345 South 1 Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-02398-0018BIN 3062864Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

012 open rent-impairing violation(s)
029 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.

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Rent regulation

The building

1910

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building3 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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-06-244 violations5+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

D26-10.01 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF PADLOCK DOOR BASEMENT PUBLIC HALL TO REAR YARD.
D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS PUB HALL 2 STY.

2 more from the same inspection

D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CLG REAR BASEMENT HALL.
D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. RESTORE EGRESS BY REMOVING LOCKING DEVICE AND ARRANGE TO OPEN READILY THE GATE IN FENCE AT LOT LINE FRONT YARD.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-06-245 violations5+ YRS OLD

SECTION 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION WOOD PARTITIONS ERECTED AT CELLAR FRONT AND REAR.
D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING BALUSTERS 1 TO 2 STY PUBLIC HALL.

3 more from the same inspection

D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING 60 WATT BULB ENTRANCE TO BLDG.
D26-20.08 ADM CODE POST A PROPER NOTICE OF SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR THE MAIL BOX MISSING.
D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING 60 WATT BULB ENTRANCE TO BUILDING.

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1807

Noise reports · last 12 mo

151

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential646

Commercial530

Street/Sidewalk434

Unspecified107

Vehicle89

Park1

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

229

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony96

Misdemeanor101

Violation32

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 7 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

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.

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

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

JAN SIMKO

Managing agent

JAN SIMKO

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

101 HIMROD STREETBROOKLYN 366 UNION AVENUEBROOKLYN 62 TEN EYCK STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2008-10-08 · $375,000

Most recent mortgage2014-06-19 · $476,779.25

Mortgage2014-06-19$476,779.25

borrower SIMKO, JAN · lender SELF RELIANCE (N.Y.) FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Sale2008-10-08$375,000

LUKIC, LEKA, SIMKO, JAN → SIMKO, JAN

Mortgage2008-10-08$526,548.83

borrower SIMKO, JAN · lender SELF RELIANCE (NY) FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Mortgage2003-02-21$315,000

borrower SIMKO, JAN, LUKIC, LEKA · lender MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION

Sale1987-04-15no recorded price

ESTRELLA, MELVIN → ESTRELLA, JOSE

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