191 Garfield Place

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-00963-0067BIN 3020549

Concern level3 of 4

High

018 active DOB violation(s)
022 open HPD violation(s)
031 DOB fine 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

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1931

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator 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 B · HAZARDOUSIssued 1996-12-175+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF LEAKY HOT WATER SUPPLY LINE BOILER ROOM CELLAR.

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1RIssued 1996-12-175+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING 1 STY SOUTH APT 1R MALONEY. LOCATED AT APT 1R

Status: Certified late

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water6

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-01-24 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-01-24 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-01-20 · 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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

143

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential43

Unspecified38

Street/Sidewalk26

Vehicle16

Commercial12

House of Worship4

Helicopter4

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

Much lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony30

Misdemeanor22

Violation7

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20231 infested · 1 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2025-11-14

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2024-09-23

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-30

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2022-06-22Apt BASEMENT UNIT Bcommercial

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

GARFIELD NORTH TENANTS CORP.

Head officer

CATHERINE DROGIN

Managing agent

EBMG LLC

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$2,470

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.

DEFAULTBoilersClass 22025-07-01$2,470 due

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1981-11-09 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2022-06-06 · $2,032,919.63

Mortgage2022-06-06$2,032,919.63

borrower GARFIELD NORTH TENANTS CROP. · lender VALLEY NATIONAL BANK

Mortgage2014-05-30$106,060.51

borrower GARFIELD NORTH TENANTS CORP. · lender THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LONG ISLAND

Mortgage2014-05-30$500,000

borrower GARFIELD NORTH TENANTS CORP. · lender THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LONG ISLAND

Mortgage2004-05-14$3,750,000

borrower GARFIELD NORTH TENANTS CORP. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage2004-05-14$500,000

borrower GARFIELD NORTH TENANTS CORP. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

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