# 779 40 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3009150038/779-40-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3009150038 · BIN 3017905 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 4 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 3 evictions executed 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 21 stabilized units for 2018, of about 20 apartments.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1914, 4 floors, 20 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

13 open (class C immediately hazardous: 4, class B hazardous: 6, class A non-hazardous: 3); 68 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 6 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 8 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

6 in the last 12 months; 16 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (14), FLOORING/STAIRS (1), PAINT/PLASTER (1).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

8 cases on record, 0 open, 3 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 779 REALTY LLC
- Agent: 779 REALTY LLC
- HeadOfficer: ISAAC NEGER
- Officer: ISAAC NEGER
- SiteManager: MARC KATZ

The same owner is linked to 3 other buildings (ISAAC NEGER at 3900 12TH AVE).

## 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/3009150038/779-40-street-brooklyn