44 Kent Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-02556-0058BIN 3399250Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

012 open rent-impairing violation(s)
028 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

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 13 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 42 apartments.

2018 — 13 units registered2023 — 13

421-a tax benefit

Rent stabilization here may be tied to a tax benefit and can end when the benefit expires.

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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The building

2017

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building21 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 · HAZARDOUSApt 508Issued 2026-08-124 violationsRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 508, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 508, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

2 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 508, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 508, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-07-012 violations

§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING AT LAUNDRY ROOM AT CELLAR
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT NORTH WALL, WEST WALL, SOUTH WALL AND CEILING AT LAUNDRY ROOM AT CELLAR

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-12-19

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX 1. SQ. FT. AT NORTH WALL, AND 1 SQ. FT. AT WEST WALL AT LAUNDRY ROOM AT CELLAR ORIGINAL VIOLATION 16174814 ISSUED 20-AUG-23 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-07-01

§ 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES, BOTTOM EDGE OF FRAME BETWEEN 48-62 INCHES ABOVE FLOOR ... AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition9

Water Leak6

Heat/Hot Water4

Paint/Plaster2

Appliance2

Door/Window2

Electric2

General1

Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-07-19 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-01-27 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-01-07 · closed

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

591

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Unspecified169

Street/Sidewalk153

Residential141

Commercial79

Vehicle47

Park2

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

Felony34

Misdemeanor40

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 6 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

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

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2022-02-17Apt 202residential

2019-02-05Apt 311residential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

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 2023-09-07

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2019-11-29

Tenant action

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

ONE ZERO ONE LLC

Head officer

ARI KOTH

Managing agent

Ari Koth

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

108 HARRISON PLACEBROOKLYN 120 GRATTAN STREETBROOKLYN 126 GRATTAN STREETBROOKLYN 137 MANHATTAN AVENUEBROOKLYN 142 SCHOLES STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal

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

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2014-07-14 · $8,750,000

Most recent mortgage2019-10-10 · $4,500,000

Mortgage2019-10-10$4,500,000

borrower ONE ZERO ONE LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Mortgage2015-06-12$8,987,500

borrower ONE ZERO ONE LLC · lender INVESTORS BANK

Mortgage2015-06-12$662,500

borrower ONE ZERO ONE LLC · lender INVESTORS BANK

Mortgage2015-06-12$550,000

borrower ONE ZERO ONE LLC · lender INVESTORS BANK

Sale2014-07-14$8,750,000

101 WEST STREET LLC → ONE ZERO ONE LLC

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

Flagged for the 2021 tax-lien sale

The owner owes enough in property taxes (and possibly water charges) to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 60-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.

Years listed

2021

Most recent

60-day noticeincl. property tax2021-10-18

90-day noticeincl. property tax2021-09-13

90-day noticeincl. property tax2020-02-12

From DOF lien-sale lists (2019–2025). Financial distress is not proof of neglect, but owners behind on what they owe the city more often let repairs slide. Debt may since have been paid.

City debt & tax-lien sale