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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
15 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Establishment (6) · Air Quality (4) · Broken Parking Meter (2) · Snow or Ice (1) · General Construction/Plumbing (1) · Illegal Parking (1).
Filed construction activity
$42,000 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.
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$864,000
$388,800
2026
$878,000
$395,100
2027
$985,000
$443,250
The city's market estimate has risen
14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
6 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Protection, Odor, Food Contaminated) · 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
Subway
Avenue U — Q · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Avenue U / E 13 St — B3 · 100 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.
15 311 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.
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
35
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
1
0
1
2018
0
0
0
0
0
2019
0
0
0
0
0
2020
0
0
5
0
5
2021
0
0
0
0
0
2022
0
0
1
0
1
2023
2
5
26
2
35
2024
0
1
3
0
4
2025
0
0
3
1
4
2026
0
0
7
0
7
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2023-12-16311: Broken Parking Meter — Out of Order
2023-10-31311: Broken Parking Meter — Coin or Card Did Not Register
2023-10-17311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Restaurant (AD2)
2023-10-14311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Restaurant (AD2)
2023-06-28311: General Construction/Plumbing — Vent/Exhaust - Illegal/Improper
2023-06-28DOB complaint, category ?
2023-06-27Job filed: INSTALLATION OF COMMERCIAL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND PLUMBING FIXTURES FOR 1ST FLOOR RESTAURANT$22,000
2023-06-27Job filed: INSTALLATION OF KITCHEN EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR 1ST FLOOR RESTAURANT$20,000
2023-05-21311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Restaurant (AD2)
2023-05-21311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Restaurant (AD2)
2023-05-20311: Air Quality — Air: Smoke, Chimney or vent (AS1)
2023-05-18311: Illegal Dumping — Removal Request
2023-05-17Restaurant inspection: SHASHLIK HOUSE · mice evidence
2023-05-16311: General Construction/Plumbing — Vent/Exhaust - Illegal/Improper
2023-05-16311: Food Establishment — Odor
2023-05-16DOB complaint, category ?
2023-05-15311: General Construction/Plumbing — Vent/Exhaust - Illegal/Improper
2023-05-15311: Food Establishment — Odor
2023-05-15DOB complaint, category ?
2023-05-14311: Air Quality — Air: Smoke, Chimney or vent (AS1)
2023-05-13311: Air Quality — Air: Smoke, Chimney or vent (AS1)
2023-05-08Restaurant inspection: SHASHLIK HOUSE
2023-05-06311: Food Establishment — Odor
2023-05-02311: Food Establishment — Odor
2023-05-01311: Food Establishment — Odor
2023-04-28ECB CLASS - 1 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT: AT TIME OF INSPECTION COMMERCIAL GAS & CHARCOAL COOKING EQUIPMENT ALONG WITH MECHANICAL EXHAUST SYSTEM INST$2,500
2023-04-23311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Restaurant (AD2)
2023-04-10311: Air Quality — Air: Smoke, Chimney or vent (AS1)
2023-04-06311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Restaurant (AD2)
2023-04-06311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2023-04-05311: Food Establishment — Odor
2023-04-03311: General Construction/Plumbing — Vent/Exhaust - Illegal/Improper
2023-04-03311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2023-04-03DOB complaint, category ?
2023-03-31311: Food Establishment — Ventilation
2022
2022-04-06311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2020
2020-04-23311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
1999-02-16ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. WORK NOTED: INSTALL CONVEYOR FROM CELLER TO 1STFLOOR WITHOUT INCLOSING DOOR AT HEAD OF STAIR TO INCLOSE CON
1999-02-08DOB violation C:
1999-02-02DOB complaint, category ?
1997
1997-07-10Permit AL — ISSUED
1997-01-07Deed — from WOLFF, MERLE; WOLDENBERG, RONA; WOLDENBERG, RITA to 1240 AVENUE U REALTYL.L.C.
1996
1996-11-13DOB violation ES:
1996-05-15DOB complaint, category ?
1996-03-11Deed — from WOLDENBERG, RITA to WOLDENBERG, RONA; WOLFF, MERLE; WOLDENBERG, RITA
1996-01-23Permit EW — ISSUED
1996-01-23Permit EQ — ISSUED
1996-01-19Permit EW — ISSUED
1994
1994-02-24Permit EW — ISSUED
1994-02-24Permit EW — ISSUED
1972
1972-02-29Deed — from 851 FLATBUSH AVE INC to WOLDENBERG RITA
1972-02-29Mortgage — from WOLDENBERG RITA to WEINSTEIN ISIDOR