# 444 15 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3011050020/444-15-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3011050020 · BIN 3026695 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 3 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 active DOB violation(s)
- $11,250 in unpaid OATH/ECB fines

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 5 stabilized units for 2023, of about 8 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 8, 2019: 8, 2020: 8, 2021: 8, 2022: 8, 2023: 5.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1906, 4 floors, 8 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

7 open (class C immediately hazardous: 3, class B hazardous: 4, class A non-hazardous: 0); 20 on record.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

2 active (2 issued in the last 3 years); 6 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

3 active of 15 on record; 0 decided by default; $11,250 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 3 on record.
Most common: FLOORING/STAIRS (1), UNSANITARY CONDITION (1), WATER LEAK (1).

## Bedbugs

3 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 2019 (60-day notice).

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 444 15th Owner LLC
- Agent: APEX MANAGEMENT GROUP
- HeadOfficer: MARK LEVINE
- Officer: ALEX KASKEL
- SiteManager: Greg DeAlto

The same owner is linked to 7 other buildings (MARK LEVINE at 401 PARK AVE S).

## 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/3011050020/444-15-street-brooklyn