# 163 5 Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3009500009/163-5-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3009500009 · BIN 3019590 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 2 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 4 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 OATH/ECB fine lost by default (unpaid)

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

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1918, 4 floors, 7 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

14 open (class C immediately hazardous: 2, class B hazardous: 10, class A non-hazardous: 2); 19 on record.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

4 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 9 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 5 on record; 1 decided by default; $1,250 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

2 in the last 12 months; 2 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (2).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: HER REALTY, LLC
- HeadOfficer: EDWARD VAYS
- Shareholder: BENJAMIN SMUKE
- SiteManager: MARCELO LEON
- Agent: DLSS MANAGEMENT, LLc

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (EDWARD VAYS at 82 HALSEY STREET).

## 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/3009500009/163-5-avenue-brooklyn