226 Pulaski Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01777-0005BIN 3049564Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 active DOB violation(s)
041 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 12 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 8 apartments.

2018 — 12 units registered2023 — 12

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

1931

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building17 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

154

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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-07-30

§ 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 AT DOOR LEADING INTO BASEMENT FROM BUILDING FRONT

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 9Issued 2021-02-195+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 9, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 5Issued 2025-05-20

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ESCUTCHEON PLATE AT RISER IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 5, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 9Issued 2019-08-262 violations5+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING AND NORTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 9, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING AND ALL WALLS IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 9, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water3

Electric1

Unsanitary Condition1

Water Leak1

ElectricOutlet/Switch2025-01-23 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionPests2023-06-14 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2022-03-14 · 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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

654

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential347

Street/Sidewalk186

Unspecified54

Commercial36

Vehicle30

Park1

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

251

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony91

Misdemeanor124

Violation36

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.

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 · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2017-02-24

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2015 INSPECTION REPORT

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2009-12-31

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

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.

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-08-12Apt 7residential

2019-01-07Apt 2residential

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 2012-03-06

Comprehensive

CLOSEDOpened 2011-11-09

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2011-02-01

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

VINEGAR HILL ASSET LLC

Head officer

RYAN COLBERT

Managing agent

EPP MANAGEMENT LLC

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

1226 LINCOLN PLACEBROOKLYN 1613 EASTERN PARKWAY EXTENSIONBROOKLYN 1617 EASTERN PARKWAY EXTENSIONBROOKLYN 1621 EASTERN PARKWAY EXTENSIONBROOKLYN 1623 EASTERN PARKWAYBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

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 sale2015-08-10 · $3,500,000

Most recent mortgage2015-08-10 · $7,137,092.74

Mortgage2015-08-10$7,137,092.74

borrower VINEGAR HILL ASSET LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Sale2015-08-10$3,500,000

PULASKI PROPERTY HOLDINGS LLC → VINEGAR HILL ASSET LLC

Mortgage2013-04-08$1,185,000

borrower PULASKI PROPERTY HOLDINGS LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK, A NEW YORK CORPORATION

Sale2012-04-05$965,000

CROWN LIMITED LLC → PULASKI PROPERTY HOLDINGS LLC

Mortgage2012-04-05$600,000

borrower PULASKI PROPERTY HOLDINGS LLC · lender CROWN LIMITED 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.