# 251 North 8 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3023140029/251-north-8-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3023140029 · BIN 3061853 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 13 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 8 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 OATH/ECB fine lost by default (unpaid)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 4 stabilized units for 2023, of about 8 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 4, 2019: 4, 2020: 4, 2021: 4, 2022: 4, 2023: 4.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1900, 4 floors, 8 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

32 open (class C immediately hazardous: 13, class B hazardous: 15, class A non-hazardous: 4); 50 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 6 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 16 on record; 1 decided by default; $6,250 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months; 5 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (2), GENERAL (1), PLUMBING (1), UNSANITARY CONDITION (1).

## Bedbugs

5 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

0 cases on record, 0 open, 0 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 251 NORTH 8TH OWNER LLC
- Agent: Apex Management Group
- HeadOfficer: ALEX KASKEL
- Officer: MARK LEVINE
- SiteManager: Leuron Prelvukaj

The same owner is linked to 62 other buildings (ALEX KASKEL at 401 Park Avenue South).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3023140029/251-north-8-street-brooklyn