# 397 4 Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3009930004/397-4-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3009930004 · BIN 3021577 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 3 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 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 4 stabilized units for 2019, of about 6 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 4, 2019: 4.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1931, 3 floors, 6 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

20 open (class C immediately hazardous: 3, class B hazardous: 12, class A non-hazardous: 5); 33 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 2 on record.

## 311 housing complaints

3 in the last 12 months; 3 on record.
Most common: SAFETY (2), PLUMBING (1).

## Bedbugs

5 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.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (30-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 397 FOURTH LLC
- Agent: CHARLES QUIMBY
- HeadOfficer: CHARLES QUIMBY

The same owner is linked to 17 other buildings (CHARLES QUIMBY at 500 BERGEN 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/3009930004/397-4-avenue-brooklyn