959 Carroll Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01280-0070BIN 3033473

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0123 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
0219 of those issued in the last 3 years
034 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0420 active DOB violation(s)
054 evictions executed in the last 3 years

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 45 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 47 apartments.

2019 — 45 units registered2023 — 45

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1936

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

885

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 1AIssued 2026-04-17RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT GAS RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST , SECTION ''NORTH''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt F7Issued 2026-04-15RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT F7, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt F3Issued 2025-09-16

§ 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 EAST AT SOUTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT F3, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt F3Issued 2025-09-16

§ 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 FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL, 1st DOOR FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT F3, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Defect letter issued

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

395

All time

103

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water215

Unsanitary Condition34

Plumbing27

Door/Window26

General25

Paint/Plaster22

Water Leak18

Appliance11

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

951

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential443

Street/Sidewalk330

Unspecified81

Commercial56

Vehicle34

Helicopter5

House of Worship2

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

858

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony103

Misdemeanor478

Violation277

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

ACTIVE · ACC1-(OTHER BLDGS TYPES) - ELEVATOR AFFIRMATION OF CORRECTION ELEVATORREQUIRED2019-09-06

VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2017 CAT 1 INSP/TST TST

ACTIVE · BENCH-FAILURE TO BENCHMARK NONE2019-05-02

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

ACTIVE · ACC1-(OTHER BLDGS TYPES) - ELEVATOR AFFIRMATION OF CORRECTION ELEVATORREQUIRED2018-01-26

VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2016 CAT 1 INSP/TST

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-01-14Apt C8residential

2025-07-21Apt F5residential

2025-03-28Apt A3residential

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

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 2024-03-20

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2023-04-21

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2022-12-02

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2017-08-09

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

959 CARROLL ASSOCIATES LLC

Head officer

YEHOSHUA JACOBS

Managing agent

959 CARROLL ASSOCIATES

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$2,500

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.

ConstructionClass 12026-04-13$2,500 due

ElevatorsClass 22025-04-17$625 penalty

ElevatorsClass 22017-10-10$250 penalty

ElevatorsClass 22017-09-08$1,000 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2004-08-05 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2020-01-22 · $1,440,481.97

Mortgage2020-01-22$1,440,481.97

borrower 959 CARROLL ASSOCIATES LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2014-11-04$1,012,655.27

borrower 959 CARROLL ASSOCIATES LLC · lender ASTORIA BANK

Sale2004-08-05no recorded price

JAKOB, DAVID, JAKOB, TOVA → 959 CARROLL ASSOCIATES LLC

Mortgage2004-08-05$1,000,000

borrower 959 CARROLL ASSOCIATES LLC · lender ATLANTIC BANK OF NEW YORK

Sale1986-01-31no recorded price

SCHWARTZ, FRED → JAKOB, DAVID, JAKOB, TOVA

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