249 Cumberland Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-02102-0008BIN 3058998

Concern level3 of 4

High

017 active DOB violation(s)
021 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 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 17 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 70 apartments.

2018 — 18 units registered2023 — 17

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1928

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building31 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

140

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 2025-05-30

§ 27-2021 ADM CODE PROVIDE SUFFICIENT, PROPER AND SEPARATE METAL RECEPTACLES FOR THE DEPOSIT OF GARBAGE, RUBBISH AND OTHER WASTE MATERIAL AND ARRANGE FOR COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF SUCH MATERIAL.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water31

Unsanitary Condition18

Door/Window12

Plumbing10

General6

Paint/Plaster5

Water Leak4

Safety3

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

605

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Commercial237

Street/Sidewalk177

Residential101

Unspecified59

Vehicle26

Park3

Helicopter2

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly commercial) — 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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

147

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony53

Misdemeanor76

Violation18

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 8 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 · ACC1-(OTHER BLDGS TYPES) - ELEVATOR AFFIRMATION OF CORRECTION ELEVATORREQUIRED2019-09-06

VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2017 CAT 1 INSP/TST TST

ACTIVE · P-PLUMBING NONE2019-01-26

THE DOB INTENDS TO REVOKE ALL APPROVALS AND PERMITS UNDER PLUMBING LAA #340195354 DUE TO SUSPENSION OF MASTER PLUMBERS LICENSE. STOP ALL PLUMBING WORK UNDER ABOVE MENTIONED PERMIT AND OBTAIN A NEW MASTER PLUMBER TO SUPERSEDE THE PLUMBING PERMIT

ACTIVE · ACC1-(OTHER BLDGS TYPES) - ELEVATOR AFFIRMATION OF CORRECTION ELEVATORREQUIRED2018-01-26

VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2016 CAT 1 INSP/TST

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-01-03Apt 411residential

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 2022-08-19

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2014-02-25

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS L.P.

Head officer

ADAM PARKOFF

Managing agent

NEW PARK MANAGEMENT, LLC

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

1 SEAMAN AVENUEMANHATTAN 100 THAYER STREETMANHATTAN 11 SEAMAN AVENUEMANHATTAN 110 POST AVENUEMANHATTAN 110-56 71 AVENUEQUEENS

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1994-03-09 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2020-02-26 · $897,184.14

Mortgage2020-02-26$897,184.14

borrower CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS, L.P. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2015-06-19$3,115,447.63

borrower CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS, L.P. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2012-07-19$2,991,348.14

borrower CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS, L.P. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2007-10-30$3,678,288.44

borrower CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS, L.P. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2002-09-26$1,000,000

borrower CUMBERLAND APARTMENTS LP · lender LEGG MASON REAL ESTATE SERVICES 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