# 552 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3018150021/552-gates-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3018150021 · BIN 3051218 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 3 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 2 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 active DOB 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 6 stabilized units for 2023, of about 8 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 8, 2019: 7, 2022: 6, 2023: 6.
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

9 open (class C immediately hazardous: 3, class B hazardous: 3, class A non-hazardous: 3); 113 on record.
2 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 3 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

7 in the last 12 months; 49 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (29), PLUMBING (6), UNSANITARY CONDITION (6), PAINT/PLASTER (3), GENERAL (2).

## Bedbugs

5 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)

3 cases on record, 0 open, 3 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: DS BROOKLYN PORTFOLIO OWNER LLC
- Agent: DS BROOKLYN PORTFOLIO OWNER LLC
- HeadOfficer: MICHAEL SHAH
- SiteManager: RAYMOND MORALES

The same owner is linked to 8 other buildings (MICHAEL SHAH at 114 E 13TH ST FRNT-1).

## 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/3018150021/552-gates-avenue-brooklyn