296 Sterling Place

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01170-0029BIN 3029326

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0118 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 22 apartments
022 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0314 active DOB 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 DOB 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 2 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 22 apartments.

2018 — 2 units registered2023 — 2

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1910

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

144

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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 14Issued 2021-09-275+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 14, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 14Issued 2021-09-275+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 14, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 14Issued 2021-09-205+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 14, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 14Issued 2021-09-205+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 14, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Paint/Plaster9

Unsanitary Condition7

Water Leak4

Plumbing3

Safety1

Unsanitary ConditionPests2021-09-23 · closed

Water LeakHeavy Flow2021-09-23 · closed

Paint/PlasterCeiling2021-09-23 · closed

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1648

Noise reports · last 12 mo

137

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Helicopter1075

Residential215

Street/Sidewalk178

Unspecified124

Vehicle31

Commercial24

Park1

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

215

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony47

Misdemeanor128

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

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 7 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

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2026-05-05

BOROUGH COMMISSIONER HAS ORDERED ALL WORK STOPPED UNDERPERMIT #B00843221-I1 ON 11/13/25. APPLICANT WITHDRAWAL. I AM UNABLE TO DETERMINE PERCENTAGE OF WORK DUE TO NO ACCESS.

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2026-05-05

BOROUGH COMMISSIONER HAS ORDERED ALL WORK STOPPED UNDERPERMIT #B00974582-I1 ON 11/13/25. APPLICANT WITHDRAWAL. I AM UNABLE TO DETERMINE PERCENTAGE OF WORK DUE TO NO ACCESS.

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2026-05-05

BOROUGH COMMISSIONER HAS ORDERED ALL WORK STOPPED UNDERPERMIT #B00974582-S1 ON 11/13/25. APPLICANT WITHDRAWAL. I AM UNABLE TO DETERMINE PERCENTAGE OF WORK DUE TO NO ACCESS.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

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 2006-07-20

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2006-04-19

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

296 STERLING ARMS OWNERS CORP.

Head officer

JOSEPH COISH

Managing agent

BPC MANAGEMENT CORP.

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1990-07-27 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2022-09-19 · $500,000

Mortgage2022-09-19$500,000

borrower 296 STERLING ARMS OWNERS CORP. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage2022-09-19$2,700,000

borrower 296 STERLING ARMS OWNERS CORP. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage2017-07-11$226,336.63

borrower THEMISTOCLE, PAULETTE, HELSTONE, KEITH · lender NATIONAL COOPERATIVE BANK, N.A., F.K.A. NCB, FSB

Mortgage2013-08-20$906,257.28

borrower 296 STERLING ARMS OWNERS CORP. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2008-07-03$225,000

borrower STERLING ARMS OWNERS CORP · lender SOVEREIGN BANK

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