# 887 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3017500007/887-bedford-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3017500007 · BIN 3048549 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 7 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 8 apartments
- 5 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)

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 1 stabilized unit for 2023, of about 8 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2019: 1, 2023: 1.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1931, 4 floors, 8 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

38 open (class C immediately hazardous: 7, class B hazardous: 27, class A non-hazardous: 4); 95 on record.
5 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 1 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

17 in the last 12 months; 35 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (9), UNSANITARY CONDITION (5), FLOORING/STAIRS (5), WATER LEAK (4), PLUMBING (4).

## Bedbugs

6 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)

5 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (60-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: Brooklyn 5 Realty Corp.
- Agent: Sam RUbin
- HeadOfficer: Sam Rubin
- SiteManager: Sam

The same owner is linked to 8 other buildings (Sam Rubin at 263 Skillman street).

## 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/3017500007/887-bedford-avenue-brooklyn