44 Halsey Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01842-0028BIN 3052959

Concern level3 of 4

High

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 3 apartments
021 open rent-impairing violation(s)
031 active DOB 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 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2018 — essentially all of the building's 3 apartments.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1880

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

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.

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Door/Window1

Electric1

Plumbing1

Unsanitary Condition1

PlumbingBathtub/Shower2021-05-05 · closed

Door/WindowDoor2021-05-05 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionMold2021-05-05 · closed

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

962

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential523

Street/Sidewalk246

Commercial92

Unspecified58

House of Worship26

Vehicle15

Helicopter2

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

896

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony255

Misdemeanor560

Violation81

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

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 6 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2025-11-14

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Managing agent

DEBRA GEORGE

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

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 sale2008-07-16 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2004-02-17 · $315,000

Sale2008-07-16no recorded price

JOSEPH, SHEILA → JOSEPH, SHEILA, GEORGE, DEBRA

Mortgage2004-02-17$315,000

borrower JOSEPH, SHEILA · lender AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY

Mortgage2002-12-11$146,000

borrower JOSEPH, SHEILA · lender MORTGAGE ELECTRONICREGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC, RBMG, INC

Mortgage2001-09-20$120,000

borrower JOSEPH, SHEILA · lender AEGIS MORTGAGE CORPORATION, MORTGAGE ELECTRONICREGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC/NOM, UC LENDING

Mortgage2000-05-05$50,000

borrower JOSEPH, SHEILA · lender FREMONT INVESTMENT &LOAN

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