1119 Bergen Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01213-0067BIN 3030389Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

019 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 9 apartments
026 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0415 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 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

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1883

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building1 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2026-09-162 violations

§ 27-2056.4 ADM CODE- CORRECT FAILURE TO NOTIFY OCCUPANTS AND/OR TO INVESTIGATE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS.
§ 27-2056.7 ADM CODE: CORRECT FAILURE TO PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN 45 DAYS OF DEMAND ALL RECORDS REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED BY OWNER PURSUANT TO LOCAL LAW 1 OF 2004 RELATED TO LEAD-BASED PAINT NOTICES, INSPECTIONS AND REMEDIATION/ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2026-06-29

§ 27-2056.7, 27-2056.8, 27-2056.9 ADM CODE -CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD OF UNIT VACANCY BY PERFORMING ACTIVITIES NECESSARY TO ABATE TESTED LEAD-BASED PAINT FROM REQUIRED WINDOW AND/OR DOOR FRICTION SURFACES FOR APARTMENT AND MAKE FLOORS SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE, POSITIVE LEAD-BASED PAINT IN AN APARTMENT WITH A CHILD UNDER SIX LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification Postponment Granted

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2026-06-263 violations

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) EAST WALL, WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st CLOSET FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL DOOR FRAME, 1st DOOR FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

1 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification Postponment Granted

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2018-01-173 violations5+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM ... AT CELLAR
D26-17.10 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDING'S HEATING SYSTEM 1 STY PUBLIC HALL & ON BOILER ROOM DOOR.

1 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM ... AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition3

Paint/Plaster2

Safety1

Water Leak1

SafetyWindow Guard Broken/Missing2026-07-22 · closed

Paint/PlasterWall2026-06-22 · closed

Paint/PlasterDoor/Frame2026-06-22 · 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

1067

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential570

Street/Sidewalk232

Commercial146

Unspecified73

Vehicle33

Helicopter11

House of Worship2

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. 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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

302

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony101

Misdemeanor137

Violation64

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 6 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

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 REQUIRED2025-11-14

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2024-09-23

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-30

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2018-04-10Apt 1Bresidential

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: repair & harassment cases

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

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

1119 BERGEN ST LLC

Head officer

SHMIEL BERKOWITZ

Managing agent

SAM BERKOWITZ

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

974 ST MARKS AVENUEBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2006-03-02 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2018-12-26 · $393,941.23

Mortgage2018-12-26$393,941.23

borrower 1119 BERGEN ST LLC · lender GREYSTONE SERVICING CORPORATION, INC.

Mortgage2008-06-03$200,000

borrower 258 HEYWARD REALTY LLC, GATES PALACE LLC, 1119 BERGEN STREET LLC · lender LOWENTHAL & KOFMAN, P.C.

Sale2006-03-02no recorded price

1119 BERGEN,LLC → 1119 BERGEN ST, LLC

Mortgage2006-03-02$1,000,000

borrower 1119 BERGEN ST, LLC · lender WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK

Sale1981-11-30no recorded price

BARBOUR GNDA → BARBOUR ALICE, BARBOUR DAVID

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