137 Frost Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-02734-0035BIN 3429170Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 9 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 evictions executed in the last 3 years

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 26 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 28 apartments.

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.

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Rent regulation

The building

2023

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator 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. 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. This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-09-143 violationsRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF AN UNACCEPTABLE ELECTRO MAGNETIC LOCKING DEVICE AT BUILDING ENELTRANCE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY · Nov Certified On Time
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROVIDE SECURITY IN EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE BY MEANS OF A HEAVY DUTY KEY OPERATED LOCKSET AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY · Nov Certified On Time

1 more from the same inspection

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES AT LAUNDRY ROOM, 1st STORY · Awaiting HPD re-inspection

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition6

Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-09-23 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-07-19 · 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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

331

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential156

Unspecified88

Street/Sidewalk36

Commercial34

Vehicle14

Park2

Helicopter1

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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony39

Misdemeanor42

Violation11

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 3 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

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

2026-09-09Apt 5Bresidential

2026-01-15Apt 2Cresidential

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

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

FROST TERRACE LLC

Head officer

MARK TAUB

Managing agent

MARK TAUB

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

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2015-07-14 · $5,350,000

Most recent mortgage2022-11-14 · $500,000

Mortgage2022-11-14$500,000

borrower SOUTH 2ND TERRACE LLC, FROST TERRACE LLC · lender EMERALD CREEK CAPITAL 3, LLC

Mortgage2022-06-28$1,300,000

borrower FROST TERRACE LLC · lender VAN DAMME HOLDINGS LLC

Mortgage2019-06-11$200,000

borrower FROST TERRACE LLC · lender STERLING NATIONAL BANK

Sale2015-07-14$5,350,000

137 FROST STREET, LLC → FROST TERRACE LLC

Mortgage2015-07-14$3,203,838.56

borrower FROST TERRACE LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

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