# 237 5 Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3009590002/237-5-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3009590002 · BIN 3020276 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 4 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
- 4 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 active DOB violation(s)

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 6 stabilized units for 2023, of about 6 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 6, 2019: 6, 2020: 6, 2021: 6, 2022: 6, 2023: 6.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1920, 4 floors, 6 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

4 open (class C immediately hazardous: 4, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 0); 134 on record.
4 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 15 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 3 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

3 in the last 12 months; 33 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (30), PLUMBING (3).

## Bedbugs

10 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units. A filing has reported re-infestation.

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

2 cases on record, 0 open, 2 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: FAC ADVANCE HDFC
- Agent: FIFTH AVENUE COMMITTEE INC
- HeadOfficer: MICHELLE DE LA UZ
- Officer: ANGEL RODRIGUEZ
- SiteManager: ANGEL RODRIGUEZ

The same owner is linked to 5 other buildings (MICHELLE DE LA UZ at 621 DEGRAW 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/3009590002/237-5-avenue-brooklyn