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809 Avenue U · Brooklyn · BBL 3071110045 · 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, AEP0.8
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. More recorded distress than 79% 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 2.7. 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 violations38 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 25 class B, 8 class A. Oldest open since 2001-01-05.

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

7 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (4) · PLUMBING (2) · Food Poisoning (1).

Filed construction activity

$5,600 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1931)
NoSix or more residential units (1)
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$1,886,000 $113,160
2026$2,388,000 $143,280
2027$3,054,000 $183,240

The city's market estimate has risen 62% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
El Paso Mexican GrillTex-MexA—

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) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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

SubwayAvenue U — Q · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Avenue U / E 8 St — B3 · 100 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 153 Homecrest
Middle: J.H.S. 234 Arthur W. Cunningham. 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

809 Avenue U

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

7 311 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: $200,000 on 1997-11-10 (lender: Greenpoint Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1997-11-10Mortgage $200,000 — from ESSES, CAROL; ESSES, MOLLIE; ESSES, SUSAN to GREENPOINT BANK $200,000

Ten-year activity

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2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
6
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201712014
201800112
201912014
202003014
202110012
202201012
202301023
202405016
202501023
202603014
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The last 12 months — 5 records

DateRecord
2026-07-01311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-06-09Air permit (REGISTRATION), fuel: ?
2026-02-09311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-01-12311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2025-12-07311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party

The full timeline

2026
2026-07-01311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-06-09Air permit (REGISTRATION), fuel: ?
2026-02-09311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-01-12311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2025
2025-12-07311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2025-10-07Restaurant inspection: EL PASO MEXICAN GRILL — grade A
2025-06-17Boiler inspection
2024
2024-09-03Boiler inspection
2024-03-26311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2024-02-24311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2024-02-24Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2024-01-30311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2024-01-30Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2023
2023-10-23Restaurant inspection: EL PASO MEXICAN GRILL — grade A
2023-09-01Boiler inspection
2023-07-17311: Illegal Dumping — Removal Request
2022
2022-06-01Boiler inspection
2022-01-23311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2021
2021-07-26FDNY inspection (COM_OCPCY)
2021-05-06Boiler inspection
2020
2020-12-07311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-02-09311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-02-02311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2020-01-10Boiler inspection
2019
2019-09-20311: Missed Collection (All Materials) — 1RB Missed Recycling - M/G/Pl
2019-02-11Boiler inspection
2019-01-11311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2019-01-11DOB complaint, category ?
2018
2018-07-13Deed — from DAYAN, DORETTE to JOSEPH DAYAN,TRUSTEE; 809 AVENUE U TRUST
2018-07-02Boiler inspection
2017
2017-11-16Boiler inspection
2017-08-26311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2017-01-13FDNY inspection (RISK)
2017-01-01311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2016
2016-12-27Permit EW — ISSUED
2016-12-22Job filed: RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTING APPLICATION FOR THE INSTALLATION OF FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. GAS HUT OFF VALVE FILED UNDER APPLICATION #320015112. ALL WORK TO$2,800
2016-12-22Job filed: RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTING APPLICATION FOR THE INSTALLATION OF FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. GAS HUT OFF VALVE FILED UNDER APPLICATION #320015112. ALL WORK TO$2,800
2016-09-04311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2015
2015-12-25311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2014
2014-12-09311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2013
2013-11-07311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2012
2012-01-31311: Dirty Conditions — E1 Improper Disposal
2011
2011-07-19311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2011-07-19DOB complaint, category ?
2011-01-20311: Recycling Enforcement — ER6 Comm. Recyc. (Comm. Tenant)
2009
2009-07-06ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK DOES NOT CONFORM TO APPROVED CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND OR APPROVED AMENDMENTS FOR ALT II APPLICATION #310300848 NON CONFORMI$2,500
2009-06-16DOB complaint, category ?
2009-06-05DOB complaint, category ?
2009-05-29Permit EW — ISSUED
2009-05-20Permit EW — ISSUED
2009-05-08Job filed: INSTALLATION OF FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY. NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$3,000
2009-05-08Job filed: INSTALLATION OF FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY. NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$3,000
2009-05-08Job filed: INSTALLATION OF FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY. NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$3,000
2009-03-12Job filed: REPLACEMENT (2) A/C EQUIPMENTS AT ROOF AS PER PLANS HEREWITH SUBMITTED. NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$38,000
2005
2005-01-31DOB violation LL6291:
2004
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE 2 GLASS LITES VESTIBULE TO 1ST STY PUBIC HALL DOOR.
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2038 ADMIN CODE: PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING FOR 1ST STY PUBLIC HALL MINIMUM REQUIREMENT 60 WATTS
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING MORTISE LOCK ASSEMBLY AT DOOR TO ENTRANCE OF BLDG.
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BELLS 1ST STY AT 3RD STORY APT 2.
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SASHES THROUGHOUT 3RD STY APT 2
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING CELIING THROUGHOUT 3RD STY APT 2.
2004-06-02HPD class C: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING 5- BALUSTER MISSING 2ND STY PUBLIC HALL STAIRS.
2004-06-02HPD class C: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE WOOD BALUSTERS AND HAND RAIL 2ND STY PUBLIC HALL STAIRS
2004-06-02HPD class C: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE 1ST, 6TH, 7TH, 8TH, 9TH, 10TH WOOD TREAD FROM BOT
2004-06-02HPD class C: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK CEILINGS THROUGHOUT 3RD STORY APT 2.
2004-06-02HPD class C: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. PROPERLY SECURE RETURN RAIL AT 3RD STORY REAR PARTY WALL BALCONY. ER-1
2004-06-02HPD class A: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE KENTILE FLOOR AT KITCHEN, 3RD STORY APT. #2.
2004-06-02HPD class A: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE KENTILE FLOOR AT KITCHEN, 2ND STORY APT. #1.
2004-06-02HPD class A: SECTION 27-2013 ADMIN. CODE: PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILING & WALLS OF APT THROUGHOUT, 2ND ST
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS AT VESTIBULE DOOR TO 1ST STORY PUBLIC HALL.
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING LOCKING DEVICE AT VESTIBULE DOOR TO 1ST STORY, PUBLIC HALL.
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE HAND RAILS AT STAIRS OF 1ST -2ND STORY PUBLIC HALL.
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS AT LOWER SASH OF FRONT WEST ROOM, 3RD STORY APT. #2.
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRES AT CEILING OF CENTER ROOM, 3RD STORY APT. #2.
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRES AT CEILING OF KITCHEN, 3RD STORY APT. #2.
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE & ROACHES, THROUGHOUT 3RD STORY APT. #2.
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS AT LOWER SASH OF REAR EAST ROOM, 2ND STORY APT. #1.
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD WINDOW SILL AT FRONT SOUTH EAST ROOM, 2ND ST
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE & ROACHES, THROUGHOUT 2ND STORY APT. #1.
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF CONCEALED WATER LEAK AT CEILING OF CLOSET REAR FOYER, 2ND STORY APT. #1.
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF CONCEALED WATER LEAK AT CEILING OF BATHROOM, 2ND STORY APT. #1.
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN CONSISTING OF ROACHES 2ND STORY APT. THROUGHOUT.
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EXPOSED ELECTRIC WIRING AT WALL AND CEILING AT KITCHEN, 2ND FLOOR APARTMENT.
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS AT WASH BASIN AT 2ND FLOOR BATHROOM.
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE AND ROACHES AT 2ND FLOOR STORY APARTMENT.
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE & ROACHES 2ND STORY APARTMENT 1.
2004-06-02HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WINDOW SASH & FRAME THROUGHOUT 2ND STORY APT. 1.
2002
2002-12-02Mortgage satisfied — from ESSES, MOLLIE; ESSES, CAROL; ESSES, SUSAN to GREENPOINT BANK
2002-06-05Deed — from ESSES, MOLLIE; ABRAM, CAROL; ESSES, CAROL; ESSES, SUSAN to DAYAN, DORETTE
2002-06-05PAT — from ESSES, MOLLIE to ESSES, LEO
2002-06-05PAT — from ESSES, CAROL; ABRAMS, CAROL to ESSES, LEO
2001
2001-01-05HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK ABOVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 3rd STORY
2001-01-05HPD class A: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REFIT THE DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 2, 3rd STORY
2001-01-05HPD class A: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EXPOSED ELECTRIC WIRING AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2, 3rd STORY
2001-01-05HPD class A: SECTION 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CONNECTION THE WASTE LINE TO THE SINK LOCATED IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2, 3
2001-01-05HPD class A: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EXPOSED WIRING AT CEILING LOCATED IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2, 3rd STORY
2001-01-05HPD class A: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD SUB-FLOOR LOCATED IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT
1998
1998-03-24DTL — from BANK OF NEW YORK
1997
1997-11-10PAT — from ESSES, CAROL to ESSES, SUSAN
1997-11-10Mortgage $200,000 — from ESSES, CAROL; ESSES, MOLLIE; ESSES, SUSAN to GREENPOINT BANK$200,000
1997-11-10PAT — from ESSES, MOLLIE to ESSES, SUSAN
1997-11-10Mortgage assigned — from ESSES, CAROL; ESSES, SUSAN; ESSES, MOLLIE to GREENPOINT BANK
1997-06-18TLS — from CITY OF NEW YORK to BANK OF NEW YORK
1994
1994-03-31Deed — from ESSES, MOLLIE; ESSES, SUSAN; ESSES, CHERYL to ESSES, MOLLIE; ESSES, CAROL; ESSES, SUSAN
1992
1992-11-10Mortgage satisfied — from ESSES, MOLLIE; ESSES, SUSAN; ESSES, CHERYL to SCHEIN, DAVID; PORETSKY, PHILIP
1981
1981-11-30Mortgage — from ESSES SUSAN to BENUN JOSEPH; ABRAHAM MICHAEL
1977
1977-08-10SAGE — from ROSNER MEAT PRODUCTS; PORESKY PHILIP; SCHEIN DAVID
1977-08-10Mortgage — from ESSES MOLLIE; ESSES CHERYL; ESSES SUSAN to PORETSKY PHILLIP; SCHEIN DAVID
1977-08-10Deed — from SCHEIN DAVID; PORETSKY PHILLIP to ESSES SUSAN; ESSES MOLLIE; ESSES CHERYL
1968
1968-08-07SAGE — from ROSNER MEAT TENANT; PORETSKY PHILIP LANDLORD; SCHEIN DAVID

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