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279 Decatur Street, Brooklyn

BIN 3047107BBL 3016750051Block 1675 · Lot 51Built 18893 storiesGoogle Maps & Street View ↗Tax & zoning on NYC.gov ↗
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279 Decatur Street at a glance

279 Decatur Street, Brooklyn has 23 open city records on file, 2 of them Class C (immediately hazardous), and no balance recorded as due on OATH/ECB summonses. No marshal evictions are on record for this building. It last sold on Nov 18, 2019 for $1,549,000. The most recent record is dated May 4, 2026.

Open Class C
2
Immediately hazardous — click to see them
Open Class B
10
Hazardous — click to see them
Open Class A
11
Non-hazardous — click to see them
Fines due
$0.00
Balance on OATH/ECB summonses
Open per unit
8.00
4 residential units · NYC average 0.31
Evictions
0
No marshal evictions on record
Permits on file
4
Construction permits filed with DOB
Last activity
May 4, 2026
HPD record

Health score for 279 Decatur Street

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

C
Health score · Sep 11, 2026
Scored from all 92 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 2
Open Class B violations
Hazardous
This building 10
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 279 Decatur Street

92 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 279 Decatur Street

No OATH or ECB summons carrying a penalty is published against this BIN. Summonses issued to a different BIN at the same address, or filed without a building identifier, will not appear here.

Ownership history for 279 Decatur Street

Every deed the City Register has recorded against this building’s tax lot (BBL 3016750051), 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 279 Decatur Street
Nov 18, 2019Nov 22, 2019$1,549,000Ali, Yussuf Mussa, Asante, AbenaWheeler, Anthony VDeedView ↗
Aug 29, 2008Sep 19, 2008Wheeler, Anthony VWheeler, Anthony V, Wheeler-Todd, Barbara NicoleDeedView ↗
Jan 19, 2007Apr 20, 2007Wheeler, Anthony V, Wheeler-Todd, Barbara NicoleDowling, BarbaraDeedView ↗
Dec 22, 1995May 16, 1997Wheeler, MarvinBoyer, SandraDeedView ↗
Mar 18, 1968Mar 18, 1968Boyer SandraYoung CainDeedView ↗
Nov 15, 1967Nov 15, 1967Young CainWheeler Dorothy Etal Defendants, Benjamin Bernard RefereeDeedView ↗

Financing record for 279 Decatur 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 279 Decatur Street
Nov 14, 2022Mortgage$105,899Bethpage Federal Credit UnionView ↗
Dec 2, 2019Satisfaction of mortgageDeutsche Bank National Trust CompanyView ↗
Nov 18, 2019Mortgage$999,999Bethpage Federal Credit UnionView ↗
Nov 18, 2019Mortgage$394,101Bethpage Federal Credit UnionView ↗
Oct 8, 2019Satisfaction of mortgageMortgage Electronic Registration Systems, INC As NView ↗
Mar 4, 2008Mortgage assignmentDeutsche Bank National Trust Company As TrusteeView ↗
Apr 13, 2006Mortgage$100,000MersView ↗
Apr 8, 2005Satisfaction of mortgageArgent Mortgage CompanyView ↗
Mar 25, 2005Mortgage$508,000Dba Ommb, Old Merchants Mortgage, INC.View ↗
Feb 9, 2004Satisfaction of mortgageWashington Mutual Bank, FaView ↗
Dec 13, 2003Mortgage$375,000Argent Mortgage Company, LLCView ↗
Apr 30, 2003Satisfaction of mortgageMers As Nominee For America'S Wholesale LenderView ↗
Mar 17, 2003Mortgage$273,750Washington Mutual Bank, FaView ↗
Mar 10, 1972Mortgage assignmentAllied Fedl Savs & Loan Assn Of NyView ↗
Mar 18, 1968MortgageYoung CainView ↗
Satisfaction of mortgageContimortgage CorporationView ↗
Mortgage assignmentManufacturers & Traders Trust CompanyView ↗
Mortgage$240,000America'S Wholesalelender, Mortgage Electronicregistration Systems INC/NonView ↗
Mortgage$176,000Contimortgage CorporationView ↗

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