# 85 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3002660012/85-livingston-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3002660012 · BIN 3002556 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 2 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 119 apartments
- 5 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 7 active DOB violation(s)
- 2 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 13 stabilized units for 2023, of about 238 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 20, 2019: 17, 2020: 15, 2021: 14, 2022: 13, 2023: 13.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1964, 18 floors, 238 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

67 open (class C immediately hazardous: 2, class B hazardous: 57, class A non-hazardous: 8); 74 on record.
5 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

7 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 67 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 33 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 11 on record.
Most common: PLUMBING (3), UNSANITARY CONDITION (3), PAINT/PLASTER (2), ELECTRIC (1), GENERAL (1).

## Bedbugs

7 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

2 executed in the last 3 years; 3 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

3 cases on record, 0 open, 3 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 85 LIVINGSTON TENANTS CORP.
- Agent: AKAM ASSOCIATES, INC.
- HeadOfficer: MICHAEL GERSHFELD
- Officer: CHRISTOPHER ALKER
- SiteManager: MICHAEL GERSHFELD

The same owner is linked to 5 other buildings (MICHAEL GERSHFELD at 99 PARK 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/3002660012/85-livingston-street-brooklyn