44 Meserole Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03049-0126BIN 3396570

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 active DOB violation(s)
023 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 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — essentially all of the building's 6 apartments.

2018 — 6 units registered2019 — 6

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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Rent regulation

The building

2008

Built

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building9 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.

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-06

§27-2104(B) HMC POST A PROPER NOTICE REGARDING RENT STABILIZATION LAW, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION WITHIN THE COMMON AREA AT THE BUILDINGS ENTRANCE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS, PLEASE VISIT: HTTPS://WWW.NYC.GOV/SITE/HPD/SERVICES-AND-INFORMATION/REQUIRED-SIGNAGE.PAGE

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-06

§27-2045(B)(5) HMC, § 12-01 RCNY POST A PROPER NOTICE OF SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR THE MAILBOX NOTICE MISSING

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-06

§27-2045(B)(5) HMC, § 12-06, 12-10 RCNY POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER, IN A COMMON AREA OF A CLASS A MULTIPLE DWELLING NEAR INSPECTION CERTIFICATE OR PROVIDE NOTICE TO TENANTS IN PRIVATE DWELLINGS NOTICE MISSING

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Water Leak6

Paint/Plaster2

Heat/Hot Water1

Paint/PlasterCeiling2026-10-04 · closed

Water LeakSlow Leak2026-09-28 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2025-11-19 · 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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

665

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential350

Street/Sidewalk134

Unspecified86

Commercial48

Vehicle34

Park9

House of Worship4

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

344

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony105

Misdemeanor189

Violation50

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.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · P-PLUMBING NONE2025-06-23

BASED ON LIC# 001343 BEING INACTIVE, STOP ALL PLUMBING WORK UNDER JOB #302218874 IMMEDIATELY.

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

Registered owner

42-44 MESEROLE BPC PARTNERS LLC

Head officer

BRUCE RATNER

Managing agent

PLAZA MANAGEMENT USA

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

105 GRAND AVENUEBROOKLYN 170 MESEROLE STREETBROOKLYN 172 MESEROLE STREETBROOKLYN 250 BEDFORD AVENUEBROOKLYN 367 UNION AVENUEBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

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 sale2014-08-20 · $8,500,000

Most recent mortgage2014-08-20 · $1,245,583.61

Mortgage2014-08-20$1,245,583.61

borrower 42-44 MESEROLE BPC PARTNERS, LLC · lender BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA

Sale2014-08-20$8,500,000

42-44 MESEROLE STREET INVESTORS, LLC → 42-44 MESEROLE BPC PARTNERS LLC

Mortgage2013-01-25$1,950,000

borrower 42-44 MESEROLE STREET INVESTORS, LLC · lender MODERN BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Sale2012-07-18$5,048,225

CHARM DEVELOPMENTS II, LLC → 42-44 MESEROLE STREET INVESTORS, 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

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