8 Palmetto Street

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-03348-0010BIN 3428683

Concern level3 of 4

High

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous)
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
033 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 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

On the NYC DHCR 2024 registered rent-stabilized building list. This official list records the building, not a per-year unit count.

421-a tax benefit

Rent stabilization here may be tied to a tax benefit and can end when the benefit expires.

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

This building and the landlord's others

This building3 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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-06-29

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM MISSING POST AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-12-08

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED AT CELLAR LEADING TO BOILER ROOM

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 402Issued 2025-12-05RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2029 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 402, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 402Issued 2025-11-26

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE BELL BUZZER/INTERCOM AT SOUTH WALL IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 402, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST , SECTION ''WEST''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Paint/Plaster17

Heat/Hot Water11

Unsanitary Condition10

General7

Plumbing6

Door/Window5

Safety1

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 crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 3 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 OPTIONAL1996-11-19

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-06-07Apt ENTIRE GROUND FLOORcommercial

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 2026-06-01

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2026-04-15

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2025-11-17

Harassment case

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

1389 OZ REALTY LLC

Head officer

ERIK EKSTEIN

Managing agent

ERIK EKSTEIN

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

26-14 JACKSON AVENUEQUEENS 44-72 11 STREETQUEENS 46-09 11 STREETQUEENS

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 sale2018-03-30 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2020-08-05 · $4,609,551

Mortgage2020-08-05$4,609,551

borrower 1389 BBB, L.P., 1389 OZ REALTY, LLC · lender CITIBANK, NA

Mortgage2020-08-05$4,490,449

borrower 1389 BBB, L.P., 1389 OZ REALTY, LLC · lender CITIBANK, NA

Mortgage2020-06-05$28,615,676

borrower 1389 BBB, LP, 1389 OZ REALTY LLC · lender CITIBANK, NA

Mortgage2020-04-01$9,884,324

borrower 1389 BBB L.P., 1389 OZ REALTY LLC · lender CITIBANK, NA

Mortgage2020-01-28$1,000,000

borrower 1389 BBB, L.P. · lender GHA HOLDINGS, 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

Flagged for the 2025 tax-lien sale

The owner owes enough in property taxes (and possibly water charges) to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 10-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.

Years listed

2025

Most recent

10-day noticeincl. property tax2025-05-01

30-day noticeincl. property tax2025-04-01

60-day noticeincl. property tax2025-03-01

90-day noticeincl. property tax2025-02-01

From DOF lien-sale lists (2019–2025). Financial distress is not proof of neglect, but owners behind on what they owe the city more often let repairs slide. Debt may since have been paid.

City debt & tax-lien sale