111 Freeman Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-02504-0067BIN 3063943

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

016 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
026 of those issued in the last 3 years
039 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 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — essentially all of the building's 6 apartments.

2018 — 6 units registered2019 — 6

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

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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-06-06

§ 27-2005 HMC: IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE A FIRE GUARD AS DIRECTED BY THE NYC DEPT. OF HOUSING PRESERVATION & DEVELOPMENT (HPD) AND/OR THE NYC DEPT. OF BUILDINGS (DOB) TO PROTECT AGAINST FIRE HAZARDS OBSERVED BY HPD AND/OR DOB. FIRE HAZARDS OBSERVED BY HPD HAVE RESULTED IN THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL HPD VIOLATION(S): .. IN ORDER TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY AGAINST IMMINENT FIRE HAZARDS OBSERVED, A FIRE GUARD MUST BE PROVIDED FORTHWITH FOR CONTINUOUS 24 HOUR COVERAGE, NOTWITHSTANDING THE CORRECTION AND CERTIFICATION DATES SET FORTH ABOVE (THE CORRECTION AND CERTIFICATION DATES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE APPLICABLE FOR PURPOSES OF CIVIL PENALTIES THAT MAY BE ASSESSED PURSUANT TO NYC ADMINISTRATIVE CODE § 27-2115, BUT DO NOT REFLECT THE DATE BY WHICH A FIRE GUARD MUST BE PROVIDED). A FIRE GUARD MUST BE PROVIDED IMMEDIATELY DUE TO THE EXIGENCY OF THE DANGEROUS FIRE HAZARD CONDITIONS OBSERVED. THE VIOLATION REQUIRING A FIRE GUARD TO BE PROVIDED WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE FIRE HAZARDS RESULTING IN THE HPD VIOLATION(S) REFERENCED ABOVE AND/OR THE FIRE HAZARDS RESULTING IN RELATED DOB VIOLATION(S) HAVE BEEN DISMISSED.

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3LIssued 2025-05-29

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF HOT WATER EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE TEMPERATURE OF 130 DEGREES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3L, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3LIssued 2025-05-29

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF LOOSE CAST IRON RADIATOR AT NORTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3L, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-05-05

§ 27-2044, 2041.1 HMC: §238 MDL and 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES ON DOOR AT BASEMENT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water14

Plumbing9

Unsanitary Condition7

Flooring/Stairs7

Paint/Plaster7

Door/Window3

General2

Electric1

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1008

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential417

Commercial202

Street/Sidewalk173

Unspecified156

Vehicle41

Park14

Helicopter5

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

198

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony58

Misdemeanor79

Violation61

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 · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2025-05-31

STRUCTURE RENDERED NON-COMPLIANT. AT TIME OF INSPECTION RESPONDING TO AN INCIDENT OBSERVED A TREE THAT HAS COLLAPSED ONTO PROPERTY EXPOSURE#3 DAMAGING THE FENCE, SIDING AND FIRE ESCAPE AT REAR OF PROPERTY. EGRESS HAS BEEN COMPROMISED AT 1FL AS REFUGEE AREA IS OBSTRUCTED BY TREE DEBRIS AND FIRE ESCAPE IS INACCESSIBLE DUE TO

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1999-03-16

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1998-05-04

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 2022-10-11

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2022-10-03

Harassment case

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

SONAAL INDUSTRIES, INC

Head officer

MANJULA MUKHOPADHYAY

Managing agent

REM RESIDENTIAL

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

10-09 34 AVENUEQUEENS 1011 MANHATTAN AVENUEBROOKLYN 1049 MANHATTAN AVENUEBROOKLYN 1053 MANHATTAN AVENUEBROOKLYN 107 BERRY STREETBROOKLYN

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 sale1999-08-24 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2016-06-08 · $512,423.72

Mortgage2016-06-08$512,423.72

borrower SONAAL INDUSTRIES, INC. · lender GREYSTONE SERVICING CORPORATION

Mortgage2013-06-20$267,068.39

borrower SONAAL INDUSTRIES INC. · lender RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK

Mortgage2009-05-07$602,221.71

borrower SONAAL INDUSTRIES, INC. · lender RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK

Mortgage2000-07-18$210,000

borrower SONAAL INDUSTRIES INC · lender GREENPOINT MORTGAGEFUNDING INC

Sale1999-08-24no recorded price

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOROF KINGS COUNTY, OKONOSKI, JAMES/ESTOF → SONAAL INDUSTRIES 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