686 Sackett Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-00952-0013BIN 3019689

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 8 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
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 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 8 apartments.

2018 — 8 units registered2023 — 8

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1920

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building9 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

183

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 1RIssued 2024-07-08

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MAKE OPERATIVE DOOR IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1RIssued 2018-01-315+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005, 2012 HMC & § 309 MDL: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EXCESSIVE STORAGE OF MATERIAL HOUSEHOLD ITEMS IN BOXES, PLASTIC BAGS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1RIssued 2016-07-185+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005, 2012 HMC & § 309 MDL: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EXCESSIVE STORAGE OF MATERIAL .. IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4LIssued 2016-04-285+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR NEAR NORTH WALL AT 2ND WINDOW FROM EAST IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 4L, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water10

Plumbing1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-08-24 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-08-23 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

619

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential181

Street/Sidewalk161

Commercial147

Unspecified96

Vehicle27

Helicopter7

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

308

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony76

Misdemeanor186

Violation46

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 6 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 · 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 2016-06-28

Comprehensive

CLOSEDOpened 2015-12-09

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2015-11-24

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2014-12-15

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

686 SACKETT ASSOC A LLC AND 686

Head officer

JUDITH GOLOWA

Managing agent

GOLOWA GROUP

9 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

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.

UnknownClass 22017-08-09$400 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2006-12-27 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2016-01-12 · $906,289.31

Mortgage2016-01-12$906,289.31

borrower 686 SACKETT ASSOCIATES A LLC, 682 SACKETT ASSOCIATES B LLC, 686 SACKETT ASSOCIATES B LLC, 682 SACKETT ASSOCIATES A LLC · lender FLUSHING BANK

Sale2006-12-27no recorded price

686 SACKETT ASSOCIATES LLC → 686 SACKETT ASSOCIATES A LLC, 686 SACKETT ASSOCIATES B LLC

Mortgage2002-10-24$324,000

borrower 682 SOCKETT ASSOCIATION LLC, 686 SACKETT ASSOCIATES LLC · lender FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK FSB

Sale2002-01-15no recorded price

686 SACKETT ASSOCIATES → 686 SACKETT ASSOCIATES LLC

Mortgage1985-12-05$87,500

borrower 686 SACKETT ASSOCIATES · lender 176 UNION ST RLTY CORP

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