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253 Avenue X · Brooklyn · BBL 3071730047 · 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 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

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

6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Establishment (2) · Missed Collection (1) · Dirty Condition (1) · Street Sweeping Complaint (1) · Graffiti (1).

Filed construction activity

$19,000 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 (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$551,000 $33,060
2026$698,000 $41,880
2027$756,000 $45,360

The city's market estimate has risen 37% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
FamousChinese/CubanAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food, Food Spoiled) · 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 2 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 X — F · 150 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
86 St — N · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Avenue X / Shell Rd — B1 · 150 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini
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

253 Avenue X

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

6 311 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: $150,000 on 1993-02-23 (lender: Green Point Savingsbank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-06-16Deed $1,150,000 — from WIN ALL INCORPORATED to 253 AVE X FIVE PARTNERS LLC $1,150,000
2025-06-13Sold for $1,150,000 $1,150,000 $1,150,000
1993-02-23Mortgage $150,000 — from WIN ALL INCORPORATED to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK $150,000

Ten-year activity

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2018
2019
2020
2021
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2023
2024
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2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017001001
2018003014
2019012014
2020002013
2021000011
2022001012
2023002024
2024002024
2025003216
2026201003
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The last 12 months — 5 records

DateRecord
2026-03-04Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2026-03-01Job filed: MINOR INTERIOR RENOVATION TO THE FIRST FLOOR COMMERCIAL STORE AS PER PLAN. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY.
2026-01-29311: Food Establishment — Food Spoiled
2025-12-30311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2025-11-08311: Street Sweeping Complaint — Street Not Swept

The full timeline

2026
2026-03-04Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2026-03-01Job filed: MINOR INTERIOR RENOVATION TO THE FIRST FLOOR COMMERCIAL STORE AS PER PLAN. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY.$19,000
2026-01-29311: Food Establishment — Food Spoiled
2025
2025-12-30311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2025-11-08311: Street Sweeping Complaint — Street Not Swept
2025-10-16311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2025-08-28Restaurant inspection: FAMOUS — grade A · mice evidence
2025-06-16Deed $1,150,000 — from WIN ALL INCORPORATED to 253 AVE X FIVE PARTNERS LLC$1,150,000
2025-06-13Sold for $1,150,000$1,150,000
2024
2024-09-25Restaurant inspection: FAMOUS
2024-09-13311: Food Establishment — Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food
2024-08-29Boiler inspection
2024-08-25311: Missed Collection — Trash
2023
2023-10-11311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2023-09-18Boiler inspection
2023-06-21Restaurant inspection: FAMOUS — grade A
2023-02-22311: Food Establishment — Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food
2022
2022-10-05Boiler inspection
2022-04-03311: Missed Collection — Bulky Trash
2021
2021-09-16Boiler inspection
2020
2020-10-28Boiler inspection
2020-03-18311: Consumer Complaint — Retail Store
2020-01-08311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2019
2019-11-08DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2017 INSPECTION REPORT
2019-09-17Boiler inspection
2019-09-06311: Sidewalk Condition — Sidewalk Violation
2019-01-04311: Food Establishment — Pesticide
2018
2018-10-23311: Electronics Waste Appointment — Ewaste appointment
2018-10-23311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-09-14Boiler inspection
2018-09-14311: Food Establishment — Food Worker Activity
2017
2017-10-23311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2016
2016-12-23FDNY inspection (RISK)
2016-05-24311: Consumer Complaint — Overcharge
2016-05-23311: Food Establishment — Food Spoiled
2016-02-06311: Food Establishment — Food Contains Foreign Object
2014
2014-04-10311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2013
2013-05-30311: Broken Muni Meter — No Receipt
2013-05-09311: Broken Muni Meter — Coin or Card Did Not Register
2013-01-07Permit PL — ISSUED
2011
2011-12-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2008
2008-03-20Mortgage satisfied — from WIN ALL INCORPORATED to CAPITAL ONE, N.A.; GREENPOINT BANK; THE GREEN POINT SAVINGS BANK; NORTH FORK BANK
2000
2000-02-07DOB violation LL6291:
1994
1994-07-25DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-04-01Permit PL — ISSUED
1993-04-01Permit PL — ISSUED
1993-04-01Permit PL — ISSUED
1993-03-11Permit EW — ISSUED
1993-03-11Permit EQ — ISSUED
1993-03-11Permit EW — ISSUED
1993-03-09Permit EW — ISSUED
1993-02-23Mortgage $150,000 — from WIN ALL INCORPORATED to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK$150,000
1993-02-18Deed — from DRAGONETTI,MARCHERITA/AK; CACACE, ARMANDO; TORRE, ANNA CACACE; GRIMALDI, IOLANDA CACACE; D to WIN ALL INCORPORATED
1977
1977-04-19Deed — from CACACE LAURA EXTECTOR OF to GRIMALDI IOLANDA C; CACACE RALPH; CACACE MARIO; FUSCO MARIA C; CACACE ARMANDO; DRAGONETTI

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