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281 Hicks Street, Brooklyn

BIN 3002369BBL 3002610016Block 261 · Lot 16Built 19003 storiesGoogle Maps & Street View ↗Tax & zoning on NYC.gov ↗
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281 Hicks Street at a glance

281 Hicks Street, Brooklyn has 12 open city records on file, none of them Class C, and no balance recorded as due on OATH/ECB summonses. No marshal evictions are on record for this building. Its last recorded ownership transfer was Nov 8, 1983 (no consideration recorded). The most recent record is dated May 4, 2026.

Open Class C
0
Immediately hazardous — click to see them
Open Class B
11
Hazardous — click to see them
Open Class A
1
Non-hazardous — click to see them
Fines due
$0.00
Balance on OATH/ECB summonses
Open per unit
1.33
9 residential units · NYC average 0.31
Evictions
0
No marshal evictions on record
Permits on file
2
Construction permits filed with DOB
Last activity
May 4, 2026
HPD record

Health score for 281 Hicks Street

A composite of the public indicators below. How it is scored.

B
Health score · Sep 11, 2026
Scored from all 36 public records for this building
Scored from city records as published, which lag reality by a day or two, and closed violations rest on owner self-certification. A grade summarizes the public record, not the building itself. Full methodology · report a problem
Open Class C violations
Immediately hazardous, uncertified
This building 0
Open Class B violations
Hazardous
This building 11
Heat & hot water records
Violations and complaints, last 24 months
This building 0
Unpaid penalties
OATH/ECB summonses with balance due
This building $0
Bedbug filings with infestations
Annual LL69 filings on record
This building 0
Tenant litigation
Open HP actions in Housing Court
This building 0
Active vacate order
HPD or FDNY order to vacate, still in effect
This building No

Record timeline for 281 Hicks Street

36 records on file, every agency interleaved. Class A, B and C are HPD’s hazard tiers: C is immediately hazardous, A and B explained here.

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OATH / ECB summonses & fines at 281 Hicks Street

No balance is recorded as due across the 4 summonses below, out of $975.00 in penalties imposed. Balances are as the city publishes them; a settlement or write-off that never reached the dataset will not show here. New to these? How an OATH summons becomes a penalty, explained.

OATH and ECB summonses for 281 Hicks Street
048757736RFeb 3, 2025IMPROPER RECEPTACLE FAILURE TO CONTAINERIZE - RESIDENTIAL 1STMay 5, 2025Pending
040374405NOct 29, 2013STORAGE OF RECEPTACLESNov 29, 2013Pending
0176515947Apr 19, 2010USE OPENING OF STREET W O PERMITJun 10, 2010Found in violation
0171540986Jan 25, 2010FAILURE TO PROPERLY PUT RECYCLABLES OUT FOR COLLECTIONMar 3, 2010Pending

Ownership history for 281 Hicks Street

Every deed the City Register has recorded against this building’s tax lot (BBL 3002610016), newest first. A price is the consideration stated on the deed; transfers between related parties, into an LLC, or by a referee often record none, shown as “—”. Each row links to the document in ACRIS.

Recorded deeds for 281 Hicks Street
Nov 8, 1983Dec 14, 1983283 Owners CORP289 Hicks Street CORPDeedView ↗
Feb 4, 1982Feb 9, 1982289 Hicks St. CORP.Roman Cath Dio BklynnyDeedView ↗
Feb 4, 1982Feb 9, 1982289 Hicks St. CORP.Roman Cath Dio BklynnyDeedView ↗

Financing record for 281 Hicks Street

Mortgages recorded against this building’s tax lot, with the satisfactions that paid them off and the assignments that moved them between lenders, from the City Register (ACRIS). A satisfaction usually records no amount, shown as “—”.

Recorded financing documents for 281 Hicks Street
Nov 12, 2019Mortgage$71,032Valley National BankView ↗
Nov 12, 2019Mortgage assignmentValley National BankView ↗
Nov 12, 2019Assignment of leases and rents$500,000Valley National BankView ↗
Oct 29, 2009Mortgage$20,000New York Community BankView ↗
Oct 29, 2009Mortgage assignmentNew York Community BankView ↗
Oct 29, 2009Assignment of leases and rents$520,000New York Community BankView ↗
Mortgage assignmentGuardian Life InsuranceView ↗
Mortgage$200,393Guardian Life Insuran/CoView ↗
Mortgage$50,000Citibank NaView ↗
Satisfaction of mortgageKgs AssociatesView ↗
Mortgage$31,667Independence Savs BankView ↗
Mortgage assignmentIndependence SavingsbnkView ↗
Mortgage assignmentIndependence SavingsbkView ↗
Mortgage$146,667Roman Cath Dio BklynnyView ↗
Mortgage$370,000Kgs AssociatesView ↗
Mortgage$146,667Roman Cath Dio BklynnyView ↗

Lender names are as recorded; the current holder of a loan can differ if a later assignment was never recorded.