161 Lafayette Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-02103-0061BIN 3059054

Concern level3 of 4

High

012 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0217 active DOB violation(s)
0327 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 9 stabilized units with New York State for 2020 — essentially all of the building's 9 apartments.

2018 — 9 units registered2020 — 9

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1930

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.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2009-09-245+ YRS OLD

D26-21.07 ADM CODE PROVIDE 3 EXTRA SPRINKLER HEADS AND SUITABLE WRENCH FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES AT O.S.Y. VALVE OF SPRINKLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THIS DEPARTMENT CELLAR OSV VALVE FRONT.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2BIssued 2009-09-245+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR WALLS AND CEILING BATHROOM AND KITCHEN 2 STY NORTHEAST APT 2B , SECTION '' ''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2BIssued 2009-09-245+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF INOPERATIVE INTERIOR BELL BUZZER FROM VESTIBULE TO 2 STY APT 2B , SECTION '' ''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3AIssued 2009-09-245+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CEILING LIGHT KITCHEN 3 STY APT 3A. LOCATED AT APT 3A

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition1

Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-09-23 · open

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

355

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Commercial109

Street/Sidewalk99

Residential84

Unspecified39

Vehicle17

Park4

Helicopter3

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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony29

Misdemeanor55

Violation14

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 5 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 · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2008-01-03

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2006-01-06

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2005-01-31

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 2010-10-07

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

SHINN BACK

Managing agent

BROOKLYN PROPERTY MANAGERS

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 sale1985-11-21 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1987-12-05 · $200,000

Mortgage1987-12-05$200,000

borrower BACK, SHINN C, BACK, TAI B · lender GREEN POINT SAVS BANK

Mortgage1985-12-20$100,000

borrower BACK, TAI B, BACK, SHINN C · lender TERRY, VIRGINIA MASTERS

Sale1985-11-21no recorded price

TERRY, VIRGINIA MASTERS → BACK, TAI B, BACK, SHINN C

Sale1981-07-28no recorded price

PFISTER LOUISE, WEATHERMAN DANIEL → TERRY VIRGINIA MASTERS

Mortgage1981-07-28no recorded price

borrower TERRY VIRGINIA MASTERS · lender PFISTER LOUISE, WEATHERMAN DANIEL

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