# 485 Chauncey Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3015100052/485-chauncey-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3015100052 · BIN 3040907 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 1 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- Tax lien sold at the city's lien sale — a sign of financial distress

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 5 stabilized units for 2019, of about 6 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 5, 2019: 5.
Receives the J-51 tax benefit.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1905, 3 floors, 6 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

13 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 10, class A non-hazardous: 2); 37 on record.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 13 on record.

## 311 housing complaints

2 in the last 12 months; 6 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (4), PLUMBING (1), WATER LEAK (1).

## Bedbugs

5 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

0 cases on record, 0 open, 0 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

The tax lien was sold at the city's lien sale in 2025.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: CHAUNCEY SUMPTER LP
- Agent: NEBHDCO
- HeadOfficer: CLAUDETTE HENRY
- Officer: CLAUDETTE HENRY
- SiteManager: JESUS LOPEZ

The same owner is linked to 3 other buildings (CLAUDETTE HENRY at 132 132 RALPH AVENUE).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3015100052/485-chauncey-street-brooklyn