1617 President Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01401-0047BIN 3037734Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0120 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 28 apartments
0219 of those issued in the last 3 years
033 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 active DOB violation(s)
051 eviction 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 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

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 28 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 28 apartments.

2018 — 28 units registered2023 — 28

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1924

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building51 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

349

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 A5Issued 2026-08-282 violations

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL LIGHT FIXTURE AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT A5, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT A5, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt B6Issued 2026-03-13

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT B6, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4DIssued 2026-02-272 violations

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

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

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-09-02

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EXIT DOOR, IN FRONT OF STAIR , AT SOUTHEAST SECTION, SEALED SHUT, 1ST STORY, EAST YARD

Status: Awaiting HPD re-inspection

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

183

All time

Last 12 months

Paint/Plaster35

Heat/Hot Water32

Plumbing26

Unsanitary Condition19

Electric17

Water Leak16

Flooring/Stairs15

Appliance8

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

1298

Noise reports · last 12 mo

108

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk463

Vehicle421

Residential362

Commercial24

Unspecified19

House of Worship8

Helicopter1

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

303

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony110

Misdemeanor149

Violation44

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.

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 · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2021-04-29

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-08-16

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$1,250

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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 22026-05-12$1,250 due

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-01-22Apt B1residential

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

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 2024-05-03

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2018-03-30

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2017-04-07

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2015-11-06

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

FLGSP 1617 President St LLC

Head officer

Ernest McClain

Managing agent

Nieuw Amsterdam Property Management

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

1023 CARROLL STREETBROOKLYN 1038 UNION STREETBROOKLYN 1042 UNION STREETBROOKLYN 1048 UNION STREETBROOKLYN 1060 UNION STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2026 — 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 sale2026-03-31 · $2,086,965.65

Most recent mortgage2019-06-19 · $214,850.95

Sale2026-03-31$2,086,965.65

1617 REALTY LLC → FLGSP 1617 PRESIDENT ST LLC

Mortgage2019-06-19$214,850.95

borrower 1617 REALTY LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2015-01-20$383,757.81

borrower 1617 REALTY LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2015-01-20$220,000

borrower 1617 REALTY LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Sale2005-05-03$2,300,000

MARINE EQUITIES PRESIDENT LLC → 1617 REALTY 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