# 86 Lorraine Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3005800025/86-lorraine-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3005800025 · BIN 3413666 · Generated 2026-10-31

## Concern level: high

- 2 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 8 apartments
- 2 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

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 15 stabilized units for 2023, of about 15 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 15, 2019: 15, 2020: 15, 2021: 15, 2022: 15, 2023: 15.
Receives the 421-a tax benefit, scheduled to expire around 2028; stabilization tied to 421-a generally ends when the benefit does.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 2008, 3 floors, 15 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

0 open (class C immediately hazardous: 0, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 0); 13 on record.
This tax lot has 4 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 1 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 9 on record.
Most common: PLUMBING (4), WATER LEAK (3), HEAT/HOT WATER (1), PAINT/PLASTER (1).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- HeadOfficer: JOSEPH LAX
- CorporateOwner: 82-96 LORAINE ST LLC
- SiteManager: JOSEPH LAX
- Agent: GREAT CAPITAL REALTY LLC

The same owner is linked to 30 other buildings (JOSEPH LAX at 1449 37 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/3005800025/86-lorraine-street-brooklyn