135 St Johns Place

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-00945-0057BIN 3019294

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
022 open rent-impairing violation(s)
031 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 9 stabilized units with New York State for 2018 — essentially all of the building's 5 apartments.

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

1887

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

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 1Issued 2013-01-245+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES STOVE. IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2016-01-215+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR WALLS AND CEILING AT COMMUNITY BATHROOM, 3rd STORY

Status: Certification Postponment Granted

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-06-125+ YRS OLD

D26-19.01 ADM CODE AW PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT REAR YARD 40 WATTS MINIMUM REQUIRED.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-06-125+ YRS OLD

§ 65 M/D LAW PROVIDE UNDER COMPLETED PERMIT, A PROPER ENCLOSURE FOR THE CENTRAL HEATING PLANT, CELLAR CENTER.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

420

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Commercial141

Residential97

Street/Sidewalk64

Unspecified60

Park26

Vehicle24

Helicopter7

House of Worship1

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

133

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony41

Misdemeanor74

Violation18

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 annual bedbug report on file. Owners of buildings with three or more apartments must file one each year — its absence can mean a smaller building, or an owner that has not filed.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

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 2016-01-27

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2016-01-11

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2011-06-20

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

RUDOLPH CHAPMAN

Managing agent

RUDOLPH CHAPMAN

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2012-09-28 · no recorded price

Sale2012-09-28no recorded price

LU, KAREN → CHAPMAN, RUDOLPH, LU, KAREN

Sale2012-08-31$1,120,000

GRIFFIN DAVIS, ESTELLE, GRIIFFIN TERRY, MAXINE, GRIFFIN, JOSEPH W JR, THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH GRIFFIN SR. → LU, KAREN

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