126 Franklin Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-01898-0058BIN 3054713Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open rent-impairing violation(s)
021 active DOB violation(s)
038 open HPD 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 OATH/ECB 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

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

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

1905

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building2 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 B · HAZARDOUSIssued 1999-09-145+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 53,187,231 M/D LAW & DEPT RULES & REG. PROVIDE MEANS OF EGRESS FROM YARD TO STREET BY FIREPROOF PASSAGEWAY FOR WHICH APPLICATION MUST BE FILED FOR APPROVAL,OR BY UNLOCKED DOOR OR GATE IN FENCE TO ADJOINING PREMISES WITH CONSENT OF ADJACENT OWNER.

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1Issued 1996-03-195+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. REMOVE OBSTRUCTING BARS OR UNLAWFUL GATES FROM AT LEAST 1 WINDOW OR PROVIDE APPROVED TYPE GATE 1 STY APT 1 , SECTION '' ''

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-05-04

(A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW.NYC.GOV\HPD, SEARCH BED BUGS.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-06-09

(A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW.NYC.GOV\HPD, SEARCH BED BUGS.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

225

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential88

Street/Sidewalk52

Unspecified49

Vehicle21

Commercial8

Park4

House of Worship3

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. 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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

126

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony32

Misdemeanor64

Violation30

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 annual bedbug report on file. Owners of buildings with three or more apartments must file one each year — its absence can mean a smaller building, or an owner that has not filed.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL1999-05-21

WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. WORK NOTED: WOOD GIRDER BEAM AND 4 LOLLY COLUMN INSTALLED AT CELLAR UNDER FIRST STORY FLOOR REMEDY: OBTAIN A PERMIT FORTHWITH IF FEASIBLE

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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.

ConstructionNon-Hazardous1999-05-21$500 penalty

BoilersHazardous1996-09-06$1,000 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

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

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

126 FRANKLIN REALTY CORP

Head officer

MARTIN WALTER

Managing agent

MARTIN WALTER

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

100 ROGERS AVENUEBROOKLYN 103 FRANKLIN AVENUEBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2013-04-22 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2021-02-04 · $47,250.73

Mortgage2021-02-04$47,250.73

borrower WALTER, MARTIN · lender MERS, ARK MORTGAGE INC.

Mortgage2013-05-24$801,000

borrower WALTER, MARTIN · lender MERS

Sale2013-04-22no recorded price

126 FRANKLIN AVENUE REALTY INC. → WALTER, MARTIN

Sale2011-07-11no recorded price

2618 MIDDLETOWN LLC → 126 FRANKLIN AVENUE REALTY INC.

Sale2005-05-15no recorded price

WALTER, MARTIN, WALTER, LEAH → 2618 MIDDLETOWN LLC

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