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5221 Avenue N · Brooklyn · BBL 3078770002 · 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 11234, 92% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% 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

11 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Abandoned Vehicle (5) · Illegal Parking (3) · Consumer Complaint (2) · Graffiti (1).

Filed construction activity

$25,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (1935)
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$393,000 $176,850
2026$371,000 $166,950
2027$428,000 $192,600

The city's market estimate has risen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Kam Fung Chinese RestaurantChineseAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

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

BusNearest boarding stop: Avenue N / E 53 St — B41 · 100 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 203 Floyd Bennett School
Middle: J.H.S. 078 Roy H. Mann. 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

5221 Avenue N

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

11 311 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: $499,000 on 2019-09-30 (lender: Cathay Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2019-09-30AL&R $499,000 — from 5221 GRANDVILLE LLC to CATHAY BANK $499,000
2019-09-30Mortgage $499,000 — from 5221 GRANDVILLE LLC to CATHAY BANK $499,000
2005-09-16Mortgage $650,000 — from LIN, GE to CHINATOWN FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK $650,000
2002-03-07Mortgage $367,000 — from LIN, GE to ABACUS FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK $367,000

Ten-year activity

1050
2017
2018
7
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017003003
2018001001
2019002507
2020511007
2021000000
2022002002
2023003025
2024003025
2025004015
2026003003
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The last 12 months — 6 records

DateRecord
2026-08-23311: Consumer Complaint — Restaurant
2026-04-13311: Consumer Complaint — Other Store (Non-Food)
2026-01-31311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2025-12-30Restaurant inspection: KAM FUNG CHINESE RESTAURANT — grade A
2025-10-21311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2025-10-20311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate

The full timeline

2026
2026-08-23311: Consumer Complaint — Restaurant
2026-04-13311: Consumer Complaint — Other Store (Non-Food)
2026-01-31311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2025
2025-12-30Restaurant inspection: KAM FUNG CHINESE RESTAURANT — grade A
2025-10-21311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2025-10-20311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2025-09-19311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2025-02-15311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2024
2024-12-05311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2024-08-29Restaurant inspection: KAM FUNG CHINESE RESTAURANT — grade A
2024-06-05Restaurant inspection: KAM FUNG CHINESE RESTAURANT
2024-01-26311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2024-01-22311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2023
2023-12-18311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2023-04-26311: Illegal Parking — Overnight Commercial Storage
2023-04-15311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2023-01-17Restaurant inspection: KAM FUNG CHINESE RESTAURANT — grade A · mice evidence
2023-01-03Restaurant inspection: KAM FUNG CHINESE RESTAURANT
2022
2022-04-08311: Water System — Hydrant Running Full (WA4)
2022-03-10311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2020
2020-02-20Permit Mechanical Systems — Signed-off
2020-02-18Job filed: MECHANICAL WORK FOR EXISTING STORE. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$5,000
2020-02-12Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION FOR EXISTING STORE, NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$10,000
2020-02-12Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION FOR EXISTING STORE, NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$10,000
2020-02-12Permit EW — ISSUED
2020-02-04311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2020-02-04DOB complaint, category ?
2019
2019-10-18Mortgage satisfied — from LIN, GE to CHINATOWN FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK; HANOVER COMMUNITY BANK
2019-09-30AL&R $499,000 — from 5221 GRANDVILLE LLC to CATHAY BANK$499,000
2019-09-30Mortgage $499,000 — from 5221 GRANDVILLE LLC to CATHAY BANK$499,000
2019-09-30Deed — from LIN, GE to 5221 GRANDVILLE LLC
2019-09-26311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-09-18Deed transfer (nominal price)
2019-06-05311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018
2018-10-12311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2017
2017-07-31311: Derelict Vehicle — With License Plate
2017-07-29311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2017-01-28311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2015
2015-04-08Rodent inspection: Passed
2015-04-03311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2014
2014-09-10311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2014-09-04311: Blocked Driveway — Partial Access
2014-09-04311: Derelict Vehicle — With License Plate
2014-07-13FDNY inspection (RISK)
2013
2013-11-25311: Derelict Vehicle — With License Plate
2013-11-21311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2013-10-31Permit EW — ISSUED
2013-10-16Job filed: INSTALL 7.5 TONS ROF TOP UNIT TO OBTAIN EQUIPMENT USE PERMIT. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS.$22,500
2013-07-11311: Street Sign - Dangling — School Crossing
2013-06-13311: Street Sign - Damaged — School Crossing
2012
2012-08-29Deed — from ZHENG, YA QIN to LIN, GE
2012-06-28311: Derelict Vehicle — With License Plate
2012-06-28311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2011
2011-11-23311: Food Establishment — Food Contains Foreign Object
2011-02-13311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2010
2010-03-16Deed — from LIN, GE to ZHENG, YA QIN
2010-01-31311: Food Establishment — Food Contaminated
2006
2006-08-04DOB complaint, category ?
2006-03-30Mortgage satisfied — from LIN, GE to ABACUS FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
2005
2005-09-16Mortgage $650,000 — from LIN, GE to CHINATOWN FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK$650,000
2005-07-20Permit AL — ISSUED
2005-04-20Deed — from LIN, GE to LIN, GE
2004
2004-06-25Permit EQ — ISSUED
2004-06-25Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-06-25Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-06-18Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION FOR A STORE. RETILE EXISTING RESTROOM. INSTALL NEW STOREFRONT. HVAC SYSTEM. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$17,500
2002
2002-12-13Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-11-25Job filed: Replacement fire suppression system in e xisting hood. No chang in use, AND OCCUPANCY._GAS SHUT-OFF VALVE WAS UN DER CASE #300542615$2,000
2002-11-25Job filed: Replacement fire suppression system in e xisting hood. No chang in use, AND OCCUPANCY._GAS SHUT-OFF VALVE WAS UN DER CASE #300542615$2,000
2002-08-29Job filed: THIS APPLICATION TO BE FILED FOR SUB-DIVISION TAX LOT. NO WORK TO BE DONE. SUB-DIVISION TAX LOT APPLICATION NO. 301384035.
2002-07-22Job filed: SI
2002-03-07Deed — from POLL, GUS/ESTATE OF; PANAGOPOULOS, AGLAIAPOLL/ESTATE OF; POLL, AGLAIA/ESTATEOF; PANAGOPOUL to LIN, GE
2002-03-07Mortgage $367,000 — from LIN, GE to ABACUS FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK$367,000
2002-03-06DOB complaint, category ?
1996
1996-08-28Permit EW — ISSUED
1996-08-28Permit EW — ISSUED
1995
1995-01-04Permit EW — ISSUED

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