281 Quincy Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01803-0074BIN 3050644

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

01On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
0286 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 25 apartments
0363 of those issued in the last 3 years
0424 open rent-impairing violation(s)
053 active DOB violation(s)
061 DOB fine lost by default (unpaid)

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.

HPD enforcement

On the Alternative Enforcement Program

HPD placed this building in its Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 17), active since 2024-01-31. AEP is the city's response to its most distressed buildings — it had 790 open B/C violations at selection.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 25 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 25 apartments.

2018 — 25 units registered2023 — 25

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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Rent regulation

The building

1931

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building8 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

377

Open now

977

On record

Open Class C

217

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 I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§27-2153 ADM CODE THE PREMISES HAS BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ALTERNATIVE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM WHICH MAY RESULT IN BUILDING-WIDE INSPECTIONS, FEES, AND EXTENSIVE REPAIR WORK TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS AND UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. CHARGES FOR REPAIR WORK DONE PURSUANT TO THIS ORDER, IF NOT PAID, WILL BECOME LIENS ON THE PROPERTY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2EIssued 2026-06-29

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SPRING BALANCE LOWER WINDOW SASH AT 1ST WINDOW FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL (FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW) IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2E, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2EIssued 2026-06-29

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE METAL COVER AT 1ST BASEBOARD RADIATOR FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2E, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4DIssued 2026-06-03

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

384

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition86

Paint/Plaster55

Heat/Hot Water48

Water Leak35

General35

Plumbing32

Flooring/Stairs25

Electric22

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

812

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential477

Street/Sidewalk223

Unspecified66

Commercial25

Vehicle20

House of Worship1

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

289

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony90

Misdemeanor131

Violation68

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

Re-infestation reported

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2021–20220 infested · 0 eradicated

2020–20210 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.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · IMEGNCY-IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY ANYTHINGOPTIONAL2023-01-17

INSTALL APPROXIMATELY 60 LINEAR FEET OF SIDEWALK SHED AT EXPOSURE#1 (QUINCY STREET) IN ORDER TO SAFEQUARD THE PUBLIC AND PROPERTY

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2004-02-13

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2003-03-19

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-11-06Apt 3Cresidential

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

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 2026-02-27

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-11-13

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-09-23

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2024-07-11

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

GATES CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT, LP

Head officer

ROBYN LUCAS

Managing agent

GATES CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT CO., LLC

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

142 MONROE STREETBROOKLYN 1660 FULTON STREETBROOKLYN 180 QUINCY STREETBROOKLYN 273 MONROE STREETBROOKLYN 373 NOSTRAND AVENUEBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$52,375

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "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.

ConstructionClass 12026-02-03$12,500 due

ConstructionClass 22026-02-03$1,250 due

ConstructionClass 12025-07-02$12,500 due

ConstructionClass 22024-08-13$625 due

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1999-05-20 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1999-08-20 · $1,231,731

Mortgage1999-08-20$1,231,731

borrower CITY OF NEW YORK · lender GATES CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT LP

Sale1999-05-20no recorded price

NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP FD CO INC → GATES CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT LP

Sale1999-05-20no recorded price

NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP FD CO INC → GATES CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT LP

Mortgage1999-02-12$3,864,528

borrower GATES CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC, NYC PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND · lender THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Mortgage1996-09-03$778,946

borrower NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FUND CO INC, GATES CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC · lender CHEMICAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC

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.

City debt & tax-lien sale