189 20 Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-00637-0073BIN 3009216

HPD enforcement

Previously in HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 2), discharged 2009-05-12.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 20 stabilized units with New York State for 2023.

2018 — 20 units registered2023 — 20

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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Rent regulation

The building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 8 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 REQUIRED2023-06-20

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

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

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2012-11-01

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2010-11-18

False Certification Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2010-03-10

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2010-02-24

Comprehensive

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2010-06-14 · $1,335,000

Most recent mortgage2025-12-17 · $22,733.51

Mortgage2025-12-17$22,733.51

Mortgage2013-11-21$570,397.31

Mortgage2010-10-07$419,904.71

Sale2010-06-14$1,335,000

Mortgage2008-11-26$650,000

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