239 9 Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01003-0040BIN 3022063Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0214 open HPD 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 OATH/ECB 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

Mixed residential / commercial

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building1 others linked to the same owner

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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-06-128 violations5+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING IRON GUARDRAIL FRONT SOUTH ENTRANCE BLDG EAST.
D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS BULKHEAD TO ROOF.

6 more from the same inspection

D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES AIR CONDITIONER 2 STY FRONT SOUTH BALCONY.
D26-10.01 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF CLOTHESLINE ERECTED 4 STY PUBLIC HALL.
D26-11.01, 11.03, 11.05 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE AND/OR RUBBISH AND MAINTAIN IN A CLEAN CONDITION THE ROOF THRU OUT.
D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS & BLDG SUPPLIES ALL STYS PUBLIC HALL.
D26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CORNICE 4 STY FRONT SOUTH BLDG AT ROOF.
D26-10.01 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR TO BLDG LOCKED PREVENTING ACCESS TO BELLS FOR APTS.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-06-126 violations5+ YRS OLD

D26-12.01 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILING 4TH STY PUBLIC HALL.
SECTION 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES, BOTTOM EDGE OF FRAME BETWEEN 48-62 INCHES ABOVE FLOOR FRAME MISSING.

4 more from the same inspection

SECTION 62 M/D LAW REARRANGE TELEVISION AND/OR RADIO ANTENNA TO BE AT LEAST 10 FEET ABOVE ROOF AND NOT ATTACHED TO ANY FIRE ESCAPE OR SOIL OR VENT LINE ROOF AT CENTER AT WEST.
D26-10.01,20.07 ADM CODE PROVIDE APPROVED ONE-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATED SELF-CLOSING DOOR WITH KEY-OPERATED DEAD BOLT & LATCH SET, PEEP HOLE & CHAIN GUARD AT MAIN ENTRANCE TO 4TH STY APT.
D26-12.03 ADM CODE PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE EXTERIOR WINDOW FRAMES AND SASHES ALL STYS FRONT.
D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB AT VESTIBULE 60 WATTS REQUIRED.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

264

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential85

Commercial65

Unspecified54

Street/Sidewalk41

Vehicle11

House of Worship6

Helicopter2

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

150

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony65

Misdemeanor70

Violation15

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 4 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

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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.

BoilersHazardous1992-03-26$1,000 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

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

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

239 9th Street LLC

Head officer

Michael Lee

Managing agent

239 9th Street LLC

1 other building share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

1919 CROPSEY AVENUEBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2025 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2025-02-26 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1984-12-03 · $100,000

Sale2025-02-26no recorded price

LEE, MICHAEL B. → 239 9TH STREET LLC

Sale2024-11-14no recorded price

HOW SUM SHIRLEY LEE REVOCABLE TRUST, MICHAEL B. LEE, AS TRUSTEE → LEE, MICHAEL B.

Sale2014-11-20no recorded price

HOW SUM SHIRLEY LEE REVOCABLE TRUST, LEE, HOW SUM SHIRLEY, HOW SUM SHIRLEY LEE, AS TRUSTEE, MICHAEL B. LEE, AS TRUSTEE → HOW SUM SHIRLEY LEE, AS TRUSTEE, HOW SUM SHIRLEY LEE REVOCABLE TRUST, MICHAEL B. LEE, AS TRUSTEE

Sale2014-11-20no recorded price

GIN TOON LEE (DECEASED), AS TRUSTEE, HOW SUM SHIRLEY LEE REVOCABLE TRUST, HOW SUM SHIRLEY LEE, AS TRUSTEE, GIN TOON LEE REVOCABLE TRUST → LEE, HOW SUM SHIRLEY, HOW SUM SHIRLEY LEE, AS TRUSTEE, MICHAEL B. LEE, AS TRUSTEE, HOW SUM SHIRLEY LEE REVOCABLE TRUST

Sale1996-03-14no recorded price

LEE, GIN TOON, LEE, HOW SUM SHIRLEY → HOW SUM SHIRLEY LEEREVOCABLE TRUST, LEE, GIN TOON TRUSTEE, LEE, HOW SUM SHIRLEYTRUSTEE

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