888 Union Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01066-0014BIN 3024691Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

012 active DOB violation(s)
0213 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

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 16 apartments.

2018 — 8 units registered2023 — 8

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1922

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building6 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

124

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 · HAZARDOUSApt A1Issued 2025-05-193 violations

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS PANEL AT LOWER SASH WINDOW AT EAST WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT A1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS PANEL AT LOWER SASH AT 2ND WINDOW FROM WEST AT NORTH IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT A1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

1 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS PANEL AT LOWER SASH WINDOW AT NORTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT A1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-08-24

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT THE WEST WALL AT THE SOUTHEAST SECTION, APPX 7 SQ FT AT CELLAR ORIGINAL VIOLATION 15938950 ISSUED 24-APR-23 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt A1Issued 2018-09-173 violations5+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS PANE AT LOWER SASH WINDOW (TOTAL 1 LITE) IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT A1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS PANE AT LOWER SASH WINDOW (TOTAL 1 LITE) IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT A1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

1 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS PANE AT LOWER SASH WINDOW (TOTAL 1 LITE) IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT A1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt D4Issued 2006-03-035+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. REMOVE OBSTRUCTING BARS OR UNLAWFUL GATES FROM WINDOW TO FIRE ESCAPE OR PROVIDE APPROVED TYPE GATE .. LOCATED AT APT D4, 4th STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Door/Window14

Unsanitary Condition11

Plumbing6

Electric6

General3

Paint/Plaster3

Safety2

Water Leak2

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

165

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Unspecified61

Street/Sidewalk37

Residential36

Vehicle21

Helicopter6

Commercial3

Park1

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

206

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony43

Misdemeanor123

Violation40

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

2022–20230 infested · 0 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

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.

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-20

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2009-01-01

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.

BoilersClass 22017-05-24$500 penalty

ConstructionNon-Hazardous2005-12-09$250 penalty

ConstructionNon-Hazardous2005-12-09$350 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

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 2007-09-20

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2006-04-11

Heat / hot water

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

888 UNION LLC

Head officer

JOEL RADMIN

Managing agent

rimac realty llc

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

113 LEXINGTON AVENUEMANHATTAN 178 5 AVENUEMANHATTAN 240 WEST 14 STREETMANHATTAN 5517 5 AVENUEBROOKLYN 647 2 AVENUEMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2004-12-01 · $2,000,000

Most recent mortgage2019-06-14 · $1,576,370.66

Mortgage2019-06-14$1,576,370.66

borrower 888 UNION STREET LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA

Mortgage2013-06-27$50,664.92

borrower 888 UNION STREET LLC · lender THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH

Sale2004-12-01$2,000,000

GALAN , EDUARDO, GALAN, EDUARDO JR → 888 UNION STREET LLC

Mortgage2004-12-01$817,205.93

borrower 888 UNION STREET LLC · lender THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH

Mortgage2000-02-28$289,925

borrower GALAN, EDUARDO, GALAN, EDUARDO JR · lender ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION

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