185 Engert Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-02704-0047BIN 3067733

Concern level1 of 4

Low

011 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 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 5 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — of about 6 apartments.

2018 — 5 units registered2019 — 5

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1928

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

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 B · HAZARDOUSApt 2LIssued 2015-03-195+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS THAT IS REQUIRED IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 2L, 2nd STORY, SECTION AT NORTHWEST

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

392

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential215

Unspecified76

Street/Sidewalk54

Commercial28

Park10

Vehicle8

Helicopter1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. 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

Felony29

Misdemeanor41

Violation15

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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Managing agent

MARIA SWIETKOWSKI

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1984-05-01 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1990-10-18 · $25,000

Mortgage1990-10-18$25,000

borrower SWIETKOWSKI, MARIA, SWIETKOWSKI, CZESLAW · lender POLISH & SLAVIC FEDCRE

Mortgage1984-05-07$55,000

borrower SWIETKOWSKI, CZESLAW, SWIETKOWSKI, MARIA · lender POLISH & SLAVIC FDLCR U

Sale1984-05-01no recorded price

KOTARA, BARBARA, KOTARA, SLAWOMIR → SWIETKOWSKI, MARIA, SWIETKOWSKI, CZESLAW

Mortgage1980-09-03no recorded price

borrower KOTARA BARBARA, KOTARA SLAWOWMIR · lender INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Sale1980-09-03no recorded price

MROZ SOPHIA → KOTARA SLAWONIR, KOTARA BARBARA

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