170 Meserole Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03053-0011BIN 3393874

Concern level3 of 4

High

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
022 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 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 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 8 apartments.

2018 — 8 units registered2023 — 8

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

2004

Built

Floors

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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2RIssued 2015-04-015+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2RIssued 2015-04-015+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT STOVE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2017-01-235+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDENT CEILING AT CELLAR

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2017-01-235+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING AT CELLAR

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water4

Water Leak2

Plumbing1

Unsanitary Condition1

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2024-11-24 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2024-11-23 · open

Water LeakSlow Leak2024-06-06 · 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

1112

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential435

Commercial287

Street/Sidewalk257

Unspecified90

Vehicle39

Park2

House of Worship2

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

277

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony99

Misdemeanor118

Violation60

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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

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 2015-04-28

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

168 BPC RETAIL PARTNERS LLC

Head officer

BRUCE RATNER

Managing agent

PLAZA MANAGEMENT

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

105 GRAND AVENUEBROOKLYN 172 MESEROLE STREETBROOKLYN 250 BEDFORD AVENUEBROOKLYN 367 UNION AVENUEBROOKLYN 42 MESEROLE STREETBROOKLYN

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 sale2014-10-08 · $15,250,000

Most recent mortgage2014-10-08 · $526,392.83

Sale2014-10-08$15,250,000

BYSZ REALTY LLC, 435 MARION LLC, JJWX REALTY LLC, ATAJ REALTY LLC, RRH HOLDINGS LLC → 168 MESEROLE BPC RETAIL PARTNERS, LLC

Mortgage2014-10-08$526,392.83

borrower 168 MESEROLE BPC RETAIL PARTNERS, LLC · lender INVESTORS BANK

Sale2014-08-07no recorded price

168 MESEROLE LLC → BYSZ REALTY LLC, RRH HOLDINGS LLC, 435 MARION LLC, JJWX REALTY LLC, ATAJ REALTY LLC

Mortgage2014-03-25$5,800,000

borrower 168 MESEROLE LLC · lender CUSTOMERS BANK

Mortgage2013-06-24$2,000,000

borrower 168 MESEROLE LLC · lender FINK & ZELMANOVITZ PC

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