50 Harrison Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-02220-0032BIN 3060899

Concern level3 of 4

High

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
022 open rent-impairing violation(s)
035 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 7 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 7 apartments.

2018 — 7 units registered2023 — 7

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

1931

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building1 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 3AIssued 2006-09-115+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES STOVE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3A, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3AIssued 2006-09-115+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOWER SASH GLASS PANE AT EAST WINDOW IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 3A, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 1991-11-045+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM 1 STY PUBLIC HALL AT MAILBOXES.

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2019-02-055+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MECHANICAL AIR VENT AT BOILER ROOM IN CELLAR

Status: Certified late

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

266

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk125

Residential63

Vehicle29

Commercial26

Unspecified23

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

219

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony69

Misdemeanor131

Violation19

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

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1995-08-29

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1994-06-01

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 2006-08-28

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

ESTHER WASSERMAN

Head officer

Esther WASSERMAN

Managing agent

ESTHER WASSEMAn

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

258 BUSHWICK AVENUEBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2024 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2024-12-30 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1984-07-26 · $37,500

Sale2024-12-30no recorded price

WASSERMAN, ESTHER → 284 PENN STREET LLC

Sale1986-05-28no recorded price

COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE → CITY OF NEW YORK

Sale1986-05-28no recorded price

COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE → CITY OF NEW YORK

Mortgage1984-07-26$37,500

borrower WASSERMAN, ESTHER · lender SITUATION VENTURES CP

Mortgage1983-12-23$95,000

borrower WASSERMAN, ESTHER · lender SCHMALHAUSEN, ABRAHAM, SCHMALHAUSEN, HELEN

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