1408 Sterling Place

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01378-0029BIN 3036806

Concern level3 of 4

High

017 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
025 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 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 19 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 21 apartments.

2018 — 19 units registered2023 — 19

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1915

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building7 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

751

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 9Issued 2026-09-08

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 9, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Awaiting HPD re-inspection

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 9Issued 2026-03-16

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WARPED METAL DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 9, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 16Issued 2026-03-06

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 16, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 16Issued 2026-03-06

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 16, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certified late

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

256

All time

Last 12 months

Water Leak46

Heat/Hot Water40

Plumbing38

Unsanitary Condition32

Paint/Plaster27

Flooring/Stairs24

Electric13

Appliance13

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

841

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential537

Street/Sidewalk194

Commercial48

Unspecified37

Vehicle15

House of Worship9

Helicopter1

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

797

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony193

Misdemeanor478

Violation126

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

2022–20230 infested · 0 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 · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-08-16

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 2024-05-01

Comp Supplemental Cases

CLOSEDOpened 2023-04-26

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2022-10-24

Comprehensive

CLOSEDOpened 2019-07-29

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

STERLING 1 LLC

Head officer

JONATHAN WIENER

Managing agent

Fidel Herrera

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

1402 STERLING PLACEBROOKLYN 1735 DAVIDSON AVENUEBRONX 1746 UNION STREETBROOKLYN 2390 DAVIDSON AVENUEBRONX 2475 EAST 11 STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal

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

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2016-05-04 · $6,900,000

Most recent mortgage2016-05-04 · $4,035,000

Sale2016-05-04$6,900,000

FORTRESS FS LLC → STERLING 1 LLC

Mortgage2016-05-04$4,035,000

borrower STERLING 1 LLC · lender INVESTORS BANK

Sale2012-01-03$3,405,000

1402 STERLING LLC → FORTRESS FS LLC

Mortgage2012-01-03$1,096,602.88

borrower FOTRESS FS LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Sale2008-06-26$3,825,094

1402 - 1408 STERLING REALTY LLC → 1402 STERLING 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.

City debt & tax-lien sale