132 New York Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01220-0045BIN 3030729Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 9 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 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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The building

1892

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building13 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 2024-06-18

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE INOPERABLE HINGES AT DOOR LEADING TO BACK YARD IN THE 4th ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 1B, 1st BSMT-APT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2024-06-176 violationsRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS AND REPAIR ALL DEFECTS IN DRAIN WASTE PIPE AT BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 1B UPPER LEVEL, 1st BSMT-APT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS AND REPAIR ALL DEFECTS IN DRAIN WASTE PIPE AT SINK IN THE KITCHENETTE LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 1B UPPER LEVEL, 1st BSMT-APT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

4 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING OUTLET COVER AT SOUTH WALL IN THE KITCHENETTE LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 1B UPPER LEVEL, 1st BSMT-APT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT THE CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 1B LOWER LEVEL, 1st BSMT-APT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT NORTH WALL AND WEST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 1B LOWER LEVEL, 1st BSMT-APT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2005 HMC: REFIT 1ST WINDOW FROM SOUTH AT WEST IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 1B LOWER LEVEL, 1st BSMT-APT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2023-01-09

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... 10 SQ/FT AT THE CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT BSMT-APT 1B, 1st BSMT-APT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

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

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

165

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition30

Water Leak27

Heat/Hot Water25

Door/Window21

Paint/Plaster18

Plumbing13

Electric12

General10

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-04-17 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-02-08 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-02-07 · 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

1041

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential531

Commercial218

Street/Sidewalk182

Unspecified67

Vehicle27

Helicopter14

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

234

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony84

Misdemeanor97

Violation53

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 8 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

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 REQUIRED2023-06-20

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-20

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

OATH/ECB violations and fines

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

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 2017-12-04

Heat / hot water

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

132 New York Ave LLC

Head officer

Zach Spira

Managing agent

Zach Spira

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

1100 DE KALB AVENUEBROOKLYN 1369 ST JOHNS PLACEBROOKLYN 1629 ST JOHNS PLACEBROOKLYN 1631 ST JOHNS PLACEBROOKLYN 179 HERZL STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2021-07-20 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2021-07-20 · $3,491,502.66

Mortgage2021-07-20$3,491,502.66

borrower BH MANAGEMENT PROPERTIES LLC · lender CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.

Sale2021-07-20no recorded price

132 NEW YORK AVE LLC → BH MANAGEMENT PROPERTIES LLC

Mortgage2015-07-13$1,512,500

borrower 132 NEW YORK AVE LLC · lender STERLING NATIONAL BANK

Mortgage2013-07-02$1,687,500

borrower 132 NEW YORK AVE LLC · lender COUNTRY BANK

Sale2013-06-07$1,250,000

BROWNE , MICHAEL K., BROWNE , LOUISE B. → 132 NEW YORK AVE LLC

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.