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799 East 56 Street · Brooklyn · BBL 3079740023 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE Print / save PDF

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Where the penalty points come from

Open with the city right now

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

283 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 33 · winter 2024–25: 250). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

165 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (139) · Noise (8) · PLUMBING (6) · PAINT/PLASTER (5) · WATER LEAK (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.

Rent-stabilization signals

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

The city's market estimate has risen 16% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Hurricane evacuation zone 3 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

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

799 East 56 Street Copy address

165 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 139 of them about heat or hot water.

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: $345,000 on 2007-03-06 (recorded via MERS, the industry registry; the lender is not named on the record). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

Ten-year activity

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Year	Enforcement	Housing & tenants	Total
2017	0	0	0
2018	0	1	1
2019	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0
2021	0	0	0
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	31	31
2024	3	126	129
2025	0	250	250
2026	0	0	0

The last 12 months — 0 records

No city records in the last 12 months — quiet is good.

The full timeline

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