214 Scholes Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03045-0015BIN 3071013Plain-text version

Concern level1 of 4

Low

013 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 15 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 15 apartments.

2018 — 15 units registered2023 — 15

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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The building

1920

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building92 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

116

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 A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 4AIssued 2026-05-123 violations

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC TILES AT WEST AND NORTH WALLS IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4A, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD DOOR IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 4A, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

1 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD DOOR IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 4A, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Civ14 Mailed

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Flooring/Stairs4

Unsanitary Condition3

Plumbing3

Appliance2

Door/Window2

Paint/Plaster1

Heat/Hot Water1

Safety1

Door/WindowDoor2026-05-08 · closed

Paint/PlasterWall2026-05-08 · closed

Flooring/StairsFloor2026-05-08 · 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

750

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential277

Commercial231

Street/Sidewalk145

Unspecified64

Vehicle24

Park9

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

225

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony90

Misdemeanor89

Violation46

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.

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.

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

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 2005-12-08

Heat / hot water

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

BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOOD HDFC

Head officer

FRANK LANG

Managing agent

ST NICKS ALLIANCE

93 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 sale2009-06-19 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2009-06-19 · $442,184

Sale2009-06-19no recorded price

NEXT WAVE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP → BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOOD HDFC, INC.

Mortgage2009-06-19$442,184

borrower BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOOD HDFC · lender THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Mortgage2009-06-19$2,721,760.49

borrower BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOOD HDFC · lender THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Mortgage1988-12-09$2,873,086

borrower NEXT WAVE LTD PARTNERSHP · lender NYC HPD

Sale1988-10-31no recorded price

CITY OF NEW YORK → NEXT WAVE LTD PARTNERSHP

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.