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217 Knickerbocker Avenue, Brooklyn

BIN 3072541BBL 3031870008Block 3187 · Lot 8Built 19313 storiesGoogle Maps & Street View ↗Tax & zoning on NYC.gov ↗
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217 Knickerbocker Avenue at a glance

217 Knickerbocker Avenue, Brooklyn has 24 open city records on file, 3 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 Mar 31, 2003 for $610,000. The most recent record is dated Jun 9, 2026.

Open Class C
3
Immediately hazardous — click to see them
Open Class B
17
Hazardous — click to see them
Open Class A
4
Non-hazardous — click to see them
Fines due
$0.00
Balance on OATH/ECB summonses
Open per unit
6.00
4 residential units · NYC average 0.31
Evictions
0
No marshal evictions on record
Permits on file
9
Construction permits filed with DOB
Last activity
Jun 9, 2026
DOHMH record

Health score for 217 Knickerbocker Avenue

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

C
Health score · Sep 11, 2026
Scored from all 211 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 3
Open Class B violations
Hazardous
This building 17
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 217 Knickerbocker Avenue

211 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 217 Knickerbocker Avenue

No balance is recorded as due across the 6 summonses below, out of $2,750.00 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 217 Knickerbocker Avenue
041805612YAug 12, 2014FAILURE TO CLEAN 18 INCHES INTO STREETSep 12, 2014Pending
011367952PFeb 27, 2014INSPECTION AND TESTINGApr 15, 2014Found in violation
042310517HMar 26, 2008ILLEGAL POSTING OF HANDBILL NOTICEAug 15, 2008Pending
0152153440Mar 9, 2006ILLEGAL POSTING OF HANDBILL NOTICEJul 14, 2006Pending
0152153430Mar 9, 2006ILLEGAL POSTING OF HANDBILL NOTICEJul 14, 2006Pending
010825348HMar 20, 2003FAILED TO PROVIDE BUCKETS EXTINGUISHERSMay 6, 2003Written off

Ownership history for 217 Knickerbocker Avenue

Every deed the City Register has recorded against this building’s tax lot (BBL 3031870008), 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 217 Knickerbocker Avenue
Mar 31, 2003Nov 19, 2003$610,000Lik Tin Century INCLin, FengDeed (other)View ↗
Nov 28, 2000Jan 25, 2001Feng, LinHsu, Mo FungDeedView ↗
Jun 1, 1990Jun 21, 1990Hsu, Mo-KongConti, JennieDeedView ↗
Dec 28, 1988Dec 29, 1988Conti, JennieJencon Rlty CORPDeedView ↗
Mar 19, 1969Mar 19, 1969Jencon Realty CORPGraffeo Salvatore, Graffeo FrancesDeedView ↗

Financing record for 217 Knickerbocker Avenue

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 217 Knickerbocker Avenue
May 16, 2014Assignment of leases and rents$1,150,000Investors BankView ↗
May 16, 2014Mortgage$886,504Investors BankView ↗
May 16, 2014Mortgage assignmentInvestors BankView ↗
Apr 28, 2003Satisfaction of mortgageLin, FengView ↗
Mar 31, 2003Assignment of leases and rents$435,000Lin Tin Century,INCView ↗
Mar 31, 2003Mortgage$435,000Flushing Savings Bank, FsbView ↗
Mar 19, 1969MortgageGraffeo Salvatore, Graffeo FrancesView ↗
Mortgage assignmentCathay BankView ↗
Mortgage$350,000Cathay BankView ↗
Mortgage assignmentCathay BankView ↗
Mortgage assignmentHsu, Mo FongView ↗
Mortgage$217,000Astoria Federal Savings And Loan AssociationView ↗
Satisfaction of mortgageAmerasia BankView ↗
Mortgage assignmentAstoria Federal Savings And Loan AssociationView ↗
Satisfaction of mortgageConte, AnthonyView ↗
Mortgage$100,000Amerasia BankView ↗
Mortgage assignmentAmerasia BankView ↗
Satisfaction of mortgageAmerasia BankView ↗
Mortgage$10,000Conte, AnthonyView ↗
Mortgage assignmentAmerasia BankView ↗
Mortgage$85,000Amerasia BankView ↗
Satisfaction of mortgageGraffeo, Salvatore, Graffeo, FrancesView ↗

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