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1281 Prospect Avenue, Brooklyn

BIN 3122567BBL 3052770007Block 5277 · Lot 7Built 19203 storiesGoogle Maps & Street View ↗Tax & zoning on NYC.gov ↗
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1281 Prospect Avenue at a glance

1281 Prospect Avenue, Brooklyn has 2 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 Sep 18, 2000 (no consideration recorded). The most recent record is dated Jul 5, 2026.

Open Class C
0
Immediately hazardous — click to see them
Open Class B
1
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
0.67
3 residential units · NYC average 0.31
Evictions
0
No marshal evictions on record
Permits on file
0
Construction permits filed with DOB
Last activity
Jul 5, 2026
Bedbugs record

Health score for 1281 Prospect Avenue

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

A
Health score · Sep 11, 2026
Scored from all 20 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 1
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 1281 Prospect Avenue

20 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 1281 Prospect Avenue

No balance is recorded as due across the 4 summonses below, out of $400.00 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 1281 Prospect Avenue
049042788XApr 8, 2025FAIL TO RECYCLE ORGANIC WASTE 1-8 DWELLING UNITS 1STJul 7, 2025Pending
0172770649Sep 29, 2009FAILURE TO PROPERLY PUT RECYCLABLES OUT FOR COLLECTIONOct 29, 2009Pending
0159593033Mar 28, 2008LOOSE RUBBISHApr 30, 2008Pending
1700Sep 13, 1988ALTERED BUILDING OCCUPIED WITHOUT A VALID CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY ALTERATION NUMBER 591/84 REMEDY DISCONTINUE THE OCCUPANCY OF THE PREMISES UNTIL A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS ISSUEOct 31, 1988Settled by stipulation

Ownership history for 1281 Prospect Avenue

Every deed the City Register has recorded against this building’s tax lot (BBL 3052770007), 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 1281 Prospect Avenue
Sep 18, 2000Oct 30, 2000Smith, SusanaSmith, Christopher LDeedView ↗
Jun 10, 1996Jul 23, 1996Smith, Christopher L., Smith, SusanaBarbaro, Edward J.DeedView ↗
Jun 12, 1990Jul 9, 1990Barbaro, Edward J, Smith, Christopher L, Smith, Susan AAcosta, ArsenioDeedView ↗
Jun 6, 1969Jun 6, 1969Acosta Arsenio, Acosta LydiaGreenhaus Edward DeceasedDeedView ↗

Financing record for 1281 Prospect 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 1281 Prospect Avenue
Oct 2, 2017Mortgage assignmentMers, INC., Loandepot.Com, LLCView ↗
Aug 18, 2017Mortgage$140,665Mers, INC.View ↗
Aug 7, 2017Mortgage assignmentLoandepot.Com, LLC, Mers, INC.View ↗
Aug 7, 2017Mortgage assignmentJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A.View ↗
Aug 3, 2017Mortgage assignmentMers, INC., Equity Now INC.View ↗
May 20, 2009Mortgage$48,529MersView ↗
May 15, 2009Mortgage assignmentEquity Now INC.View ↗
Nov 10, 2004Satisfaction of mortgageWells Fargo Bank, NaView ↗
Nov 4, 2004Mortgage assignmentWells Fargo Bank, NaView ↗
Oct 18, 2004Satisfaction of mortgageNew Century Mortgage CorporationView ↗
Sep 7, 2004Mortgage assignmentU.S Bank National AssociationView ↗
Aug 30, 2004Mortgage$285,000M.L. Moskowitz & Co., INC., D/B/A Equity NowView ↗
Feb 6, 2003Satisfaction of mortgageMadison Home Equities INCView ↗
Jun 6, 1969MortgageGreenhaus Minnie As Extx Of, Greenhaus Edward DeceasedView ↗
Mortgage$230,000New Century MortgagecorpView ↗
Mortgage assignmentChase Manhattan Mortgage CorporationView ↗
Satisfaction of mortgageRiver Bank Of AmericaView ↗
Mortgage assignmentM&T Mortgage CorporationView ↗
Mortgage$184,050Madison Home Equities INCView ↗
Mortgage assignmentNational WestminsterbankView ↗
Mortgage$165,000River Bank AmericaView ↗
Satisfaction of mortgageGreenhaus, Minnie/Exec, Greenhaus, Edward/LwtView ↗

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