161 President Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-00343-0034BIN 3004494Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

012 active DOB violation(s)
0214 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 OATH/ECB 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

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1900

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building14 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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2RIssued 2009-10-017 violations5+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING, IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST
SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE OVER HEAD CABINETS, IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST

5 more from the same inspection

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF CONCEALED LEAK STEAM PIPE KITCHEN 2 STY EAST APT 2R. , SECTION '' ''
SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOWER SASH BALANCES FOR THE LOWER SASH OF THE WINDOW, IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST
SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR WALLS AND CEILINGS BATHROOM AND PRIVATE HALL 2 STY EAST APT 2R. , SECTION '' ''
SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MAKE OPERABLE WINDOW KITCHEN 2 SY EAST APT 2R. , SECTION '' ''
SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR INOPERATIVE/ CIPALEO, IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4RIssued 2009-10-015+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS ENTRANCE TO 4 STY EAST APT 4R. , SECTION '' ''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2009-10-015+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2026 ADM CODE PROVIDE SUITABLE TIGHT COVER FOR THE HANDHOLE OPENING OF TRAP FRONT CELLAR.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 2RIssued 2009-10-015 violations5+ YRS OLD

SECTION 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION THE SHEETROCK PARTITION WALL CREATING 2 ROOMS FROM 1 , IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST
SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC TILES AT THE WEST WALL, IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST

3 more from the same inspection

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE CEILING LIGHT FIXTURE AT THE CEILING. IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST
SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT WALLS AND CEILING , IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST
SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR EAST WALL , IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

179

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential90

Unspecified50

Street/Sidewalk15

Commercial11

Helicopter8

Vehicle5

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. 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

121

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony38

Misdemeanor75

Violation8

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

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-30

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-08-16

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

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

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

161 PRESIDENT STREET OWNERS CORP

Head officer

ANDREW PARKER

Managing agent

FOUNDATION MGMT NYC

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

103 DOUGLASS STREETBROOKLYN 126 SOUTH 2 STREETBROOKLYN 136 DEAN STREETBROOKLYN 159 CARLTON AVENUEBROOKLYN 197 23 STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1988-08-18 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2013-09-30 · $47,316.44

Mortgage2013-09-30$47,316.44

borrower 161 PRESIDENT ST. OWNERS CORP., 161 PRESIDENT ST OWNERS CORP. · lender NCB, FSB

Mortgage2002-03-26$78,759.9

borrower 161 PRESIDENT ST OWNERS CORP · lender DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH

Sale1988-08-18no recorded price

161 PRESIDENT ASSOCS → 161 PRESIDENT ST OWNERS

Mortgage1987-06-11$51,681

borrower 161 PRESIDENT ASSOC · lender INDEPENDENCE SAVS BANK

Mortgage1986-07-18$280,000

borrower 161 PRESIDENT ASSOC · lender INDEPENDENCE SAVS 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