844 42 Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-00925-0024BIN 3018346

Concern level3 of 4

High

014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
024 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
046 active DOB violation(s)
052 DOB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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 20 stabilized units with New York State for 2018 — essentially all of the building's 20 apartments.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1916

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building27 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

270

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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-06-15

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING ROPE HOLDING THE DOOR LEADING TO EAST YARD AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-07-14

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF BUILDING MATERIALS AT INTERMIATE LANDING AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS, 4th STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-05-07

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM , DOOR LOCKED AT CELLAR AT BOILER ROOM

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1Issued 2024-12-18

§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12. WG TO INSTALL = 1; WG TO REPLACE = 0; WG TO REPAIR = 3; IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water37

Door/Window6

Unsanitary Condition4

Paint/Plaster3

General2

Flooring/Stairs2

Plumbing2

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1613

Noise reports · last 12 mo

134

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk924

Residential593

Unspecified52

Vehicle34

Commercial10

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

207

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony77

Misdemeanor94

Violation36

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 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 REQUIRED2023-04-25

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2015-10-01

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2014 INSPECTION REPORT

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2014-05-15

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT

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 2025-06-27

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2015-05-21

False Certification Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2013-01-14

False Certification Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2011-12-29

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

BG 42 LLC

Head officer

HYMAN SCHATTNER

Managing agent

BG 42 LLC

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

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Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$7,530

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.

DEFAULTConstructionClass 22026-06-30$1,280 due

ConstructionClass 12026-06-30$6,250 due

ConstructionClass 12025-01-24$1,250 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1996-04-24 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2026-07-23 · $723,881.96

Mortgage2026-07-23$723,881.96

borrower BG42 LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2003-11-12$153,825.96

borrower BG42 LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Sale1996-04-24no recorded price

SCHATTNER, HYMAN, FRIED, BENJAMIN → BG42 LLC

Sale1984-06-12no recorded price

MIRANDA, LUIS A, MIRANDA, THERESA → SCHATTNER, HYMAN, FRIED, BENJAMIN

Mortgage1983-02-10$9,535.68

borrower MIRANDA, ALVARO LUIS, MIRANDA, THERESA · lender CENTRAL NATL BANK NY

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