556 Crown Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01300-0037BIN 3034334

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0120 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 29 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 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 37 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 29 apartments.

2018 — 37 units registered2023 — 37

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

1922

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

147

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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-07-11

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE LATCH SET AT THE ENTRANCE DOOR TO AIR SHAFT AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt C3Issued 2024-06-05

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING SOUTH ROOM 3 STY SOUTH APT C3 EAST SECTION ER1 , SECTION '' ''

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-06-05

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM ROOM LOCKED - NO ACCESS AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

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

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt C9Issued 2022-10-20

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT C9, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION ''WEST''

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

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Paint/Plaster6

Plumbing3

Door/Window2

Flooring/Stairs2

General1

Unsanitary Condition1

Paint/PlasterCabinet2025-06-09 · closed

GeneralCabinet2025-06-09 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionPests2025-06-09 · 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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

308

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential181

Street/Sidewalk57

Unspecified30

Commercial18

Vehicle11

Park10

House of Worship1

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

146

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony44

Misdemeanor62

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

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

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 2022-10-07

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2022-09-22

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

MACHON CHANA WOMENS INSTITUTE INC

Head officer

SARAH LABKOWSKY

Managing agent

PERFECT MANAGEMENT

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

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2024 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2024-03-25 · $5,000,000

Most recent mortgage2024-03-25 · $327,736.82

Sale2024-03-25$5,000,000

MACHON CHANA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE, INC. → 556 CROWN ST LLC

Mortgage2024-03-25$327,736.82

borrower 556 CROWN ST LLC · lender 805 PUTNAM LLC

Mortgage2022-03-15$999,900

borrower MACHON CHANA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE INC. · lender U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Mortgage2016-05-18$1,990,556.26

borrower MACHON CHANA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE, INC. · lender CUSTOMERS BANK

Mortgage2013-11-12$707,013.6

borrower MACHON CHANA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE, INC. · lender CUSTOMERS 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

Flagged for the 2019 tax-lien sale

The owner owes enough in property taxes (and possibly water charges) to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 30-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.

Years listed

2019

Most recent

30-day noticeincl. property tax2019-06-19

60-day noticeincl. property tax2019-05-20

90-day noticeincl. property tax2019-04-17

From DOF lien-sale lists (2019–2025). Financial distress is not proof of neglect, but owners behind on what they owe the city more often let repairs slide. Debt may since have been paid.

City debt & tax-lien sale