296 Clinton Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-00306-0029BIN 3003371

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0112 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 13 apartments
021 open rent-impairing violation(s)
039 active DOB violation(s)
04$5,000 in unpaid DOB fines

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 1 stabilized unit with New York State for 2023 — of about 13 apartments.

2018 — 1 units registered2023 — 1

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1843

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building4 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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt B2Issued 2019-09-205+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF WOOD LOWER AND UPPER WINDOW SAHES STUCK LEADING TO FIRE ESCAPE AND NOT OPENABLE IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT B2, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1CIssued 2008-06-115+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCK ENTRANCE DOOR 2 STY EAST APT 1C. , SECTION '' ''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2BIssued 2008-03-175+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF SCALDING HOT WATER LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 1997-09-165+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE REMOVE OR COVER IN A MANNER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE PEELING LEAD PAINT SOUTH EAST WALL SOUTHEAST ROOM NORTH SECTION 2 STY APT 1B HEAT RISER ER 1 97025576 LOCATED AT APT 1B

Status: Defect letter issued

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

263

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Commercial103

Residential53

Unspecified52

Helicopter24

Street/Sidewalk15

Vehicle13

Park3

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly commercial) — 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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony18

Misdemeanor39

Violation10

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 7 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 · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2017-02-24

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2015 INSPECTION REPORT

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2015-03-03

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2013 INSPECTION REPORT

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2014-05-15

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

23871 REALTY CORP

Head officer

JOSEPHINE OWEN

Managing agent

JOSEPHINE OWEN

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

156 MONTAGUE STREETBROOKLYN 207 PACIFIC STREETBROOKLYN 215 8 AVENUEBROOKLYN 251 KANE STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$5,000

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.

ConstructionClass 12026-03-19$5,000 due

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1986-06-02 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2025-03-12 · $800,000

Mortgage2025-03-12$800,000

borrower 23871 REALTY CORP. · lender AMALGAMATED BANK

Mortgage2017-11-14$430,261.59

borrower 23871 REALTY CORP. · lender AMALGAMATED BANK

Mortgage2014-07-31$1,799,866.95

borrower 23871 REALTY CORP. · lender AMALGAMATED BANK

Mortgage2014-07-31$100,133.05

borrower 23871 REALTY CORP. · lender AMALGAMATED BANK

Mortgage2011-01-03$1,280,578.63

borrower EMMJAY ASSOCIATES LLC, 11967 REALTY CORP., 23871 REALTY CORP., 63 MONTAGUE REALTY LLC, 8282 REALTY CORP., 275 HENRY REALTY LLC · lender AMALGAMATED BANK

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