1549 Gates Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03337-0033BIN 3076375

Concern level3 of 4

High

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 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 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — essentially all of the building's 4 apartments.

2018 — 6 units registered2019 — 6

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1931

Built

Floors

Residential units

Mixed residential / commercial

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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-01-08

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES AT VESTIBULE DOOR , 1st STORY

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2FIssued 2006-01-175+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING RADIATOR COVERS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4RIssued 2026-04-23RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2024 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF COLD WATER FOR THE FIXTURES AT SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4R, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2FIssued 2006-01-195+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. REMOVE OBSTRUCTING BARS OR UNLAWFUL GATES FROM WINDOW TO FIRE ESCAPE OR PROVIDE APPROVED TYPE GATE .. IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water1

Plumbing1

Unsanitary Condition1

Water Leak1

PlumbingWater Supply2026-03-23 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2024-01-05 · closed

Water LeakHeavy Flow2021-09-01 · 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

1004

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential459

Street/Sidewalk253

Commercial176

Unspecified64

Vehicle51

House of Worship1

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

786

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony200

Misdemeanor487

Violation99

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2020-04-16

BOROUGH COMM. HAS ORDERED ALL WORK STOPPED UNDER PERMIT#320729878 DUE TO CONTRACTOR WITHDRAWAL/STOP ALL WORK IMMEDIATELY MAKE SITE SAFE

ACTIVE · P-PLUMBING NONE2020-04-16

BOROUGH COMM. HAS ORDERED ALL WORK STOPPED UNDER PERMIT#320729878 DUE TO CONTRACTOR WITHDRAWAL /STOP ALL WORK IMMEDIATELY MAKE SITE SAFE

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 2016-12-01

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Managing agent

EUNKYUNG YOON

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.

ConstructionClass 22009-10-03$1,200 penalty

ConstructionNon-Hazardous2008-06-18$180 penalty

ConstructionNon-Hazardous2006-09-18$800 penalty

ConstructionNon-Hazardous2004-06-12$400 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2019-06-29 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1989-03-02 · $150,000

Sale2019-06-29no recorded price

YOON, LAWRENCE, YOON, EUN-KYUNG → YOON, LAWRENCE, YOON, EUN-KYUNG, YOON, PETER, YOON, SIMON, YOON, JANE

Mortgage1989-03-02$150,000

borrower YOON, LAWRENCE, YOON, EUN-KYUNG · lender KOREA EXCHANGE BANK

Sale1987-06-05no recorded price

YANEZ, REINALDO → YOON, EUN-KYUNG, YOON, LAWRENCE

Sale1986-07-07no recorded price

COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE → CITY OF NEW YORK

Mortgage1983-07-20$19,000

borrower YANEZ, REINALDO · lender YOUNG, HENRY

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