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553 17 Street, Brooklyn

BIN 3016637BBL 3008710044Block 871 · Lot 44Built 19313 storiesGoogle Maps & Street View ↗Tax & zoning on NYC.gov ↗
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553 17 Street at a glance

553 17 Street, Brooklyn has 18 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. It last sold on Mar 3, 2006 for $800,000. The most recent record is dated Jul 14, 2026.

Open Class C
0
Immediately hazardous — click to see them
Open Class B
13
Hazardous — click to see them
Open Class A
5
Non-hazardous — click to see them
Fines due
$0.00
Balance on OATH/ECB summonses
Open per unit
2.25
8 residential units · NYC average 0.31
Evictions
0
No marshal evictions on record
Permits on file
7
Construction permits filed with DOB
Last activity
Jul 14, 2026
311 record

Health score for 553 17 Street

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

B
Health score · Sep 11, 2026
Scored from all 55 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 13
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 553 17 Street

55 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 553 17 Street

No balance is recorded as due across the 2 summonses below, out of $175.00 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 553 17 Street
0173660200Feb 7, 2011IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF RECYC MISUSE OF CONTAINER 1 TO 8 DWELLING UNITSMar 11, 2011Defaulted (did not respond)
0105621973Jan 11, 1999STORAGE OF RECEPTACLESJul 5, 2000Written off

Ownership history for 553 17 Street

Every deed the City Register has recorded against this building’s tax lot (BBL 3008710044), 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 553 17 Street
Dec 12, 2018Dec 19, 2018553 17th St LLCWalsh, William, Walsh, Edward, Walsh, John JDeedView ↗
Mar 3, 2006Jul 24, 2006$800,000Walsh, Edward, Walsh, William, Walsh, John JEstate Of Sha Yen LauDeedView ↗
Sep 19, 1977Sep 19, 1977Lau Sha Yen, Lau Foong KiawScala Fred, Scala Emilia, Scala MatthewDeedView ↗

Financing record for 553 17 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 553 17 Street
Dec 12, 2018Mortgage$86,180Jpmorgan Chase Bank, NaView ↗
Apr 30, 2014Mortgage$648,645Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A.View ↗
Apr 24, 2013Mortgage assignmentJpmorgan Chase Bank National AssociationView ↗
Jul 14, 2006Mortgage$400,000Washington Mutual Bank, F.A.View ↗
Jul 6, 2006Satisfaction of mortgageGreat Eastern BankView ↗
Sep 19, 1977MortgageScala Matthew, Scala Fred, Scala EmiliaView ↗
Feb 9, 1968MortgageGreater New York Savings BankView ↗
Mortgage assignmentGreat Eastern BankView ↗
Mortgage$110,000Great Eastern BankView ↗
Satisfaction of mortgageScala, Emilia, Scala, Fred, Scala, MatthewView ↗

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