# 1021 8 Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3010950001/1021-8-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3010950001 · BIN 3026184 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 1 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 7 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing 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 3 stabilized units for 2023, of about 7 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 3, 2019: 3, 2021: 3, 2022: 3, 2023: 3.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1893, 4 floors, 7 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

1 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 0); 8 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 4 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

6 in the last 12 months; 9 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (7), PLUMBING (1), SAFETY (1).

## Bedbugs

9 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.

## Landlord

- SiteManager: Gustavo Ruiz
- Agent: Ascent Realty Group LLC
- CorporateOwner: WCM III LLC
- HeadOfficer: Nick Kaestner

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (Nick Kaestner at 45 Broadway).

## 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/3010950001/1021-8-avenue-brooklyn