16 Rear Stagg Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03031-0012BIN 3327897Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
021 open rent-impairing 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.

HPD enforcement

Previously in HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 3), discharged 2010-03-26.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2018 — of about 11 apartments.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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The building

1930

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building2 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. This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1RRIssued 2008-10-295+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING HASP AND EYE CAPABLE OF BEING PADLOCKED IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1RR, 1st STORY

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1RRIssued 2008-07-315+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE DOOR AT SHOWER STALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1RR, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1RRIssued 2008-10-294 violations5+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE COUNTER BALANCE AT LOWER WINDOW SASH IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1RR, 1st STORY
SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE COUNTER BALANCE AT WEST LOWER WINDOW SASH IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1RR, 1st STORY

2 more from the same inspection

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE COUNTER BALANCE AT EAST LOWER WINDOW SASH IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1RR, 1st STORY
SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS PANE AT LOWER WINDOW SASH IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1RR, 1st STORY

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-08-045+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDENT MATERIAL AT WEST WALL AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water3

Water Leak2

Unsanitary Condition1

Water LeakSlow Leak2026-08-20 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-12-08 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-12-07 · 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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1274

Noise reports · last 12 mo

106

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk446

Residential399

Commercial269

Unspecified103

Vehicle50

House of Worship4

Park3

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

369

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony121

Misdemeanor205

Violation43

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

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 2011-03-01

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2009-03-18

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

BEN STAGG LLC

Head officer

BEN WEISS

Managing agent

YON KOWITZ

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

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Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2014-07-07 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2014-07-07 · $370,000

Sale2014-07-07no recorded price

BEN STAGG LLC → 16 STAGG STREET LLC

Mortgage2014-07-07$370,000

borrower 16 STAGG STREET LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Sale2008-04-07$1,300,000

STAGG STREET REALTY CORP. → BEN STAGG LLC

Mortgage2008-04-07$1,230,000

borrower BEN STAGG LLC · lender MADISON NATIONAL BANK

Mortgage1997-08-14$90,000

borrower STAGG STREET REALTYCORP · lender GREENPOINT 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