97 Morgan Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03075-0025BIN 3071323

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
028 active DOB 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 3 stabilized units with New York State for 2018 — of about 6 apartments.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1920

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up 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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2RIssued 2023-02-23

§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12. WG TO INSTALL = 1; WG TO REPLACE = 0; WG TO REPAIR = 0; IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 2RIssued 2023-05-17

§ 213, SUBD. 5 M/D LAW DISCONTINUE USE OF INTERIOR ROOM FOR LIVING OR PROVIDE A SINGLE OPENING OF AT LEAST 60 PERCENT OF AREA OF THE PARTITION TO ROOM HAVING WINDOW OPENING DIRECTLY TO STREET OR YARD .. IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition7

Plumbing4

Water Leak3

Heat/Hot Water2

Safety2

Flooring/Stairs2

Door/Window2

Paint/Plaster1

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

474

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Commercial215

Residential118

Street/Sidewalk104

Vehicle22

Unspecified15

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

136

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony27

Misdemeanor88

Violation21

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

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2021-05-26

FTM:EXP2&4 PRTYWALLS W/95&99 MORGAN AVE.DUE TO FIRE 5/25/21 ROOF PRTLY COLLAPSED&PARAPET IS IMPROP SUPPORTD.EXP4 PRTY WALL WITH 99 MORGAN AVE DMGD FROM 1FL-ROOF.FIRE PROTECTION AT THIS WALL HAS BEEN BREACHED.THIS REPRSNTS A DNGR TO THE PBLC.OWNR MUST HIRE NYS PE&ENDORSED CONTRCTR TO EVALU ENTRE BLDG.OBTN PRMTS TO RPR BY 07/7/21.SIGNOFF RPRS BY 8/30/21

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2011-12-13

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2009-12-31

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-02-14Apt 3Rresidential

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

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 2021-06-02

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2021-06-02

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

MORGAN PROP LLC

Head officer

JACOB RUBIN

Managing agent

MORGAN PROP LLC

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2014-08-25 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2024-06-24 · $800,000

Mortgage2024-06-24$800,000

borrower MORGAN PROP LLC · lender AMERICAN COMMUNITY BANK

Sale2014-08-25no recorded price

DAVID WIESS II , LLC → MORGAN PROP LLC

Mortgage2014-08-25$4,050,000

borrower MORGAN PROP, LLC, GRAHAM NY PROP LLC · lender EMERALD CREEK CAPITAL LLC

Sale2014-05-29$650,000

STEFANOWSKI, DARIUSZ → DAVID WIESS II , LLC

Mortgage2004-12-30$350,000

borrower STEFANOWSKI, DARIUSZ · lender SELF RELIANCE (NY) FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

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