299 Putnam Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01823-0093BIN 3051655

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

017 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
025 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)

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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 14 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 16 apartments.

2018 — 15 units registered2023 — 14

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1883

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building10 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3CIssued 2025-02-10

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE RADIATOR AIR VALVE RELEASING STEAM OR WATER IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3C, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3CIssued 2025-02-10

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PORCELAIN ENAMEL GLAZE AT BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3C, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1DIssued 2023-12-04RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2029 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1D, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-12-04

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM BOILER ROOM DOOR LOCKED AT BOILER ROOM

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water11

Unsanitary Condition4

Water Leak3

General3

Paint/Plaster3

Plumbing2

Outside Building2

Door/Window1

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

810

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential617

Street/Sidewalk92

Unspecified75

Commercial21

Vehicle5

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

261

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony82

Misdemeanor123

Violation56

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

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

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 2024-01-25

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

OTA 299 PUTNAM LLC

Head officer

ELLEN GUCCIONE

Managing agent

Diamond Mine Real Estate LLC

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

112 WEST 138 STREETMANHATTAN 1398 DEAN STREETBROOKLYN 276 THROOP AVENUEBROOKLYN 303 PUTNAM AVENUEBROOKLYN 403 MACON STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2017-05-18 · $3,500,000

Most recent mortgage2026-08-24 · $3,750,000

Mortgage2026-08-24$3,750,000

borrower OTA 299 PUTNAM, LLC, OTA 303 PUTNAM, LLC, OTA 276 THROOP, LLC · lender METROPOLITAN COMMERCIAL BANK

Mortgage2025-04-09$2,025,000

borrower OTA 276 THROOP, LLC, OTA 299 PUTNAM, LLC, OTA 303 PUTNAM, LLC, OTA 927 PUTNAM, LLC · lender METROPOLITAN COMMERCIAL BANK

Mortgage2025-04-04$1,237,500

borrower OTA 276 THROOP, LLC, OTA 303 PUTNAM, LLC, OTA 299 PUTNAM, LLC, OTA 931 PUTNAM, LLC, OTA 927 PUTNAM, LLC · lender METROPOLITAN COMMERCIAL BANK

Sale2017-05-18$3,500,000

ZT 299-303 PUTNAM LLC → OTA 299 PUTNAM, LLC

Mortgage2017-05-18$1,476,818.86

borrower OTA 299 PUTNAM, LLC, OTA 303 PUTNAM, LLC, OTA 931 PUTNAM, LLC, OTA 276 THROOP, LLC, OTA 927 PUTNAM, LLC · lender METROPOLITAN COMMERCIAL BANK

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