81 Washington Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-00051-0001BIN 3335876

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

013 active DOB violation(s)
022 open HPD violation(s)

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 5 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 49 apartments.

2018 — 6 units registered2023 — 5

J-51 tax benefit

Rent stabilization here may be tied to a tax benefit and can end when the benefit expires.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

1914

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building12 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2EIssued 2025-02-19

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. REMOVE OBSTRUCTING BARS OR UNLAWFUL GATES FROM AT LEAST 1 WINDOW OR PROVIDE APPROVED TYPE GATE .. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2E, 2nd STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-02-19

§ 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES, BOTTOM EDGE OF FRAME BETWEEN 48-62 INCHES ABOVE FLOOR FRAME MISSING AT WALL AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water1

Water Leak1

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2024-12-27 · closed

Water LeakSlow Leak2024-07-27 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

616

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential254

Street/Sidewalk166

Unspecified102

Vehicle50

Commercial43

Helicopter1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

430

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony135

Misdemeanor232

Violation63

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 13 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · FISPNRF-NO REPORT AND / OR LATE FILING (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2024-02-22

FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9C TECHNICAL REPORT BY 2/21/2024

ACTIVE · FISPNRF-NO REPORT AND / OR LATE FILING (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2019-04-30

FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 8C TECHNICAL REPORT BY 02/21/2019

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2011-03-11

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2012-09-24

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

DUMBO LOFTS RENTAL LLC

Head officer

DAVID WALENTAS

Managing agent

TWO TREES MANAGEMENT CO LLC

13 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

1 OLD FULTON STREETBROOKLYN 125 COURT STREETBROOKLYN 164 ATLANTIC AVENUEBROOKLYN 233 ATLANTIC AVENUEBROOKLYN 25 WASHINGTON STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2014-12-04 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2020-11-13 · $32,591,810

Mortgage2020-11-13$32,591,810

borrower DUMBO LOFTS RENTAL LLC · lender WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2019-11-14$15,000,000

borrower DUMBO LOFTS RENTAL LLC, 30 WASHINGTON RENTAL LLC · lender WELLS FARGO, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Sale2014-12-04no recorded price

DUMBO LOFTS LLC → DUMBO LOFTS RENTAL LLC

Sale2010-09-27no recorded price

321 ASHLAND LLC → DUMBO LOFTS LLC

Sale2009-11-17$6,187,590.71

CAGE ASSOCIATES, LLC → 321 ASHLAND LLC

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.

City debt & tax-lien sale