# 160 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3001700015/160-schermerhorn-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3001700015 · BIN 3394335 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: moderate

- 3 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 63 apartments
- 2 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 4 evictions executed in the last 3 years

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 217 stabilized units for 2023, of about 190 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 215, 2019: 217, 2020: 217, 2021: 217, 2022: 217, 2023: 217.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 2007, 11 floors, 190 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

13 open (class C immediately hazardous: 3, class B hazardous: 8, class A non-hazardous: 2); 371 on record.
2 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 15 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 27 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

32 in the last 12 months; 316 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (109), HEAT/HOT WATER (101), PLUMBING (31), PAINT/PLASTER (17), DOOR/WINDOW (14).

## Bedbugs

10 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 5 infested units.

## Evictions

4 executed in the last 3 years; 7 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

29 cases on record, 0 open, 29 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: SCHERMERHORN LP
- Agent: BREAKING GROUND MANAGEMENT
- HeadOfficer: BRENDA ROSEN
- Officer: DAVE BEER
- SiteManager: TERHURA BANKSTON

The same owner is linked to 13 other buildings (BRENDA ROSEN at 505 8TH AVENUE).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3001700015/160-schermerhorn-street-brooklyn