# 177 Columbia Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3003190007/177-columbia-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3003190007 · BIN 3394970 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: moderate

- 3 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 19 apartments
- 3 of those issued 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

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
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, 5 floors, 56 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

3 open (class C immediately hazardous: 3, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 0); 164 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 4 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

54 in the last 12 months; 256 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (86), UNSANITARY CONDITION (45), PAINT/PLASTER (34), PLUMBING (24), GENERAL (18).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

7 cases on record, 0 open, 7 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: POSTGRADUATE CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Agent: POSTGRADUATE CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- HeadOfficer: JACOB BARAK
- Officer: CHRISTINA NARINE
- SiteManager: Michelle Banks

The same owner is linked to 16 other buildings (JACOB BARAK at 158 EAST 35TH STREET).

## 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/3003190007/177-columbia-street-brooklyn