# 279 Kosciuszko Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3017810058/279-kosciuszko-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3017810058 · BIN 3049677 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 5 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 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 4 stabilized units for 2023, of about 20 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 4, 2019: 4, 2020: 4, 2021: 4, 2022: 4, 2023: 4.
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, 20 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

25 open (class C immediately hazardous: 5, class B hazardous: 18, class A non-hazardous: 2); 64 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 6 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 5 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

6 in the last 12 months; 24 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (8), ELECTRIC (3), PLUMBING (3), UNSANITARY CONDITION (3), WATER LEAK (3).

## Bedbugs

8 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)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: WILSON MER ASSOC INC.
- Agent: BARRY HERS
- HeadOfficer: BARRY HERS
- Officer: BARRY HERS
- SiteManager: BARRY HERS

The same owner is linked to 5 other buildings (BARRY HERS at 1268 52ND ST).

## 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/3017810058/279-kosciuszko-street-brooklyn