540 St Johns Place

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01178-0015BIN 3029579

Concern level3 of 4

High

0110 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
023 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0343 active DOB violation(s)
041 eviction executed in the last 3 years
053 DOB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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 47 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 47 apartments.

2018 — 47 units registered2023 — 47

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1931

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building8 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

206

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 6GIssued 2022-12-01RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

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

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3DIssued 2014-10-315+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) BASEBOARD AT SOUTH WALL, SOUTH WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 3D, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

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

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3DIssued 2014-10-315+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) BASEBOARD AT WEST WALL, 1st RADIATOR FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL, EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3D, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

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

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3DIssued 2014-10-315+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3D, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

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

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water12

Unsanitary Condition3

Elevator2

Door/Window1

Electric1

Unsanitary ConditionGarbage/Recycling Storage2026-10-09 · open

Unsanitary ConditionGarbage/Recycling Storage2025-03-23 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2023-02-22 · 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

1189

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk561

Residential280

Commercial160

Unspecified100

Vehicle72

Helicopter12

Park4

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

824

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony87

Misdemeanor468

Violation269

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

2022–20231 infested · 1 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

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2024-12-01

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

ACTIVE · BENCH-FAILURE TO BENCHMARK NONE2024-08-02

FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4

ACTIVE · BENCH-FAILURE TO BENCHMARK NONE2024-05-02

FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2024-04-08Apt 1Gresidential

2022-10-27Apt 4Bresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court

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

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

CLASSON PROSPECT INC C/O PHIL CRAMER

Head officer

PHIL CRAMER

Managing agent

JEN MANAGEMENT

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

184 UNDERHILL AVENUEBROOKLYN 232 EAST 116 STREETMANHATTAN 376 2 STREETBROOKLYN 577 WASHINGTON AVENUEBROOKLYN 586 PROSPECT PLACEBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$20,201

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.

ElevatorsClass 22026-07-07$625 penalty

DEFAULTElevatorsClass 12026-05-14$6,250 due

DEFAULTElevatorsClass 12022-03-10$12,500 due

ElevatorsClass 12021-01-26$1,451 due

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1991-12-31 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2021-01-26 · $338,799.63

Mortgage2021-01-26$338,799.63

borrower CLASSON PROSPECT, INC. · lender DIME COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2010-10-20$872,725.06

borrower CLASSON PROSPECT,INC · lender SOVEREIGN BANK

Mortgage2006-10-05$1,000,000

borrower CLASSON PROSPECT, INC. · lender CRAMER, MARJORIE

Mortgage2003-07-16$440,667.52

borrower CLASSON PROSPECT,INC · lender INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage1999-09-27$113,485.05

borrower CLASSON PROPSECT INC · lender OLYMPIAN 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