen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Mi Candilejas RestaurantLatin AmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick)
5 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Kitchen/Food Prep Area, Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Food Contains Foreign Object) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

Flood exposure

In the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary flood maps) — lenders typically require flood insurance here.

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

In the city's stormwater flood map only under the extreme-storm scenario (3.66 in/hr cloudburst with 2080 sea levels) — an Ida-scale event.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2013 (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

SubwayConey Island-Stillwell Av — D F N Q · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Mermaid Av / W 15 St — B74 · 50 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 90 Edna Cohen School
Middle: I.S. 303 Herbert S. Eisenberg. 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

1509 Mermaid Avenue

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

29 311 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: $1,085,000 on 2025-03-05 (lender: Velocity Commercial Capital, LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-03-05Deed $1,750,000 — from 1509 HOLDINGS LLC to CANDILEJAS REALTY LLC $1,750,000
2025-03-05Mortgage $1,085,000 — from CANDILEJAS REALTY LLC to VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, LLC $1,085,000
2025-02-24Sold for $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $875,000
2000-11-30Mortgage $130,000 — from 1509 MERMAID AVENUELLC to MERMAID FUNDING ASSOCIATES $130,000
1989-05-15Mortgage $80,000 — from CHABEL, ERNEST to TOBIAS, E JUDITH; LEVY, GLENDA $80,000
1986-04-08Mortgage $15,000 — from CHABEL, ERNEST to SCWARTZ, IRENE $15,000

Ten-year activity

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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017001001
20186330012
2019002002
2020002002
2021003003
2022212027
202301170018
2024003014
20254464018
202602200123
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The last 12 months — 26 records

DateRecord
2026-09-16311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Crosswalk
2026-09-08311: Industrial Waste — Grease
2026-09-08311: Industrial Waste — Grease
2026-08-26311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2026-08-26311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-08-23311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2026-08-23311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-07-19311: Food Establishment — Kitchen/Food Prep Area
2026-07-17311: Air Quality — Restaurant Odor
2026-07-12311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-07-02311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-07-02311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-06-28311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-06-25311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-06-25311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-06-13311: Illegal Parking — Unauthorized Bus Layover
2026-06-11FDNY inspection (AGED_OUT)
2026-06-08FDNY inspection (RISK)
2026-06-03311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2026-04-11311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2026-03-31Restaurant inspection: MI CANDILEJAS RESTAURANT
2026-03-07311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2026-01-26311: Snow or Ice — Sidewalk
2025-11-16311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2025-11-12DOB violation C: FTC W/COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTROL#347903 VIO#092525PI31304SB DATED 09/25/25 REQUIRING OWNER TO START BLDG REPAIRS UNDER PERMIT.
2025-10-31311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2

The full timeline

2026
2026-09-16311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Crosswalk
2026-09-08311: Industrial Waste — Grease
2026-09-08311: Industrial Waste — Grease
2026-08-26311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2026-08-26311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-08-23311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2026-08-23311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-07-19311: Food Establishment — Kitchen/Food Prep Area
2026-07-17311: Air Quality — Restaurant Odor
2026-07-12311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-07-02311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-07-02311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-06-28311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-06-25311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2026-06-25311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-06-13311: Illegal Parking — Unauthorized Bus Layover
2026-06-11FDNY inspection (AGED_OUT)
2026-06-08FDNY inspection (RISK)
2026-06-03311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2026-04-11311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2026-03-31Restaurant inspection: MI CANDILEJAS RESTAURANT
2026-03-07311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2026-01-26311: Snow or Ice — Sidewalk
2025
2025-11-16311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2025-11-12DOB violation C: FTC W/COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTROL#347903 VIO#092525PI31304SB DATED 09/25/25 REQUIRING OWNER TO START BLDG REPAIRS UNDER PERMIT.
2025-10-31311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2025-09-30DOB complaint, category ?
2025-09-25DOB violation C: FTM BLDG IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER-OBSVD LOOSE MASONRY BLOCKS @ CORNER OF EXP1&2, OBSVD METAL OVERHANGING(TIN)MATERIAL 2 EXP
2025-08-12311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2025-07-23Mortgage assigned — from VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, LLC, to U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCI; VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL LOAN TRUST 2
2025-06-23Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2025-06-17311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Crosswalk
2025-06-16Job filed: GENERAL RENOVATION OF PROPOSED DELI STORE TO REPLACE DROP CEILING TILES, REPAIR WALLS AS NEEDED, PAINT, INSTALL NEW FLOOR TILES, AND INTERIOR FINISHES$50,000
2025-05-20Permit Mechanical Systems — Permit Issued
2025-05-15Job filed: FILE MECHANICAL WORK TYPE TO INSTALL COMMERCIAL KITCHEN HOOD EXHAUST SYSTEM, AND DUCT WORK FOR EXISTING RETAIL STORE AT FIRST FLOOR AS PER PLAN. NO CH$15,000
2025-05-07311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2025-05-07DOB complaint, category ?
2025-04-30311: Noise — Noise: Construction Equipment (NC1)
2025-03-05Deed $1,750,000 — from 1509 HOLDINGS LLC to CANDILEJAS REALTY LLC$1,750,000
2025-03-05Mortgage $1,085,000 — from CANDILEJAS REALTY LLC to VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, LLC$1,085,000
2025-02-24Sold for $1,750,000$1,750,000
2024
2024-11-16311: Street Sign - Damaged — Bus Stop
2024-07-16311: Food Establishment — Food Contains Foreign Object
2024-05-30Restaurant inspection: MI CANDILEJAS RESTAURANT — grade A
2024-02-10311: Food Establishment — Kitchen/Food Prep Area
2023
2023-04-25311: Vendor Enforcement — Non-Food Vendor
2023-04-24311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2023-04-17311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2023-03-17311: Residential Disposal Complaint — Trash or Recycling Not Secure
2023-03-17311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2023-03-10311: Consumer Complaint — Vendor
2023-03-07311: Consumer Complaint — Vendor
2023-03-07311: Illegal Dumping — Chronic Dumping
2023-03-07311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2023-03-07311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2023-02-11311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2023-02-11311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2023-02-10311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2023-02-08311: Street Condition — Pothole
2023-01-12311: Illegal Parking — Unauthorized Bus Layover
2023-01-12311: Internal Code — Noise: Other Noise Sources (Use Comments) - For Dep Internal Use Only (YNZZ)
2023-01-12311: General Construction/Plumbing — Vent/Exhaust - Illegal/Improper
2023-01-12DOB complaint, category ?
2022
2022-12-14Permit Mechanical Systems — Signed-off
2022-05-15311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2022-04-21Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-02-24Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2022-02-21311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2022-01-07FDNY inspection (RISK)
2022-01-03Job filed: installation of w new hvac units on roof. no change in use or occupancy, no increase in bulk or far.$6,000
2021
2021-11-15311: Vaccine Mandate Non-Compliance — Customer Proof of Vaccination Not Checked
2021-08-11311: Bike Rack Condition — Bike Rack Repair
2021-07-30311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2020
2020-06-05311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2020-04-17311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2019
2019-09-13311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2019-07-18311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018
2018-11-08311: Water System — Hydrant Running (WC3)
2018-09-21FDNY inspection (RISK)
2018-08-31311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018-08-02Permit EW — ISSUED
2018-07-19Job filed: INSTALLATION OF NEW FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, COOKING EQUIPMENT AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SHUT-OFF VALVE FILED UNDER APP #321752607$3,000
2018-06-03311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint
2018-05-08Permit PL — ISSUED
2018-05-07Permit EW — ISSUED
2018-05-07Permit EW — ISSUED
2018-05-04Job filed: ALTERATION TYPE II FOR MISC. INTERIOR RENOVATION ON EXISTING EATING & DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT TO CURE VIOLATION # 35141407Z, JOB INCLUDE: RE-DESIGN$25,250
2018-02-26FDNY inspection (RISK)
2018-01-26FDNY inspection (RISK)
2017
2017-04-08311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2016
2016-12-16Deed — from 1509 MERMAID AVENUE LLC to 1509 HOLDINGS, LLC
2016-07-29311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2016-01-27DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2015
2015-11-07ECB CLASS - 3 violation: ELECTRICAL WORK W/O PERMIT. OBSERVED AT 11:05AM FIXTURES, OUTLETS, SWITCHES INSTALLED IN RESTAURANT. NO APPLICATION ON FILE FOR$430
2015-11-07ECB CLASS - 2 violation: UNAPPROVED UNSAFE UNSUITABLE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT DEVICES APPARATUS APPLIANCES MATERIALS OR WIRING IN USE. DEFECTIVE FIXTURES AN
2015-11-04ECB CLASS - 1 violation: PIPING & EQUIPMEMT INSTALLED IN PROPERLY.I OBSERVED AT 5:15 P.M INSIDE COMMERCIAL RESTURANT AT FRONT OF FREE STANDING COOKING EQUI$1,630
2015-11-03311: Electrical — Electrical Wiring Defective/Exposed
2015-11-03311: Plumbing — Gas Hook-Up/Piping - Illegal Or Defective
2015-11-03311: Plumbing — Plumbing Work - Illegal/No Permit/Standpipe/Sprinkler
2015-11-03DOB complaint, category ?
2015-11-03DOB complaint, category ?
2015-11-03DOB complaint, category ?
2015-10-20DOB complaint, category ?
2015-07-29311: Food Establishment — Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food
2015-04-21311: Sewer — Sewer Backup (Use Comments) (SA)
2015-04-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2014
2014-08-28Permit EW — ISSUED
2014-08-18Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION. GAS SHUT OFF VALVE FILED UNDER APPLICATION #300200280.$3,000
2014-07-18311: Dead Tree — Dead/Dying Tree
2013
2013-07-23311: Sewer — Sewer Backup (Use Comments) (SA)
2013-07-11311: Sanitation Condition — 22 Weeds
2013-07-11311: Dirty Conditions — E11 Litter Surveillance
2013-03-18311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2011
2011-03-16Rodent inspection: Passed
2010
2010-07-08311: Dead Tree — Dead/Dying Tree
2004
2004-04-14Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-03-30Job filed: Upgrade exist. fire suppression system, as shown on plan. No change in use, occupancy, or egress.$3,000
2002
2002-04-16REL — from 1509 MERMAID AVENUELLC to MERMAID FUNDING ASSOCIATES
2002-04-16WSAT — from 1509 MERMAID AVENUELLC to MERMAID FUNDING ASSOCIATES
2002-04-09Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-02-21Job filed: TO INSTALL NEW FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, NO CHANGE IN USE,OCCUPANCY OR EG RESS.$2,500
2000
2000-12-06Deed — from CHABEL, ERNEST to 1509 MERMAID AVE LLC
2000-11-30CERT — from LEVY, GLENDA
2000-11-30Mortgage assigned — from 1509 MERMAID AVENUELLC to MERMAID FUNDING ASSOCIATIES
2000-11-30Mortgage $130,000 — from 1509 MERMAID AVENUELLC to MERMAID FUNDING ASSOCIATES$130,000
2000-06-05Mortgage assigned — from TOBIAS, E JUDITH; LEVY, GLENDA to LEVY, GLENDA
1994
1994-04-12Permit EW — ISSUED
1994-04-12Permit EW — ISSUED
1989
1989-06-06DOB violation C: VP
1989-05-15Mortgage satisfied — from CHABEL, ERNEST to SCHWARTZ, IRENE
1989-05-15Mortgage $80,000 — from CHABEL, ERNEST to TOBIAS, E JUDITH; LEVY, GLENDA$80,000
1988
1988-05-09STP — from CHABEL, ERNEST
1987
1987-11-23Mortgage assigned — from SCHWARTZ, IRENE to SCHWARTZ, HARRIS
1986
1986-04-08Mortgage $15,000 — from CHABEL, ERNEST to SCWARTZ, IRENE$15,000
1986-04-08Deed — from SCHWARTZ, IRENE to CHABEL, ERNEST
1986-04-08Deed — from 1511 MERMAID AVE INC to SCHWARTZ, IRENE
1986-04-08Mortgage satisfied — from 1511 MERMAID AVE INC to VLAHAKIS, MINAS C

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