147 Rockaway Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01552-0003BIN 3042228

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 5 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 open rent-impairing 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 5 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — essentially all of the building's 5 apartments.

2018 — 5 units registered2019 — 5

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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The building

1910

Built

Floors

Residential units

Mixed residential / commercial

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building29 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

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 2025-10-01

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

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2025-10-01

§ 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 HINGES IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2025-10-01

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

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2014-07-225+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING SEALED REAR EXIT DOOR IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST

Status: Certified late

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition4

Electric2

General2

Appliance2

Plumbing2

Paint/Plaster1

Flooring/Stairs1

Door/Window1

GeneralCooking Gas2026-05-20 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionGarbage/Recycling Storage2026-02-17 · 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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1761

Noise reports · last 12 mo

147

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1468

Street/Sidewalk153

Commercial63

Unspecified44

Vehicle32

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

369

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony121

Misdemeanor183

Violation65

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

2024–20251 infested · 1 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.

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

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 2025-09-23

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2017-05-02

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2013-06-17

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

US MCLEOD HDFC

Head officer

GARY GOLDING

Managing agent

URBAN STRATEGIES MGT CORP

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

139 HULL STREETBROOKLYN 151 ROCKAWAY AVENUEBROOKLYN 1747 PITKIN AVENUEBROOKLYN 198 MAC DOUGAL STREETBROOKLYN 2031 UNION STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2015-06-26 · $2,529,182

Most recent mortgage2015-06-26 · $102,371

Mortgage2015-06-26$102,371

borrower US MCLEOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION · lender THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Sale2015-06-26$2,529,182

ROCKHULL REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES, L.P. → US MCLEOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION

Mortgage2015-06-26$2,245,313

borrower US MCLEOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION · lender THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Mortgage1991-10-17$2,839,182

borrower ROCKHULL REDVLPT ASSOCS · lender NYC HPD

Sale1991-10-01no recorded price

CITY OF NEW YORK → ROCKHULL REDEVELOPMENT

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 2021 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

2021

Most recent

30-day noticeincl. property tax2021-11-10

60-day noticeincl. property tax2021-10-18

90-day noticeincl. property tax2021-09-13

60-day noticeincl. property tax2020-03-10

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