161 18 Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-00630-0044BIN 3008957

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
021 active DOB 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 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 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — essentially all of the building's 6 apartments.

2018 — 6 units registered2019 — 6

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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The building

1929

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building5 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 1RIssued 2023-10-10

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1RIssued 2017-08-155+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 HMC:TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MOLD ... APPROXIMATLEY 22 SQ. FEET AT CEILING ,WEST ,EAST AND SOUTH WALLS IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1RIssued 2017-08-155+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING CERAMIC TILES AT NORTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1RIssued 2017-08-155+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING AND ALL WALLS IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition5

Door/Window4

Plumbing4

Water Leak2

Flooring/Stairs2

PlumbingBasin/Sink2023-10-05 · closed

Door/WindowWindow Frame2023-10-05 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

194

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential77

Commercial42

Unspecified33

Vehicle24

Street/Sidewalk14

Helicopter4

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

107

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony20

Misdemeanor66

Violation21

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 6 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1994-07-25

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Housing court

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

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

MICHAEL AMENO

Head officer

MICHAEL AMENO

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

542 11 STREETBROOKLYN 5520 4 AVENUEBROOKLYN 570 UNION STREETBROOKLYN 648 46 STREETBROOKLYN 721 UNION STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2010-10-05 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1987-06-05 · $18,000

Sale2010-10-05no recorded price

L.E.L.V. REALTY CORP., AMENO, MICHAEL → AMENO, MICHAEL

Sale1988-11-07no recorded price

YAARI, YIGAL → L.E.L.V. REALTY CORP, AMENO, MICHAEL

Mortgage1987-06-05$18,000

borrower YAARI, YIGAL · lender SCHLER, PETER

Mortgage1987-01-12$132,000

borrower YAARI, YIGAL · lender M & P REALTY COMPANY

Sale1986-12-15no recorded price

M & P REALTY CO → YAARI, YIGAL

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.