# 554 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3017880037/554-lafayette-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3017880037 · BIN 3049882 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 1 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years

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

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1899, 3 floors, 3 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

18 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 10, class A non-hazardous: 7); 32 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

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

## 311 housing complaints

10 in the last 12 months; 16 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (6), HEAT/HOT WATER (3), WATER LEAK (3), PAINT/PLASTER (2), GENERAL (1).

## 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)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: RF LAFAYETTE ADVING
- Agent: JOE FRIED
- HeadOfficer: JOE FRIED
- Officer: MORSISH RUTNER
- SiteManager: EROLL BEADLE

The same owner is linked to 6 other buildings (JOE FRIED at 389 WILLOUGHBY AVE).

## 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/3017880037/554-lafayette-avenue-brooklyn